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2009-10-15 Digital Breadcrumbs

digital breadcrumb 12:21 15/10/09
  • @Sulman LOLS. You're in trouble if you show LESS self control when I'm there than when I'm not. I'm basically death to self control! in reply to Sulman #
  • @driis Trick question… it's two songs. One by De La Soul: Ring Ring Ring. And the other… Curiosity Killed The Cat? in reply to driis #
  • @buxtontheblue Or an expensive whore who just happens to have a lot of very well-to-do clients? in reply to buxtontheblue #
  • @driis (I actually hate myself that I was proud that I'd retained that bit of information. Oh dear.) #
  • @GeekSyndicate Mention the MOMB Podcast! in reply to GeekSyndicate #
  • @SorenLorensen Yay! YAY! I'm as happy as a guy watching 1st season episodes of Fringe! Not as good as yours, I suppose. in reply to SorenLorensen #
  • Walter in Fringe is absolutely wonderfully peculiarly wonderful. #
  • @joshhechinger It's not THAT big a lie, is it? I'm sure I've seen those somewhere… in reply to joshhechinger #
  • @simonpegg EVERYBODY'S poo has bits of New Moon in it. It's like a THING. in reply to simonpegg #
  • Hey you guys! I have written something stupid at Elephant Words. It's called "His Unnerving Gaze" – http://bit.ly/iGuzb #
  • The EW piece I wrote today – http://bit.ly/iGuzb – is a companion piece to the 1st EW piece I ever wrote! http://bit.ly/39sa6l #
  • @laineyw Aww, we've missed you too! How you doing? in reply to laineyw #
  • RT @iainlee: I think they still make one new Frasier episode every week. They just never show them. #
  • @SamShepherd I found that article really hard to parse… prejudiced response to a prejudiced, antagonistic source makes for a wobbly read! in reply to SamShepherd #
  • @SamShepherd When I was at school there was certainly that divide… but noticed it applied to boys doing HE more than girls doing CDT. in reply to SamShepherd #
  • Been meaning to ask someone, so will ask @Amelia_Torode – where do those quaint & lovely avatars that loads of people have come from? #
  • @camiknickers Wait, what? Didn't you wake up happy? I don't know if I can handle these REALLY SLOW mood swings… (That WAS you, right?) in reply to camiknickers #
  • @davidbaillie Are you invoking one of the Old Gods? in reply to davidbaillie #
  • Yay! Thanks to @Amelia_Torode, I can consider that bandwagon officially JUMPED. Possibly a little after the barn doors needed closing. Errm. #
  • Oh, FINE, 1960s… apparently hair like mine wasn't considered APPROPRIATE on a man in an ad agency. Happy with the compromise, mind. #
  • …I think the Mad Men Yourself thing is probably that tiny bit more fun if you're a girl. #
  • @Specsneedaclean I made myself AWESOME! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
  • @Sulman Hah… the funny thing is, you only have 3 body shapes at your disposal – skinny, muscley or fat. So I had to go with FAT… in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman I think I'm almost precisely the least suited person to a Mad Men makeover in the world. I want to see you in it. Or @SorenLorensen. in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman There's something about a tall guy with short/no hair, or lady with long red hair, that is just classic, innit? in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman Yup! XACTLY! You are JUST LIKE Jean Luc Picard. in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman …Which I guess makes me the wildly varying waistlined Riker? in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman Worf? You wound me. But… actually, yeah, okay… in reply to Sulman #
  • @camiknickers Dammit… I'm getting my Twitter peoples mixed up, and mixing myself up in the process. This is NO GOOD. in reply to camiknickers #
  • @SorenLorensen Those funny little Twitter avatars that people have had for months but I've only just found out how to get. in reply to SorenLorensen #
  • @Sulman So what you're saying is, if I wore a vest, & started feeling ANGSTY when I kill people instead of roaring, Sayid? in reply to Sulman #
  • @SorenLorensen http://is.gd/4kEqu in reply to SorenLorensen #
  • @Sulman You mean, instead of the "too deep, some of the time" that I do already…? in reply to Sulman #
  • @acheverton Loaded pretty quick here. But I've been having all sorts of problems on home network. Suspect it would have taken longer there. in reply to acheverton #
  • @james__buckley There's always pornography. in reply to james__buckley #
  • @Amelia_Torode It's certainly a very flattering version of me! It's a nice tool – it makes me long for a Sims graphics filter. in reply to Amelia_Torode #
  • @Specsneedaclean Aww, ta! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
  • This Mad Men thing makes me think that instead of new content expansions for games like Sims, I'd like top-to-bottom graphic filters… #
  • …So that if you wanted to shift it to 2d sepia-style visuals for a bit, you'd just toggle it and PRESTO! #
  • @Sulman Now, that's a really excellent idea… in reply to Sulman #
  • @buxtontheblue Tut. You keep saying stuff that sets my innuendo sense tingling. You're a bad lady. in reply to buxtontheblue #
  • @buxtontheblue (Actually, "orgy of the mouth" is probably a nonuendo.) in reply to buxtontheblue #
  • @Sulman Starting to question wisdom of protesting the BBC over this. Dislike BNP as much as anyone, but the BBC have their mandate, innit? in reply to Sulman #
  • The more restrictive/irrational the anti-BNP effort aims to be, the stronger the insidious arguments BNP supporters use become. #
