I’ve got a bad case of impostor syndrome. (I’m not fishing for complements here, seriously. It doesn’t help, anyway)
Big stop just to renew your license to companion. Can I use companion as a verb?
Wash ,'Ariel'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Jul 16, 2012 5:15:03 am PDT #14169 of 30001
hwæt
Ginger - Jul 16, 2012 5:22:42 am PDT #14170 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That imposter is a hell of a photographer.
Steph L. - Jul 16, 2012 5:24:12 am PDT #14171 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
When they have an episode on Toy Boats, we will know the truth.
I live for that day.
-t - Jul 16, 2012 5:29:23 am PDT #14172 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I predict that party will not be full of people who are waiting to pounce on other guest's talents and denounce them. It will be full of people who are showing off their own talents and/or nursing their own impostor syndromes.
le nubian - Jul 16, 2012 5:40:16 am PDT #14173 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Talent Show
NO.
That was my answer after reading to this part. I didn't even get to the description. After reading the description. My answer is NO NO.
If you are more game than I am - much praise to you.
BTW, I have a big case of imposter syndrome myself. That self-doubt shit will kill you.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 16, 2012 5:42:29 am PDT #14174 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
NO was my answer too. Unless it was among really close friends. That party is not an introverts friend.
sumi - Jul 16, 2012 5:44:19 am PDT #14175 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I agree.
Although, maybe you can pretend your from the West Coast and post you're pictures to wherever it is that they are going to be posted.
(I'm going to blame the agreement problems here with the slight nausea I'm feeling which is some combination of heat, humidity, and not eating right.)
amyth - Jul 16, 2012 6:00:16 am PDT #14176 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
My first instinct was NO, too. Not because I'm an introvert, but because I don't like being told what to do. If they had worded the invitation a little differently, made it more optional, it wouldn't have rankled so much. As it is, I'd be tempted to show up and say something like, "My talent is staring at people until they feel really uncomfortable," and do that for five minutes. But YMMV.
That being said, you are a very talented photographer, and your pictures deserve to be seen by as many people as possible (and maybe start a business, like Jesse said!) so if there's any way that you can show them at the party while still nurturing your introvert, then I say go for it.
le nubian - Jul 16, 2012 6:09:48 am PDT #14177 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I could write an essay re: why the invitation hit me in the wrong way from Amy's fist shake at authority to introversion to basic logistics to feeling like talented people in public-pleasing genres reap benefits at occasions like this. WTF am I supposed to do? Write an academic paper for public fun?
Anyway. Tom you actually have a public-pleasing talent so if you can muster the courage I think you should do it.
Cashmere - Jul 16, 2012 6:10:19 am PDT #14178 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Also -- cross-fit is HARD CORE
Lots of derby people do cross-fit. Not me, because I'm too lazy. But I take a TRX class twice a week and the occasional Body Pump class.