Personal ads for the soul

So a while ago Havi mentioned how she found her dream house (amongst other things) by writing a personal ad. I took the idea and ran with it – and it worked! I did find the people I was after, and they keep showing up. woo! I followed it up by putting out my intentions for housing and income – those ones are still muddling along, so here’s a kickstart.

Then Havi brought them up again and everyone pitched in. It was awesome! I met a couple of interesting people through there and kinda fulfilled one person’s wish (to join their online community). Then Andrew made a site for it which is even more brilliant.

It seems to be a regular thing with Havi, because she’s now adding her mini personal ads to the bottom of every post (hmm, maybe a new trend?) and she posted about them again . In the spirit of things, I’ll repost the ads I made in Havi’s comments:

1. MERCH GIRL SEEKS FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
Creative eccentric passionate dabbler seeks means of being able to pursue her heart’s desire while also being able to pay bills, pay rent, and feed belly. Said dabbler would rather be able to sleep on a comfortable bed with her matey and not worry about money, instead of being a homeless foreigner.

YOU ARE: any combination of the following:

• An ethical sustainable at-least part-time job paying at least AUD$30,000/year, which allows me to make a comfortable income while developing my skills and being connected to interesting motivated people, without being sucked into politics and hypocrisy. Level doesn’t matter, as long as it’s something I can do a good job in and has a great working atmosphere.
• Funding and/or support for The Merch Girl so I can make it into an awesome business without worrying about lack of funds
• Funding and/or support for me as an emerging creative artist and/or interesting person
• Projects that are interesting and good and compensate well
• Another fascinating good ethical interesting way of self-sustainability that I haven’t imagined yet

YOU ARE NOT:

• the result of someone’s untimely death (so no family inheritances please!)
• A product of crime and/or unethicalness
• Attached with strings that reveal undesirable conditions
• Attached with hate, discrimination, nastiness, ickiness, hypocrisy, soul-suckage, drama, and anything else that makes me cry

WHAT I WILL DO:

• Treat you with respect, honour, and care
• Work my best into any venture I involve myself with
• Use my sustained self to support other eccentric creative young artists who don’t quite fit in anywhere
• Work on spreading love with my work and creative interactions instead of getting caught up in drama
• Love you forever

Feel free to get in touch if you have any ideas!

I should also add “you are not more money from my parents which only comes with filial piety issues” because I’m trying to be financially independent from them. Doing that and being able to live is proving difficult tho.

2. SEEKING A FUNCTIONING COMPUTER
I would like to ask for a functioning computer. I have a laptop, but first the hard drive died, then the main partition is borked so I can’t even reinstall Windows or boot up from something else. The most I can do is load Ubuntu on CD and then look at stuff. I haven’t touched it for a while as I’m planning to get back to Brisbane, backup everything (that’s where my external harddrive is), and then reinstall stuff.

This could come in the following ways:

• A new external harddrive gifted to me before I return to Brisbane so I can backup everything earlier (or something else that accomplishes this)
• My computer will suddenly function again and stay functioning for a few more years at least (I got it late 2007)
• I get a new computer that is much MUCH better at staying alive

I commit to taking care of my computer, doing regular backups (my external is now not leaving my sight!!), and learning more about how to maintain my computer. You’d think I get this, since I’ve been using computers since I was 2 and I’m turning 24, but argh.

3. FANTASTIC FESTIVALS & AMAZING ARTS ACTION
There are a few arts and festivals opportunities that look interesting. The people I train with in circus have a street performance project and a physical theatre project thing, there are some bigger arts festivals popping up this year, and two main TV stations in Australia are auditioning for presenters.

My request: To obtain favourable and pleasant results from applying to these opportunities, preferably in a way that allows me to sustain my journey through them (e.g. paid employment, expenses covered, sponsorship, etc).

This would mainly come from my applications being accepted, but I am also open to alternative arrangements being made that would have been better than the thing I applied for in the first place.

I commit to placing my applications, putting my best effort in, and being open to new opportunities. Also if you know of any other options that myself and/or The Merch Girl can do, let me know!

What would you place a personal ad for?