What we do is big part of us as who we are; I’m a computer guru. I fix computer problems. Even out of work, that’s what I do. But, you ask, who am I really? I’m the last, best hope for the salvation of the whole of humanity, but that’s besides the point.

The point is that unless you’re completely selling your soul to make money and are completely miserable, meaning you haven’t even a single modicum of enjoyment out of your job, then what you do certainly reflects on you. It’s your occupation. It’s not about money, it’s about what you do with your time on earth.

A man who nails one board is not a carpenter; A man who tightens one pipe is not a plumber; A man who catches one fish is not a fisherman… But just try sucking one cock…

(possibly the last post I’ll ever make on a blog)

so someone fancies him or herself a writer. is he or she advertising writing services and scamming people out of money like a “lawyer” with an internet diploma? i might have a problem with that. but a person who wants to say that he or she is a writer meaning in the general sense that he or she is an artist and creates (in whatever small way, for whatever audience), then so be it! i just don’t see what harm there is.

excuse me while i wax idealistic, but i think many might call themselves writers in the sense that they feel some vague (and, admittedly, inadequately demonstrated) inner writing sprit? can one claim to be a writer because he or she identifies (in whatever way) with what drives great writers–wanting to say something beautifully, wanting to tell a story? (i’m guessing. i’m not one of these great writers, so i suppose i can’t claim to know what drives them.)

so maybe said “writer” needs more practice. maybe this person just isn’t “there” yet. can a man call himself gay if he has feelings for the same sex, identifies with gays in a powerful way but has never had sex with another man? can a seventeen year-old call herself a democrat even though she is too young to actually vote?

or would this discredit the “real” gay men and democrats out there?

[most importantly, am i making sense?]

it’s late and i don’t know where this is coming from (on my part). i’m not trying to offend you or say that your opinion isn’t valid. i’m just throwing this out as another way of viewing the situation.

so yeah… that’s what i have to say on the matter.

I take issue with the equation “cash = status.” The world has enough trouble keeping artistic integrity and profit motice apart; do we need to define our terms so that only those serving the lowest common denominator can be artists?

As for me, it doesn’t matter what I call myself; I know what I am. I’ll let others call me what they like, if it makes them happy.