So first things
first. Who am I ? Why I am here? And why would anyone would be interested in
this… And lastly survival blogs? Really? Common…
I am Laura I am 24
years old and my main area of expertise is archaeology. Not the Lara Croft kind
but the one that spends hours and hours in the middle of the fields and then
spends even longer period of time leaning over the books and trying to understand
what the heck did she got herself into… Though I did played all Lara Croft
games so I guess in a sense I could say I am partially familiar with that kind line of work. I mean I wassss an expert in riding a motorcycle in a temple while
jumping over some strange machinery. Oh hm… wait… Yeah.. I guess that still
can’t be counted as a real experience…
Sometimes I really
question my life priorities...Hmm… I really should stop thinking that I am a
character of the game it’s so unhealthy…Even those inner monologues now are
branching into dialogues. Who new that I have 5 different opinions on every
subject. It’s like five totally different roommates are living in my head. The
positive me always tries to put a a nicer spin on everything, while the negative
me always says the opposite which of course creates a clash between two of
them. The realist me tries to calm down those two pesky parts and the immature
me simply loughs at everything while making stupid jokes that are not even connected
to the topic. And that’s exactly when the judging me comes out and simply slaps
herself across the face (mental slap not literal) and simply says oh my god do
I really have to be here? Oh hm…What I was talking about? Oh right!. As I
already said my main area of expertise is archaeology and if to be more exact –
medieval archaeology, though from a very young age I liked creative writing. I
started doing that when I was a 6 years old, and my first short story was about
why the sky is blue. I mean not to brag but at the age of 6 I already knew that
the sky is blue because of the painter that accidentally spilled all his paint
while he tried to color the huuuuge house. Wait that’s not true? Prove it I
dare you :D
But all joking
aside I did really started enjoying writing at a very young age and haven’t
stopped ever since. I wrote short stories, long stories, even tried to write a
few books. But something was always missing. I mean I always enjoyed the
ability to let your imagination flow freely, but at some point I would always
hit the wall of em…what next? I did loved the world that I created or the
characters that felt like a real humans, but something was always missing.
Motivation? No… New experiences? I don’t think so. I couldn't put my finger on
it until I reached 6 grade. I had to move to another country (for 3 years) and
I had to learn new language very quickly. So one and very effective method was
starting playing video games that would be written in that language. And… very
soon I was not only fluent in Russian but also addicted to games.
Something about
that huge and magical world attracted me the very first minute I started
playing in it. Maybe ability to create your own future without being afraid of
consequences or maybe maybe a mere fact of actual visual experience that really
drawn me in….Until this day I can’t say why but something clicked inside of me.
So I started playing more and more, and for some reason the games started
inspiring me to write my own more game stale based short stories. And so years
past and here I am! I am in love with games, but now I need more. I need to not
only be an active participant in a game world but also an active creator of it.
But instead of
jumping into it I deiced to take things step by step (I guess studying does
give you some kind of idea of structure that can be used in your own life).
So I did what I do
every time when I encounter some new artifact:
- Collect
-Research.
-Research some more.
- Have a long and tiring inner monologue that
sometimes leads to outer monologue and makes people think that your crazy.
- Research even more.
- Write down your findings and put thoughts in
correct shelves.
- Wrap it up.
- And finish work by providing results.
I figured that the best thing that I can do now,
is to actually put my thoughts in line. And what is the best way to do that?
Blogging.
I figured that putting my thoughts out there
could not only help me to figure out whether my ideas are worth something but
also would let me figure out my own thoughts.
Why would anyone would be interested in reading
this?
Truth to be told I don't know. One
thing for sure those who will become interested will be able
to emerge themselves in the new fantasy world and see
things throw my eyes, be the players of the game that will
evolve as we all go...
So now what is the survival blogs?
It's a fantasy game that involves in making a
virtual game world with deep stories and action filed world, but
without actual game. I will try to emerge myself in a world were
humanity is no longer the ones that rules the planet Earth. Where you have to
fight for your life, and have to enjoy simple things.
I hope that in a future we will be able to
create something amazing - a community of survivors who will
treasure everyday joys as well as create new bonds between different
people in all parts of world.
But hey that's just one part of the idea and
only the time will show whether it will be something great or will it fall and
crumble :)
So for now Welcome to the world of survivors! We can do this! Or not...
So good morning,
