[HPFGU-OTChatter] re: Transitting Admiration and Affection to all Listies, while mentioning DID

[Iggy McSnurd]

> Catlady
>
> David Frankis wrote in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/21103 :
> 
> << And all of us, if we could, would like to be in the situation where
> admiration and affection transmitted are less - often much much less -
> than that received. >>
> 
> While I do *adore* receiving admiration and affection, I only *seek*
> it in RL. I go to these lists in hope of *transmitting* it -- I hope
> to find the great posts of wit, insight, style, knowledge, etc, that
> inspired feelings admiration and affection in me.
> 
> For example, I am a happy Catlady with the Incorrect Answer game,
> Predicted Title game, and WARP game, to which I can reply nothing but
> "LOL!".
> 

Iggy here:

*grin* Considering what you're replying to there was, mainly, a reply to
one of my posts, I should put in a comment or two...

First off, the stuff that I post isn't designed for me to receive
accolades and huzzahs... It's for me to share in my creative efforts and
take part in increasing the enjoyment of the members of the list.

On the other hand, as any artist will tell you, while they may do the
art for the sake of the art, they also like to hear when someone
appreciates the level of effort they put into the work, and the
creativity they invested in another's enjoyment.

Get the difference?

I enjoy WARPing... and writing Filks... and telling jokes... and
participating in the games...  and I send them in with the hopes that
others will enjoy my contributions.

Let me give you an example with the WARPs, and how I view them:

While it might be nice for people to tell me that I did a particularly
nice job on a WARP, even in a direct e-mail, a bigger compliment for me
is if someone is inspired by the idea I came up with and actually try
their hand at it... as Kerry has already done.  If this idea takes off
as much as Filks have, I'll be a happy camper because I will have left a
good and lasting mark on the list... whether people remember it as
beginning with me or not.

Me stating a while back that I was curious as to what people thought of
my WARPs was not an effort to get hosannas, it was asking if it was
worth the effort to continue posting them, since the only one that had
really gotten a response was the first one.  I was just wondering what
people thought of them... pure and simple... as any other artist would.

That Catlady included that she enjoys the WARPs in this post, lets me
know that another person out there likes what Kerry and I are
contributing...


Iggy McSnurd