Someday I'm actually going to get paid to write

[Slingy]

Right now I'm sitting in a coffee shop, putting the finishing touches on a comic series I'm developing, and this is the most fun I've had all week. I love coming up with all these bizarre characters and situations, and it's kind of exciting to think that someday... I might actually be getting PAID to do this.

Okay, mental masturbation is over. I just wanted to tell someone.

[innocentboy]

big up man.
respect.

[Shannon Chenoweth]

Awesome feeling for sure! :)

[Blandy vs Terrorism]

big up man.
OK, I have to ask, because it's been bugging me since I first saw you on the board...

What exactly the fuck does "big up" mean? I think I kind of have an idea, but due to my infamiliarity with the Canadian hip-hop scene, I'm probably wrong.

[Blandy vs Terrorism]

And good to hear, Slingy. Wish you the best of luck.

[Kenneth I. Wolfe]

We're not paid to write! We're writing to pay!

[Slingy]

heh. Thanks guys.

and yeah, I've heard big up before I think, is it really Canadian hip hop lingo?

[Angel of Distraction]

Just accept that someday could be tomorrow or it could be fifteen years. I wanted to be published when I was 21.

But hey, dreams do come true, even if you have to pull a few midnight shifts on the way.

[Slingy]

We're not paid to write! We're writing to pay!

that's kind of a pessimistic way of looking at it. Not untrue, but.

[Blandy vs Terrorism]

heh. Thanks guys.

and yeah, I've heard big up before I think, is it really Canadian hip hop lingo?
I dunno. I've watched MTV once in a great while, had a lot of friends in the army that were into hip-hop, and never heard or seen it once except for innocentboy's posts. I thought maybe it was a part of Canada's special brand of hip-hop that my honkey-white ass from the States doesn't know about.

[Slingy]

Just accept that someday could be tomorrow or it could be fifteen years. I wanted to be published when I was 21.

But hey, dreams do come true, even if you have to pull a few midnight shifts on the way.

Yeah, it could be a while, I know. I just take solace in the fact that I know I'm going to be a writer because I can't see myself not being a writer.

[Blandy vs Terrorism]

Oh yeah....same question about "real recognize real".

[Slingy]

Oh yeah....same question about "real recognize real".

Now that I have never heard before.

[Blandy vs Terrorism]

Now that I have never heard before.
Another one from the banner in his sig.

[Slingy]

Another one from the banner in his sig.

oh yeah, look at that!

I think it means (in honkie-speak) "I, who keeps it real, am recognizing you, and that you too are keeping it real."

[Angel of Distraction]

I just take solace in the fact that I know I'm going to be a writer because I can't see myself not being a writer.

That's me as well.