2009-10-01 Digital Breadcrumbs

Just watched Boy In Striped Pyjamas. It is a great film, but, as when G1 told me about the book, I think there's a message that I've missed. #
@SorenLorensen I managed most of the day without, then had a hot bath at 5 which wiped me out… made me feel proper yuck & tired. in reply to SorenLorensen #
@RedMummy Well, I don't know if I can agree with that. But I did feel that it had a kid-lit aesthetic to it that made the gravity confusing. in reply to RedMummy #
@idsharman That tweet the other week. You know the one. Uh… it's too long to quote here… in reply to idsharman #
@idsharman What's YOUR favourite thing you've written? in reply to idsharman #
@RedMummy That's what confused me… didn't think it was necessarily palatable, but the obvious invention/conceit does seem complicating… in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy I don't have the slightest problem with invention of stories set during real events, but if there was a message, I missed it. in reply to RedMummy #
@idsharman Oh, I see… SO you're perfectly happy asking US to choose between your children? This strikes me as a trick question… in reply to idsharman #
@SorenLorensen Practically speaking I need to. Got to get train tix for FOTE on Friday, & recording equipment for MOMB podcast Thu evening. in reply to SorenLorensen #
@RedMummy Idk… as an examination of how much people pretend not to notice/kids don't get, it's timeless. & am sketchy on Could Never… in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy V.Unlikely, yes, but I take issue with assertion of impossibility when levelled against fiction. MOST things are possible, really. in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy …just have varying degrees of plausability. Hm. Spellcheck doesn't like my spelling of that. Plausibility? Ah, there you go. in reply to RedMummy #
@Emmavieceli Huh. Interesting take on yourself. Always thought of you as one of the more upbeat people in comics, alongside @davidbaillie… in reply to Emmavieceli #
@Emmavieceli …& Becky Cloonan, whose twitter name at this moment in time eludes me! in reply to Emmavieceli #
@RedMummy Well, there you go. Your use of "Few" stretches your point. No indication in the story that it's regular. Opposite in fact… in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy I loves ya, but y'know, 1st/2nd/3rd hand knowledge of Auschwitz doesn't make insight that the film was sanitised more insightful, in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy …It just makes it sound a TINY LITTLE BIT like you think the person you're talking to is a bit dim. in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy Fiction tends to deal with the exceptional or unlikely, though, doesn't it? That's kind of why it has to be fiction. in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy Plus, every single animal story EVER, barring Watership Down, sanitises the natural world. Almost every story about mental health. in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy Well, OBVIOUSLY not intentionally… You'd have to be HORRID to do it on purpose! in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy Well, yes, but then, an awful LOT of those stories have also been told. Mostly no-one complains when they're varnished, either… in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy Fiction is fiction. The film/book are CLEARLY labelled as fiction. My concern isn't that they're contrived at all. in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy Well, why do you have trouble with it? Fiction tends to cut to the truth of a situation much more capably than non-fiction… in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy Besides, & don't take this as personal because it applies to most, but when we write about our own lives, we ALWAYS fictionalise. in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy Of course. But they're the most meaningful BECAUSE they are first-hand accounts. They never tell the whole story. They can't… in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy …always think it's dangerous to treat them as if they do. in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy Autobiography will ALWAYS put a spin on the story, no matter HOW apparently honest the person writing is, because it can't not… in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy …because you can't help but make yourself the hero of autobiography, even if you're an anti-hero. in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy …exactly! Put another way, the battery hen can't see the battery farm from it's vantage point. Even if it's near the walls… in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy A soldier can't see a battlefield, but a general can't really get a feel for a trench, & if he did once, he'll have forgotten. in reply to RedMummy #
