I have an offer to make you...
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xp_journalIt's our decisions that make us who we are. But sometimes, the range of our decisions... grow limited. Just sometimes.
But.
Some of you have expressed an interest in communication. In reaching out to people via means of mass media. In peaceful activism. In learning how to talk with society to enact changes that might mean a peaceful - or perhaps just a little bit safer - world for future generations. Be they mutants, or not. Because this will affect, make no mistake, everyone, regardless of gender, skin color, age, nationality... or genetic differences.
I cannot be your spokesperson. And trust me, if I could have, I would have offered on the spot - but it would have not been doing you a favor. Not in the least. So I'll try and do what I can instead, and what will serve you far better, for all intents and purposes. I can choose to help you achieve what you want to do. Share with you what I learned, what I know, what I could do were it safe for me and others around me to do so.
I know the entertainment industry inside out. I know how the people in that field think, what they like, what they don't like, what they believe in or don't believe in. I know what they want to hear, and the kind of people they want to promote. I know how to make them want to promote people they don't think they want to promote.
I made it as a singer, and I didn't do it halfway.
And as such, I can offer you everything I learned in the process of forging my career. There are still people who talk to me in the industry, all of them damn fine human beings, and all of them damn good at what they do. They are from every kind of work field you can find there. And I can put you in contact with them. I can show you who to talk to. I can show you how to talk to them. I can show you how to figure out all these things on your own, and not need my help to make it.
I can also, if there are students interested, and I think they are, work on a class about just that. Or hold seminars on the topics you want to see. Introduction to Movie Making 101. Introduction to Schmoozing 101. Introduction to Not Putting Your Foot In Your Mouth 101. If it was part of making a career as a singer, I can teach it to you - and how to apply it to anything else that's related. Ask me to teach you something about what I know best.
I want to show it to you.
What say you?
But.
Some of you have expressed an interest in communication. In reaching out to people via means of mass media. In peaceful activism. In learning how to talk with society to enact changes that might mean a peaceful - or perhaps just a little bit safer - world for future generations. Be they mutants, or not. Because this will affect, make no mistake, everyone, regardless of gender, skin color, age, nationality... or genetic differences.
I cannot be your spokesperson. And trust me, if I could have, I would have offered on the spot - but it would have not been doing you a favor. Not in the least. So I'll try and do what I can instead, and what will serve you far better, for all intents and purposes. I can choose to help you achieve what you want to do. Share with you what I learned, what I know, what I could do were it safe for me and others around me to do so.
I know the entertainment industry inside out. I know how the people in that field think, what they like, what they don't like, what they believe in or don't believe in. I know what they want to hear, and the kind of people they want to promote. I know how to make them want to promote people they don't think they want to promote.
I made it as a singer, and I didn't do it halfway.
And as such, I can offer you everything I learned in the process of forging my career. There are still people who talk to me in the industry, all of them damn fine human beings, and all of them damn good at what they do. They are from every kind of work field you can find there. And I can put you in contact with them. I can show you who to talk to. I can show you how to talk to them. I can show you how to figure out all these things on your own, and not need my help to make it.
I can also, if there are students interested, and I think they are, work on a class about just that. Or hold seminars on the topics you want to see. Introduction to Movie Making 101. Introduction to Schmoozing 101. Introduction to Not Putting Your Foot In Your Mouth 101. If it was part of making a career as a singer, I can teach it to you - and how to apply it to anything else that's related. Ask me to teach you something about what I know best.
I want to show it to you.
What say you?
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Date: 2004-02-05 05:03 am (UTC)Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:07 am (UTC)Since I have known you, from the first day, you have said the right thing, almost every time.
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:14 am (UTC)Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:17 am (UTC)Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:21 am (UTC)Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:23 am (UTC)Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:27 am (UTC)You. Have just earned yourself a hefty load of brownie points.
Keep doing that. And add talking to each other like this, about your powers yes but also about yourselves to the list of things to do for my class. All of you, by the way.
First thing about what we're going to do is learning how to communicate. And how to get a fresh perspective on things from others.
*adds more to own list*
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:29 am (UTC)My speech class is teaching me to lie, and my not-really-speech-class is teaching me to talk. This is American Comedy, is it not?
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:32 am (UTC)So what was it like growing up in France, he says, in a brilliant segue into one of the homework assignments?
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:34 am (UTC)I got to drink wine with dinner!
I would say more, but that is the biggest difference I can think of besides speaking French and learning a second language very early.
Our money is prettier than yours too. I would not be so rude about it, but it is!
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:44 am (UTC)And yeah, it's just green, or coins. Kinda bland. I think they were trying out some colored twenties, but I haven't seen any yet.
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:45 am (UTC)Wine tastes like... wine. It depends on the type, and there are a lot of types. More than I know about.
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:49 am (UTC)What's your favorite kind?
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 06:29 am (UTC)Wine is harder to describe. I like some red wines, but half a glass at dinner a few times a week does not make one an expert. I don't buy it, I just drank it.
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-06 06:27 am (UTC)Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-06 06:30 am (UTC)Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-06 06:31 am (UTC)Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:33 am (UTC)I know which I prefer.
Think on that.
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:38 am (UTC)However, playing poker just amuses me.
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:40 am (UTC)Mmm. Been a while since I've played poker.
Re: Jamie is right.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:44 am (UTC)That makes sense. I think.
I am bad at poker. Really, really bad. Too many numbers to keep track of.
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Date: 2004-02-05 05:09 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-05 05:22 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-05 05:35 am (UTC)Important thing is, Doug, that you learn from the curve-balls life throws at you. Even if, heaven knows, it's not the easiest thing to do sometimes.
Then again, they do say that the things most worth having aren't easy to earn, don't they?