Writer's Block: Cramming Yourself into a Sentence

[packbat]

Try to describe yourself in one sentence. View other answers

Just your typical black atheist homeschooled liberal Republican, is me!

(Woohoo! Watch me reposting from a comment!)

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[ailado.livejournal.com]

ah, recycled wit. Very classy.

[toya121.livejournal.com]

ha:)

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[packbat.livejournal.com]

That said, of course, it isn't really quite accurate. I expect the truly typical black atheist homeschooled liberal Republican would be about three inches taller. :P

[toya121.livejournal.com]

I never would have guessed that you were home schooled… that sounds more weird than I wanted it to, but I gather that you aren’t one that’s easily offended though right? Ha. I’ve read your journal a few times before, I have you bookmarked:) Hope you don’t mind.

But I wouldn't have guessed you were black, either, and clearly that should be what defines you.

[the-zaniak.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have guessed you to be homeschooled or Republican.

Aw, crap, I forgot to mention Eagle Scout!

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Well, the cliché of the fundamentalist-Christian insulate-the-children-from-modern-society homeschooling is inaccurate to my case, naturally. As for being a Republican: one-party systems just don't work, and if a two-party system is to work, it really needs to be two parties that are dedicated to serving the people rather than themselves. So I joined the party that has farther to go.

[packbat.livejournal.com]

It is kinda weird - I wasn't raised Christian or anything, which is the usual reason for homeschooling around here, but I certainly grew up with unusually little social contact.

And no prob on the bookmarking - I used to read all the LJs that way, until I decided it would be faster to flist them.

[toya121.livejournal.com]

I live in Northeast Mississippi, so the parents that choose to home-school their kids usually do it for religious reasons. We don’t have as many home-schooled children as most people would think- however we do have 3 small Christian private schools in the area.

I’ll add you to my friend list if you’ll do the same… but I’m warning you ahead of time that my postings aren’t exciting really. You might get a laugh out of them every once in awhile though. Oh, and I do enjoy a comment or two every once in a while.

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Sure - would you like in on my Interactive Fiction filter at the same time? (Not that I'm doing much on that front...)

[toya121.livejournal.com]

I dont know much about Interactive Fiction... what is it?

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Text adventures, like the old Colossal Cave Adventure (also known as "Advent") and Zork. If you've ever read one of those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books or the like, it's similar in conceit - it's a story told in text, like a novel or short-story, but instead of merely reading, you choose actions to take within the story. Unlike the books, though, IF lets you type in the commands - things like "open door", "throw axe at dwarf", "put battery in flashlight" - for whatever action you want to take, which gives you a lot more flexibility.

Nick Montfort - a well-known IF writer - has a list of recommended games for newcomers here (http://nickm.com/if/rec.html); and in most well-made games, there will be at least a little assistance to be had if you type "help" into the prompt. Also, Montfort links a beginner's guide to IF (http://www.microheaven.com/IFGuide/index.html), but Emily Short's guide, linked here (http://emshort.wordpress.com/how-to-play/) (and Emily Short is another well-known figure in the community) may be better, depending.

I've long wanted to have already written an interactive fiction - unfortunately, I don't seem to particularly want to write it... :D (I have checked a book out from the library to begin my research, though!)

[toya121.livejournal.com]

I'll check it out and let you know what I think:)

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Oh, another link: you can play the Colossal Cave Adventure online (http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/gallery/adventure/index.html). More info on that one can be found on this site (http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/).

[toya121.livejournal.com]

Before I venture... are the stories offered in a lot of subjects?

[packbat.livejournal.com]

I ... believe so. It's still an indie field - or perhaps it's back to being an indie field, there used to be some adventures selling for significant sums in the floppy-disk era - but I've seen puzzles, mysteries, fantasy stories of several stripes, hypermodern deconstructed experiments ... there's a fairly broad array of things that have been done, and can be done. I haven't been looking, though.

Re: Aw, crap, I forgot to mention Eagle Scout!

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

As for being a Republican: one-party systems just don't work, and if a two-party system is to work, it really needs to be two parties that are dedicated to serving the people rather than themselves. So I joined the party that has farther to go.

...

... That has got to be the coolest reason for picking a political party I've ever heard.

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I can't take much credit for it - it was chiefly my mom's idea. :)

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

Still, it's a compelling idea.