Interesting revelations from IMing

[eruthros]

During a conversation with friede, I suddenly realized that all (on-deck) tech people really want to be ninjas. Possibly ninja assassins, even.

They'll climb walls to go in through a window rather than look for the keys, which are probably in their pockets. They prefer to wear all black, and claim they like it even under stage lighting. They get smug if they can do a scene change in half a second in no light, or if the can climb the ladders to the grid and change a filter while hanging upside down, or if they can paint hanging off a platform by one hand. It's practically a training program for ninja assassins.

*considers* Okay, maybe they really want to be the bastard love child of a ninja assassin and Macguyver. It says something about the personality of most techies that they believe as an article of faith that any problem can be fixed in the five minutes before curtain with duct tape, WD-40, or a Leatherman. (And the funny thing is, most problems usually can be.)

Comments

[bookwench31.livejournal.com]

You're right!! I even have someone I refer to as my backstage ninja.

maybe they really want to be the bastard love child of a ninja assassin and Macguyver
Who the hell wouldn't want to be this?

any problem can be fixed in the five minutes before curtain with duct tape, WD-40, or a Leatherman
Sometimes you also need a hammer and a crowbar. *grins*

This post made my day. This describes a large number of people I know. Umm..myself included. *facespalms*

[juniper200.livejournal.com]

Gaffers tape, dude. It's all about gaffers tape.

[slyviolet.livejournal.com]

Word.

[eruthros]

Well, yes. But we referred to it as duct tape regardless of nasty looks from our purchasing people, who figured that it they were springing for it, we should at least call it by a sexier name. *g*