@Emmavieceli Wow… you're FAR too hard on yourself. If I was as upbeat as you, I'd figure I'd earned the occasional grump or lapse! in reply to Emmavieceli #
@Emmavieceli (Course, that might be WHY I'm not as upbeat as you. Sigh.) in reply to Emmavieceli #
@RedMummy But that's just how you're interpreting the word. The SECOND you start choosing which specific way to put something, embellishing! in reply to RedMummy #
Generally speaking, I think most fiction writers have an idea, & then try to work out the best way to share that idea… @RedMummy #
@RedMummy …One that's thinking too hard about playing for reaction is thinking too hard. in reply to RedMummy #
Memory ALWAYS plays tricks, @RedMummy. It's why police trust evidence over testimony. & why I find ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN people untrustworthy. #
@rhodri Oh, well done! Gosh, you're two years older than me. Still young, I reckon. in reply to rhodri #
@RedMummy Think that might be it. It's natural to come up with more valid sounding reasons for something than that it's out of comfort zone. in reply to RedMummy #
@RedMummy It's fascinating, really. Gives great insight into a character, not WHAT they write, but how. in reply to RedMummy #
Right, bed. Really is past time. #
@RedMummy Ha! One would hope so! Right, time for bed. N'night! in reply to RedMummy #
@SorenLorensen Heh… MOMB stands for Monkey On My Back, which is the website of the guts with whom I do this weekly podcast… in reply to SorenLorensen #
@SorenLorensen FOTE stands for Future Of Technology uuugh in Education? Absolutely no reason why you'd know either… was saving space… in reply to SorenLorensen #
@SorenLorensen …as I suspected if I said Monkey On My Back or Future Of Technology in Education it would have been JUST as vague. in reply to SorenLorensen #
@thepetshopboy I enjoyed that movie immensely… http://is.gd/3Q0rh in reply to thepetshopboy #
@SorenLorensen Oh, well, that's just NOT pretty. in reply to SorenLorensen #
Bleurgh. Back at work but feeling throatsore & headachey. No sneezes, few coughs, & I needed to get some work stuff done before tomorrow. #
Woke up in middle of night thinking I heard someone on the stairs. Couldn't breathe for a second. Or move. Eep. DID NOT LIKE IT. #
…I mean, seriously, even though I could SEE that there wasn't anyone there, I felt like someone was on my chest, holding me down. #
@SorenLorensen Are you hearing voices? That isn't a good sign… in reply to SorenLorensen #
@SorenLorensen Those lads are a bit bewildered by the questions, f'r sure. Did you see "babes of the BNP" thing? Girls struggled even more! in reply to SorenLorensen #
@SorenLorensen (I… don't mean that girls GENERALLY struggle even more, you understand. Just those ones.) in reply to SorenLorensen #
@Sulman YAY ANYA! in reply to Sulman #
@SorenLorensen I meant that the snotty thing wasn't pret… OH I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE! Don't you try & catch ME out, missus… in reply to SorenLorensen #
@SorenLorensen http://is.gd/3Q2os in reply to SorenLorensen #
Oh awesome – Two of my favourite things, all wrapped up into one: http://is.gd/3Q3Yr – Terminator – How It Should End… #
@Alfie I think I may've, yes! It's peculiar as hell, though – it felt like a fully physical thing. in reply to Alfie #
@sarahditum Is it… Passive aggressive homophobia? Leave Out Lesbians? in reply to sarahditum #
@Alfie Oh god… that's giving me the heebiejeebies just thinking about it! Absolutely horrible. in reply to Alfie #
Wow, cooled-down Red Bush tea really is sucky. #
@SorenLorensen Hah… I make that exact same distinction… bath stuff without bubbles is just the cream of disappointment. in reply to SorenLorensen #
@SorenLorensen Probably not safe to. I don't mean for you. I mean for the red-blooded male contingent of your followers. *Flaps face. Phew! in reply to SorenLorensen #
@SorenLorensen Joking…! But probably still not that practical… will get phone wet! in reply to SorenLorensen #
What does "Case panelled to" mean in context of Solicitors in house sale? #
@steevbishop Luckily, I front-loaded my dissatisfaction onto that first issue, saved myself the heartache! in reply to steevbishop #
@steevbishop Mind you, were you quite enjoying Ellis' Avatar superhero sequence already? I lost it on Black Summer. in reply to steevbishop #
@SorenLorensen Ha! Cos of what I just said? What a waste of phone… and tea! in reply to SorenLorensen #
@steevbishop Oh, right… must have been someone el… A SPINE BECOMES A WAT? in reply to steevbishop #
@steevbishop …Best Ellis comic I've read in last several months wasn't even actually BY him, thinking about it. Just based on his story… in reply to steevbishop #
@ElleSergi God, that smarts. But is it awful that my 1st impulse was to be surprised that I have NEVER seen that joke made… seems obvious. in reply to ElleSergi #
Well, jeez, @Groonk… it doesn't help telling @steevbishop that NOW! #
