2008-11-21 Digital Breadcrumbs

@harrymylandIV @Groonk Talkin’ as someone that knew the UK series pretty well first – After the 1st season, the US Office is it’s own thing. #
@harrymylandIV @Groonk … & gets to avoid direct comparisons. & agree about Carrell, kinda… #
@Groonk @harrymylandIV … Though with him & Gervais, always got the feeling you weren’t SUPPOSED to laugh most of the time! They both hurt! #
Hm. I’ve had both Gervais & Carrell bosses. Carrell is a harder boss to have, because deep down, he’s nicer. Which is more complicated… #
@harrymylandIV @Groonk Watching through the latter half of season 3 with Girl One now. It’s new to her! At 1st she was hardcore UK version. #
@harrymylandIV Yeah… I came late to the Carrell party – to be honest, he’s a soft sell for me, because I find him pretty likeable… #
… perh #
Whoops… Perhaps more likeable than funny, is what I was about to say. Though “Little Miss Sunshine” was a standout performance… #
@Malakym Oh, yeah, it’s been a while. Solid season, too, if you like the show. Though low on the forensics, high on drama. BIG cast changes! #
@Groonk It’s something I said before either show even came out – I’d sooner a competent asshole boss than one that wants to be friends… #
@Groonk I have heard grumblings about this, but haven’t experienced it yet. Why don’t they just make it Gravatar friendly…? #
@Malakym Same here, pretty much. & yeah, the cast changes I mentioned are kind of an ongoing process. But the BIG one is being set up early. #
@Groonk It’s kind of not all acting. He’s a tough interview to watch, because it’s hard to tell how much of an ass he is in real life… #
@Groonk … one’s instincts say “quite an ass”. Incidentally, my foreign brothers, have you had much Alan Partridge out there? #
@Malakym At the moment, every episode seems to be delivering a heartbreaking Grissom “First”. #
Teehee, I got @Groonk to expose himself for the first time…! #
@Groonk Not just ANY gay man, The Milky Bar Kid. Dude. Was that just a UK thing? It was Western themed… #
@Groonk http://is.gd/8p5k Should edumacate you. http://is.gd/8p5r – A low point. http://is.gd/8p5D – Dara O’Briain explains the phenomenon. #
Was trying to find some classic Partridge for @Groonk & @harrymylandIV, but fast realised – It’s ALL classic. #
@steevbishop I never sleep… Listen, this Milky Bar Kid stuff is of INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE… #
… And did you know there were places in the civilised world where they don’t have Partridge? This needs to be addressed! @steevbishop #
@Groonk @harrymylandIV If you guys don’t have The Day Today, you owe it to yourselves to find it. Like, srsly. TDT first, Brass Eye next… #
@harrymylandIV I love Herring & Collins, Adam & Joe, Armstrong & Miller… those are comedy podcast thingies. #
@harrymylandIV Are you using iTunes? Should be easy to find in the podcast directory. Otherwise, uh… #
@harrymylandIV H & C are pretty profane, & A & M are a bit… smartarse. But Adam & Joe are a lot of fun. Also, You Look Nice Today is good. #
@Sulman Multi-taskin’ like a motherfucker. You were just described as my “In” to the IT department. Sometimes I don’t know how to respond… #
@steevbishop Yay! Have you noticed that Coogan seems to be getting younger? He looks about 25 in Tropic Thunder… #
@harrymylandIV Oh, jeez, proper snow really DOES turn us all into five year olds, doesn’t it? #
@steevbishop Whereas, learned brother, I ONLY endorse campaigns with a handful of petroleum jelly. Low friction engagement, sir! #
@Sulman Yeah, that’s entirely how it is, & should be, but you know how these folks roll. Old world back scratchery is what they understand. #
@steevbishop That looks really pretty cool. Solid cast, too – always been a fan of Tomei, & when Rourke is good, he’s great! #
Had a bit of a listen to GnR album. It’s quite loud, or maybe I’m just old. Also sounds a bit like Axl’s finally heard Industrial music… #
… Though guessing I’m NOT the target audience… #
@idsharman I listened to that album – those albums? – a LOT… maybe I need to dig them out again, cos I’d forgotten that entirely… #
@idsharman Oh, gosh, that sounds like a lot of work… Can’t you just… busk it for me? I will have a re-listen when I get a chance… #
… it occurs to me that ALL of my GnR is on cassette, and I’m not sure I’ve got a player! AWESOME! I’m getting old… #
@idsharman I think the same thing happened to me with Screamadelica by Primal Scream. &, uh… Misplaced Childhood by Marillion. Oh, dear. #
The Primal Scream is awesome, but Marillion is unforgiveable. I was young & foolish! Also, have owned Graceland by Paul Simon about 5 times. #
@harrymylandIV Please tell me Monty is the dog/cat, and not an aging relative/parent/Josh? #
@harrymylandIV Oh, wow, he sounds awesome. Do you have photos up anywhere…? #
@harrymylandIV Well, now, I’ve obviously seen that before because mine is the first comment. I’m just clearly forgetful as hell… #
@Groonk But they are megasuperawesomerad! That HAS to count for something, right? Ask me about my story all about the missing reflections… #
@Groonk … I can’t tell you. It is a huuuge secret project that I thought of in my early 20s. About the missing vampire reflections. #
@Groonk … I also can’t tell you because I have forgotten most of the details. Beyond the ones I’ve just told you. #
@Groonk It’s possible that the super-dark fictional premise I came up with was actually just an over extrapolated MirrorMaster thing… #
@harrymylandIV I have about seven or eight a minute… I’m like an old @joshhechinger #
(Old and less cute.) #
@harrymylandIV @Groonk Oh god, actually it was a bit like “Mirrors”, the ungood Kiefer movie from recently. #
@Malakym You’re right there, my fellow. Tipex certainly isn’t glue, is it? Double the mess, half the intoxication! #
@Groonk Maybe an idea that needs to be done some time soon – after the nonzombie detective story I’m writing now for the novel thing. #
Oh, dear, @GregCarter, you aren’t defining rules for fictional concepts, are you? Surely, the best thing about fiction is we can make it up? #
To paraphrase Richard Herring – Zombies can do whatever they want, because they’re made up! #
@joshhechinger Oh, god, I think you just described every fucking one of my Elephant Words pieces in the first six months…! #
Once November is done, I have GOT to spend some time reworking the two websites. EW has great content, but no feedback – difficult not to… #
… see it as a problem with the site. 365 Tomorrows seems to have an active forum, & I think we’ve similar audiences. #
& I’m loving writing bits & bobs for Nixsight, but frankly have had that layout for too long. It tires me out. #
@Sulman Good point. Well, kind of. As you know, there was supposed to be scope for reader contribution, but it’s fundamentally broken at mo. #
@Sulman … Also, I think, especially early on, staff-writers made most (if not all) of the work over there. The other problem, of course… #
… Is one of demographic. Though the work at 365T is widely varied, it still all fits the broad sci-fi or speculative mode. EW is looser… #
… & as such, a tougher sell, I think. I’m not doing right by the idea, is what it comes down to. & I agree entirely, @sulman. #