Hi there fellow steemians!
I joined Steemit a couple of weeks ago and didn't actually know anything about this site or the fundamentals of blogging. Hence my first introduction post was really short and I didn't went into detail about myself or what I want to write about here on steemit. So I thought now that I am a bit more familiar with the whole space and how to make your posts look decent I will properly introduce myself. Plus I hit 100 followers a few days ago and I just want to let you all know how grateful I am for that. When I joined I couldn't imagine that anyone would care to read my posts, let alone become a permanent follower of mine.
So without further ado, let's talk about my incredible (haha) life:
I am 34 years old and I live in Vienna, Austria. I grew up in a small town in the mountains and moved to Vienna when I was 18 years old after I finished my short mandatory service in the army. I went to Vienna to study media sciences at the University of Vienna. I always loved films and theatre so I really looked forward to learning about the whole stuff that comes with it. But unfortunately I didn't like living in Vienna at all. All of my friends moved to other cities to study, so I was alone in this huge city and it turned out media sciences wasn't at all what I expected. It was just really boring. After a year I quit. I found an acting school that looked really great and I thought I would just give it a shot. You had to prepare a couple of monologues and perform them in front of the teachers and if they liked what they saw you would get accepted. And to my surprise, I got in!
With no acting training or experience whatsoever I would actually start an acting career. The school was great. I met a lot of really cool people there and I became really close friends with them. The next 3 years in Vienna were just great, maybe the best time of my life. The school gave me everything I missed when I was studying at the university. It was just great fun. After I finished my acting training I played theatre for 2 years or so. After that I got a couple of small roles in TV shows and movies. Until this day I can't believe how lucky I am. I always wanted to be part of a team that produces movies etc., but I never would have dreamed of being an actor that gets actually paid.
So I lived my life. Acted a lot, met my beautiful girlfriend I couldn't live without anymore, bought a small condo and just enjoyed life.
One day I decided to go to a Stand Up Open Mic and tell a couple of jokes I had written down. It went really great! Being on stage was nothing new to me, so I guess that helped me a lot. I fell in love with performing stand up that day. So i started going to open mics regularly and performed maybe two times a week for a couple of months. During that time I started writing my own hour long comedy special. When I finished it, I talked to a booker I know and tried to get it on stage. Few weeks later I am performing my special in front of 200 people. The feeling was just insane. I was so happy. I toured through Austria with my special for about a year and after that the next big news hit me.
A TV station in Austria wanted me as a writer for a comedy TV show they produce. I instantly agreed. I love writing and collaborating with people so it really was a no brainer for me. And that's where I am today. I work as a writer for a TV show, perform stand-up, act in some movies and try posting stuff I think about on steemit.
I came across steemit through the whole cryptocurrency market. I got into cryptos about 5 years ago. I just really love the concept of it. I am a strong believer in freedom of speech and expression, hence I think this whole technology can be a tool to get some much needed freedom back from an economic and social system that unfortunately took too much of it away from the people.
And that's it I guess. The short story of my life and how I turned out the way I am today. I hope you liked my little late introduction post. If you got any more questions just leave a comment down below. I will try to post about 5 pieces a week, so if you are interested you may check them out. Originally I thought I would only write about cryptocurrency and movies, but until now I posted a couple of book reviews, some thoughts on psychological problems, gaming and a short little guide on how to start out in comedy. You can say I am all over the place.
I wish all of you a great day!
Greetings,
ggorwell
P.S.: Not a native, sorry for eventual mistakes. And thanks again to my followers!!!!!
Hello! Welcome to the Steemit Community! I can't wait to see your content. I hope you enjoy this wonderful platform. All the best for you:) Have a beautiful day & Steem on!
Hola! Bienvenid@ a Steemit! No puedo esperar para ver su contenido. Espero que disfrute mucho de esta maravillosa plataforma. Todo lo mejor para ti:) Ten un bonito día:) Steem On!
Hi! Thanks a lot for the warm welcome! As I said I will try to post a minimum of 5 pieces per week, would be happy if you will check them out. Greetings
Nice to meet you @Ggorwell ! Welcome to the steemit community ! Take care, @digital-gypsy
Hi there!
