Life goes on …

October 25, 2006 D. H. McKee

Off

… and sometimes, not even.
That was my little joke to keep this week from being too gloomy. I attended the funeral for my grandmother on Monday. It was a sombre affair, but allowed me to get back in touch with relatives from my father’s side of the family. My grandmother was 89, so she ended up living quite a lot longer than I expect to. She was the last surviving grandparent of mine, and she will be missed dearly. She was cool.

She died six hours after I last saw her in the long-term care facility in Rockwood.
I did get to catch up on some juicy family gossip as well, although I didn’t go looking for any. Strange, isn’t it, how this stuff starts making its way around. Everyone is all happy to see you, giving you compliments … then they turn around and tell the next person all about you: your current and past relationships; your medical/financial situation; how you’re dressing these days; etc. Naturally, I didn’t get to hear the gossip about me, but I bet it was something fascinating.
I also got several invitations from family members across Canada. If I’m ever in Alberta or B.C., I’ll have several places to stay.
I was able to make contact with my cousin, who’s currently writing a book. She’s got some good contacts in the literary world, and I thought I might be able to get an opening for an illustrator friend of mine. She thinks I’m cool, so we’re even.

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As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.