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I registered on GW in March 2001, originally as stargirl_y. I was living in a house in the outskirts of Moscow at the time. I went to a very small school nearby, and I was the Weird Kid known for reading books and being obscenely good at Snake II (I was the official world champion for a few days!).
As it was with many people here, my one place of friendship was GW. I haven't gotten much better at socializing since then, but I guess I've had a reasonably eventful life. Since then, I've lived in 2 other countries (Austria, the UK, and now Austria again). I moved to London in 2008, lost a decade to battling immigration (I won, eventually), then moved just before Brexit was finalized to be closer to my family. After starting off as a designer, for about 12 years now I've worked in film and video. I've been a videographer, video and multimedia producer, director and editor, working at a bank, financial publishing house, science education charity, media production house. Had a brief spell as a cultural correspondent. I've not done anything fancy... yet (although I've made a few short things that have been screened internationally, and gotten some views on YouTube during certain jobs).
I'm actually Russian-Ukrainian. When the war started, I'd been in Vienna for a little over a year. I was lonely but very inspired, working as an editor by day, and by night writing a proposed TV adaptation of short fantasy stories by a Ukrainian writer I loved as a kid (he gave me exclusive representation rights and all!). Despite being far away, the war has affected my life dramatically (I have family in Russia and Ukraine), and as it continues, I am less and less capable of keeping myself together. I wasn't great to begin with (long history of trauma, and I'm also an autistic artist, which is an, uh, intense combo), and these days a borderline hermit. I struggle to talk to anyone at all, and even messages of support weigh on me (please don’t send me any ). I went on burnout leave from work back in January. It is limited, and because I can't work normal jobs anymore, my hope is to develop and produce a project I'm currently working on.
Having said all that, the reason I'm a hermit is because I have a very particular overlap of interests, and while I could be deluding myself, I think that the work I'm doing is genuinely interesting. Doing interesting original work is never easy, and I may well destroy myself. But I'll have seen something beautiful, which is more than what I had before. I frequently have periods of elation. I have no choice but to do what I am meant to do, which is a blessing because I don’t have to deliberate.
It's nice to see you all here. You all meant, and still mean a lot to me. I hope to push through, and wish you all the very best of luck.
And because I might as well keep a list, here's whom I've met from here so far:
Alu
Bandicoot
Daft Frik
Fire Queen
Julz
Leandros
Sabator
Salmon_Hunter
Smacktard
tgies
Tom
Tommy Boy
I've met many internet weirdos over my lifetime. I still enjoy it a lot. I have a spare room in Vienna – just sayin'.
As it was with many people here, my one place of friendship was GW. I haven't gotten much better at socializing since then, but I guess I've had a reasonably eventful life. Since then, I've lived in 2 other countries (Austria, the UK, and now Austria again). I moved to London in 2008, lost a decade to battling immigration (I won, eventually), then moved just before Brexit was finalized to be closer to my family. After starting off as a designer, for about 12 years now I've worked in film and video. I've been a videographer, video and multimedia producer, director and editor, working at a bank, financial publishing house, science education charity, media production house. Had a brief spell as a cultural correspondent. I've not done anything fancy... yet (although I've made a few short things that have been screened internationally, and gotten some views on YouTube during certain jobs).
I'm actually Russian-Ukrainian. When the war started, I'd been in Vienna for a little over a year. I was lonely but very inspired, working as an editor by day, and by night writing a proposed TV adaptation of short fantasy stories by a Ukrainian writer I loved as a kid (he gave me exclusive representation rights and all!). Despite being far away, the war has affected my life dramatically (I have family in Russia and Ukraine), and as it continues, I am less and less capable of keeping myself together. I wasn't great to begin with (long history of trauma, and I'm also an autistic artist, which is an, uh, intense combo), and these days a borderline hermit. I struggle to talk to anyone at all, and even messages of support weigh on me (please don’t send me any ). I went on burnout leave from work back in January. It is limited, and because I can't work normal jobs anymore, my hope is to develop and produce a project I'm currently working on.
Having said all that, the reason I'm a hermit is because I have a very particular overlap of interests, and while I could be deluding myself, I think that the work I'm doing is genuinely interesting. Doing interesting original work is never easy, and I may well destroy myself. But I'll have seen something beautiful, which is more than what I had before. I frequently have periods of elation. I have no choice but to do what I am meant to do, which is a blessing because I don’t have to deliberate.
It's nice to see you all here. You all meant, and still mean a lot to me. I hope to push through, and wish you all the very best of luck.
And because I might as well keep a list, here's whom I've met from here so far:
Alu
Bandicoot
Daft Frik
Fire Queen
Julz
Leandros
Sabator
Salmon_Hunter
Smacktard
tgies
Tom
Tommy Boy
I've met many internet weirdos over my lifetime. I still enjoy it a lot. I have a spare room in Vienna – just sayin'.
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