In case you missed the question: What does "Case Panelled to *person's name*" mean, in the context of an e-mail from solicitor on house? #
@Specsneedaclean OOH YES PLEASE! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
RT @steevbishop: And from that is this… How Lord of The Rings Should Have Ended: http://bit.ly/ZtduV (OH LOLS!) #
@Groonk Oh, wow… You know, there's a market for this. There are LOADS of things I wish I could see for the first time again… in reply to Groonk #
@ElleSergi Well, I was ALREADY going to hell… That's a given. in reply to ElleSergi #
@DimitriMOMB But CAN'T you SEE it's KILLING YOU??? Sob! I just can't stand to see you commit this slow suicide…! in reply to DimitriMOMB #
@DimitriMOMB C'mon! *slams fist into table* Get up! Fight it! If you can't fight it, than nothing makes sense in this fucked up world…! in reply to DimitriMOMB #
@DimitriMOMB …If you can't fight it, than *sob*… You're not the man I fell in love with! I don't even know WHO you ARE any more… in reply to DimitriMOMB #
@DimitriMOMB NOOOO! *fires gun into the air* in reply to DimitriMOMB #
@SorenLorensen Oh, nice. Love cranberry, but never considered it as a body scent thingie. Is it as good for digestion taken that way? in reply to SorenLorensen #
@SorenLorensen Bath tweets! Licking body lotion! You are ABSOLUTELY killing me here, today, you know that? My innuendo nerve is spasming! in reply to SorenLorensen #
Tons of totty wandering campus. I take comfort in fact that I'd find most of them insufferable within 5 minutes of broaching conversation… #
http://is.gd/3Qf62 – A particularly horrid clip of @Herring1967 & @CollingsA podcast. YMMV on the content, but that photo just cracks me up! #
@SorenLorensen Can't get away soon enough for there to be any point. Just stick head out window/aggravate neighbour. Instant hot air! in reply to SorenLorensen #
@georgelondon AAAWWW yeah. in reply to georgelondon #
On this rare visit to town without chaperone, how hard will it be to resist Burger King? #
@douglasnoble No… his name's Old Wormy. On account of his pet snake. At least, he SAYS that's what it is. in reply to douglasnoble #
@jhewlett Oh gosh. That is something I dearly do miss about working at FP. Got me 2 girlfriends – with variable success – from that pool… in reply to jhewlett #
@jhewlett (…Is it sexist to call a notional grouping of a particular sort of woman a "pool"?) in reply to jhewlett #
@DimitriMOMB Done and done. Bloody hell, Unknown Soldier for £6. Had that! Also, Scalped volume 2. Had that! Warlock returns? HAD THAT! in reply to DimitriMOMB #
@DimitriMOMB To quote Dan Conner, take that hurt, fold it down into a tiny parcel, put it down in the pit of your stomach & pour food on it. in reply to DimitriMOMB #
@ElleSergi No, I think you'll find that that's the closest a girl can get to a dictionary definition of "awesome"! in reply to ElleSergi #
@ElleSergi …Just don't wear it anywhere that she's likely to see it. Or be wearing her own! in reply to ElleSergi #
@jhewlett Yay! Also, I mentioned that MOMB podcast? It's here: http://is.gd/3QpNh. (Know you're working, but y'know, forlaters.) in reply to jhewlett #
(Great article found by @Sulman): Brendan O'Neill shoots straight on Polanski http://bit.ly/hFM82 #
Heh. Miles Metcalfe – as entertaining as he is thought provoking – http://is.gd/3Qq9M – fitting, but also oddly amusing somehow. #fote09… #
…(No-one ever says that about me! Looking forward to watching you tomorrow, @mmetcalfe. Uh… does that sound a bit weird…?) #
@SorenLorensen Is Buttercup an animal? If so, I'd have to say that it entirely depends on how you are exposing yourself to it… in reply to SorenLorensen #
MOMB Podcast, for the benefit of Mr @davidbaillie – http://is.gd/3QpNh – I find that not sleeping helps me fit other stuff in! #
@SorenLorensen I didn't think that you would for EVEN A SECOND, ma'am. Which is odd, because normally that's the 1ST place my mind goes… in reply to SorenLorensen #
Rather sweetly, @SorenLorensen just got me thinking of this – the most cutely passive-aggressive & sad song ever: http://is.gd/3QsE9 #
& if you're not entirely sure what I meant about Build Me Up Buttercup being passive-aggressive, LOOK HERE!: http://is.gd/3QtkG (@RedMummy) #
@SorenLorensen Bear with me, bear with me… http://is.gd/3Qw4g (there you go… door to door service!) in reply to SorenLorensen #
@belle_lulu It's one of many that trained us into sadness & slavery to BIG L "Love". It is EVIL. Also, perky. And catchy. in reply to belle_lulu #
@Sulman Heh… that's hardly in the subtext, is it? It's in the Text-Text. George the hippo is a passive-aggressive cock-tease. (Too much?) in reply to Sulman #
@georgelondon Dude, she's ALWAYS late. & NEVER calls! This is a woman who is just not that into him. Can't you see it? Can't you see? in reply to georgelondon #

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