Let me welcome you to this community @Ggorwell . I'm @chrisx and if you need any help don't hesitate to contact or follow me :-)
Nice to meet you! Thanks for the welcome!
What an amazing story! Welcome to steemit! I am a fellow steemitrebel.
I am impressed at the progression of your acting, writing and stand up career. What an adventure and touring the country is fantastic! Do you do any standup in English? Or do you have videos of your standup in German with subtitles? I would like to check it out. Es tut mir Leid. Ich kenne nur ein wenig deutsch.
My mother lived in Vienna for several years back in the late 1990s. She is a psychologist and she went out there for a psychology conference after she was retired and decided to move there. So I have been there a few times and thought it was quite beautiful and atmospheric. We went to Schönbrunn and the Kunsthistorisches Museum many times, and we spent a lot of time in cafes! And we saw Hundertwasser and Freud's office. I would love to go back.
Hi! you are the first steemitrebel who got in touch with me! i was thinking about dumping the hashtag because it didn't seem to do anything... but hey, worked after all!
Unfortunately I only do Stand Up in german and I can't really share any clips cause I sold all the rights to the tv station I work for :/. But please let me know if you come to Vienna again, would be insane to meet someone who got in touch with me via Steemit, or let's say via steemitrebels :)
Oh I see! Haha, yes it would be funny to meet up. I don't know how soon that will be, though. Yes, I was going to ask Rules for Rebels if he might give us a list of the other rebels so we could go around and upvote each other.
I understand about the standup and the television rights - I am sure you will be producing many more shows and interesting content, so I will trust to that. Hey, maybe you are the Louis CK of Austria??
Good idea! A list would be really great. I will probably write a post about that. I don't know about Louis CK, but it is definitely a goal to work towards :)
welcome here @Ggorwell! Nice post, i will follow your account, please follow me!
Thanks a lot!
Hello @ggorwell. Welcome to Steemit. I am David. I wish you have a happy journey here.
Thanks David!
Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now
Hi there! Thanks a lot for the follow!
welcome dude !! follow me @purechocola
Hi there!
Welcome to steemit. Followed n upvoted
Hi there! Thanks a lot!
you're welcome
Hi
Congratulations on your 100 followers.
I am from Perth
Welcome to steemit. This is an amazing place with awesome content. Look forward to seeing some of your posts. Come and have a look at @yoda1917 I am sure you will find something there interesting and I give my best to help the new people :)
Regards
Yoda
P.S, here is an example of my work.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@yoda1917/and-the-steem-comes-tumbling-down-time-to-sit-tight
Hey thank you! Greetings to Perth!
Greetings, follow me and check out some of the work on @yoda1917. You will laugh you ass off lol
Hey nice to meet you! I'm brand new to this so I'm just trying to get the hang of it haha! Good luck with the site! If you're interested in music then follow me @jamespearce
Hi! You will love it here. I already met great people in my 2 months.
Welcome to steem! Great story, beautiful country! Hope you have good success here and your acting/writing career.
Thank you!
hi there ! i just made 100 follow just like you! I really enjoy being here. Very kind pleople.
Cheers, @dianamihaela
Hi! Yeah the community seems really cool here.
Hello @ggorwell Great introducemyself post!!
I'm @andyluy and I've been here for a couple of weeks, a can tell youThat steemit is the most amazing thing I've ever seen at the internet so far. I'm happy seeing it grows every day!
I had some hard time on the firsts week, so I spent some time searching information to improve my experience with steemit, latter I've decided to make posts about those things in order to help the new ones to have a shortcut to get deeper on steemit.
here is some of my posts, I hope It mitght be helpful to you:
The Randowhale
Getting videos from facebook
Minnowssupport!
Randowhale update 1
I intend to keep posting useful info that I may be able to gather, and in a near future some give away. Feel invited to follow me and if you have any question about steemit you can ask me in any of my last posts, I'll try my best to help.
Hi there! Thanks a lot, will check your posts out!
Welcome to the Steemfamily !!! Followed. Follow me back 😘
Hi, will check it out!