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Re: Funny how things happen...
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Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:05:48 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Chris Maddison wrote:
> I need to do a bit of storytelling. I started from high school with the
> ambition to work in the film/videogame industry doing digital effects. Somehow
> I wound up in drafting classes in college. Got a degree in that, went on to the
> workforce, did that for 10 months, and as many of you know, lost my job last
> month.
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> It's ungodly difficult to find employment for a skilled profession today.
> Especially in the midwest. So I sort of had an epiphany last week. I woke up,
> and wondered to myself, what am I doing with my life? I started at A wanting it
> to take me to B, and somehow I wound up at 5. I don't like 5. I have no
> personal vendettas against 5, I just realized that I'd much rather be at B.
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> So, I'm now swinging myself into the broke college student role. Yep, I'm going
> back to school (Iowa State) this fall to do what I wanted to do the whole time.
> I'll be a 21 year old freshman. Guess we know who'll be buying the booze. :-)
> Strange, but if certain crappy things hadn't happened to me, I'd probably just
> have kept my nose down and plugged away at 5 until it turned into 50, never
> thinking of B again.
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> I've been wandering for awhile, and now I've got direction. For the first time
> in a long time. And to top it all off, the building bug just bit me today.
> It's back.
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> And so am I.
>
> -Chris
Awesome. I'm really glad to hear things are shaping up and/or out. It's good to
know my prayer was answered. I can hear where you're coming from. (This past
fall changed things a good deal for me too.)
Chris, I do want you to know that after stumbling upon LUGnet a little under two
years ago, I was really enthralled by your site, Xcalabur's Lair (was it lair?).
Being a fan of LEGO Medievalism, I found your creative uses of pieces, designs
of minifigs, and stories to be really cool. And seeing that you were not much
older (I'm 20) I thought to myself that I could do the same and present my LEGO
universe in the same fashion in the coming years. I still haven't learned any
html or webdesign but I will be soon.
Anyway, thanks for sharing. You've been an inspiration to many. By the way, your
Gamut is already being put to use by the Eastern Bloc
<http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=25538>.
Take care, keep building, and trust in the LORD!
-Andrew
GardenSLUG
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