Comments for I Am Very Busy and Important. http://iamverybusyandimportant.net Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on The bossiest shop in Rockhampton. by TimT http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2012/02/the-bossiest-shop-in-rockhampton/#comment-410 TimT Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:21:40 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=811#comment-410 'Please do not play with fluffy toys'. Now that's disappointing. Maybe that's where all their hidden cameras are hidden to catch out all the people stealing wigs. ‘Please do not play with fluffy toys’.

Now that’s disappointing. Maybe that’s where all their hidden cameras are hidden to catch out all the people stealing wigs.

]]> Comment on Go west! by TimT http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2012/02/go-west/#comment-409 TimT Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:19:03 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=823#comment-409 Ah the perennial problem of definitions. Every so often I get the feeling that I am not making zines by some set of mysterious, unwritten, unspoken, but inescapable rules. I make a quarterly called 'Badger's Dozen'. It's just a humour zine with poetry and rants and stuff. Old SF zine friends call it a 'fanzine'! A younger zine-reader called it a collaborative zine! I'm not sure whether it's either. Um, what happens if it isn't? Zines are different to magazines and newspapers and other 'above-ground' publications but usually the difference isn't very important anyway. Mostly I think these ideas about what zines should and shouldn't be can be laughed at. :) Ah the perennial problem of definitions. Every so often I get the feeling that I am not making zines by some set of mysterious, unwritten, unspoken, but inescapable rules.

I make a quarterly called ‘Badger’s Dozen’. It’s just a humour zine with poetry and rants and stuff.

Old SF zine friends call it a ‘fanzine’! A younger zine-reader called it a collaborative zine! I’m not sure whether it’s either. Um, what happens if it isn’t?

Zines are different to magazines and newspapers and other ‘above-ground’ publications but usually the difference isn’t very important anyway. Mostly I think these ideas about what zines should and shouldn’t be can be laughed at. :)

]]> Comment on Go west! by Sophie http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2012/02/go-west/#comment-408 Sophie Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:30:36 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=823#comment-408 Ouch! I guess my point is <em>I</em> think it's a traditional perzine, so I'm always surprised when I get rejected from zine distros on the grounds that apparently it's NOT a traditional perzine. Also, I've put out 6 issues of IAVBAI, 2 stand-alone zines and three musical releases over the past 18 months, all while working full-time. I think I've got plenty of my own shit done, thanks. Ouch!
I guess my point is I think it’s a traditional perzine, so I’m always surprised when I get rejected from zine distros on the grounds that apparently it’s NOT a traditional perzine.
Also, I’ve put out 6 issues of IAVBAI, 2 stand-alone zines and three musical releases over the past 18 months, all while working full-time.
I think I’ve got plenty of my own shit done, thanks.

]]> Comment on Go west! by Will http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2012/02/go-west/#comment-407 Will Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:25:36 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=823#comment-407 Smells Like Zines says you write about depression, couch surfing and band interviews... sounds like a traditional perzine to me. Stop sneering about how you're not a vegan lesbian and concentrate on getting your own shit done. Smells Like Zines says you write about depression, couch surfing and band interviews… sounds like a traditional perzine to me.

Stop sneering about how you’re not a vegan lesbian and concentrate on getting your own shit done.

]]> Comment on Dear Jonathan Davis: by Paul http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2011/09/dear-jonathan-davis/#comment-353 Paul Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:17:02 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=654#comment-353 Totally agree. How bogan- Monster. Totally agree. How bogan- Monster.

]]> Comment on Living in the future. by Sophie http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2011/08/living-in-the-future/#comment-330 Sophie Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:39:53 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=625#comment-330 Hahaha, if I was in a religion class and forced to use a defective computer, I would probably do the same thing. RAAAAGE. Hahaha, if I was in a religion class and forced to use a defective computer, I would probably do the same thing. RAAAAGE.

]]> Comment on Living in the future. by Carla Thursday http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2011/08/living-in-the-future/#comment-329 Carla Thursday Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:23:21 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=625#comment-329 I worked at a school last year that had these, and yes; they were extremely shitty. I saw a Grade 10 boy smash his repeatedly onto a desk with frustration, until the screen shattered.... Then again, he was in a religion class so maybe he was just angry at the world. I worked at a school last year that had these, and yes; they were extremely shitty.

I saw a Grade 10 boy smash his repeatedly onto a desk with frustration, until the screen shattered…. Then again, he was in a religion class so maybe he was just angry at the world.

]]> Comment on Back to an itinerant life. by Andrew McMillen http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2011/05/back-to-an-itinerant-life/#comment-224 Andrew McMillen Sun, 15 May 2011 10:47:51 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=497#comment-224 "Typing phone numbers on my computer keyboard thinking it was the phone and panicking when I didn’t hear a dial tone." This made me laugh a lot. “Typing phone numbers on my computer keyboard thinking it was the phone and panicking when I didn’t hear a dial tone.”

This made me laugh a lot.

]]> Comment on Writing for Fasterlouder – a ladder-climbing regret. by Sophie http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2011/02/regrets-fasterlouder-bands/#comment-156 Sophie Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:23:18 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=236#comment-156 THX M8. THX M8.

]]> Comment on Tagged, tracked, logged. by Elouise Quinlivan http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/2011/03/tagged-tracked-logged-bipolar-mentalhealth/#comment-153 Elouise Quinlivan Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:32:36 +0000 http://iamverybusyandimportant.net/?p=321#comment-153 There's no time for 'everyone loves raymond' episodes between your crazy zine reading and reviewing schedule ! There’s no time for ‘everyone loves raymond’ episodes between your crazy zine reading and reviewing schedule !

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