  • Offered without comment: "You dont seem to be able to have an opinion on anything nowadays without being called racist." #
  • Actually, fuck that. "You dont seem to be able to have an opinion on anything nowadays without being called racist." …when you're racist. #
  • @Sulman … AND the pizza. :( in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman I feel dirty. And not entirely in a good way. in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman Though I have to say, your triumphalism is making me feel a BIT better about my decision. in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman …Also why aren't there any pictures of ME as a little kid covered in food? I feel strangely cheated. in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman Once A WEEK? in reply to Sulman #
  • Merlin Mann has a post collecting together some different media that shows the development of Born To Run. Fascinating: http://is.gd/4kTn9 #
  • @steevbishop Ha! Honestly, the clientele in the canteen is much more impressive than the food. Most days. in reply to steevbishop #
  • That avatar really doesn't look like me. But it IS kinda half making me want to change the way I look so it does. #
  • @rhodri Clicking on a @porksmith link at work is just one of those mistakes you only ever have to make once. Never again! in reply to rhodri #
  • @steevbishop Oh, the eating isn't a problem… it's the vague feeling of guilty nausea afterwards that I'm struggling with! in reply to steevbishop #
  • @steevbishop …I can't get me ONE head straight, innit? Get me two head straight? Ain't no way, ain't no how. in reply to steevbishop #
  • @jackassletters But my old one wasn't even of me… Is that what you're getting at? in reply to jackassletters #
  • @DimitriMOMB Dude! That's EXACTLY what it's like… http://is.gd/4kEqu in reply to DimitriMOMB #
  • @Sulman Younglings? There's like two upsetting things in that short Tweet that I just can't put my finger on… in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman @sarahditum Oh…! For a sec, I entirely forgot that Rick Witter was anything but pop rhyming slang. He was really real, wasn't he? #
  • @sarahditum Weren't 3 of those 13 hits "Going For Gold"? There was a point there where that seemed to be being released once a year. in reply to sarahditum #
  • @Sulman Exactly! in reply to Sulman #
  • @DimitriMOMB Whenever you get to that thinking, doubt it! Doubt it! in reply to DimitriMOMB #
  • @Specsneedaclean Uuuhm… in reply to Specsneedaclean #
  • Mark Millar is MUCH more soft-spoken than I'd imagined he might be… http://is.gd/4kWi6 #
  • @DimitriMOMB I didn't realise he was a homophobe. We should totally all jump him tonight. in reply to DimitriMOMB #
  • @Specsneedaclean OH I SEE! I never know where you're going to end up, that whirlwind life of yours… in reply to Specsneedaclean #
  • Predictions for tonight's MOMB podcast: @DimitriMOMB won't utter his catchphrase once. I won't giggle like a fucking idiot AT ALL… #
  • Predictions for tonight's MOMB podcast: Jon ends up getting an injunction on rest of us. Distracted at last min by question about Millar… #
  • Predictions for tonight's MOMB podcast: @RichMOMB will perform a segue without announcing it first. #
  • Why on earth aren't I just calling it the MOMBcast? You'd all know what that meant, right? #
  • @DimitriMOMB (Teehee!) in reply to DimitriMOMB #
  • @Sulman Eep, plenty of what? That tweet broke my Tweetdeck's ability to follow a thread… in reply to Sulman #
  • @Specsneedaclean Well, whirlwind enough… Free as a bird, and all that…! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
  • Should we be soliciting shout-outs & conversation topics for the podcast? Recording tonight, all y'all… maybe hashtag requests #MOMBcast? #
  • @SorenLorensen Sweetie, you'll be fine. We won't let anything bad happen to you. Me and the voices… in reply to SorenLorensen #
  • @Sulman YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW? Oh my god no! in reply to Sulman #
  • @SorenLorensen :( What will we do till you land. Actually, do they HAVE phones in Ireland? in reply to SorenLorensen #
  • OH MY GOD you guys! New @autotunethenews – http://bit.ly/3TxkGp – will I regret getting excited before hearing it? #
  • @tim12s EXACTLY! in reply to tim12s #
  • @RichMOMB You know, I think professional podcasters only announce their toilet-breaks on their return. We should try that!! in reply to RichMOMB #
  • @DimitriMOMB I think the dogs might do an alright job. But your bowl is in an alcove so even if we WANTED a 4-way swordfight, we couldn't. in reply to DimitriMOMB #
  • @SorenLorensen Oh my god! You're going to be like a cavewoman on your return, aren't you? in reply to SorenLorensen #
  • @Sulman That… is a word, isn't it? Alcove? Alcove? Alcove? Alcove? No, it's losing all meaning, now. Alcove? What DOES it mean? in reply to Sulman #
  • @Sulman Oh, right. Need to watch again, obviously. I get the feeling I will ALWAYS need to watch it again, even after watching it again. in reply to Sulman #
  • @SorenLorensen You're just saying that now because you're concerned that it made it sound a bit disgusting, aren'tcha? in reply to SorenLorensen #
  • @Sulman I suspect, knowing how it turns out, that I'd find the whole thing a bit sad, next time around. in reply to Sulman #
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    • The guy with the cock-piercing

      I once knew this guy. He was an unexceptional guy - a little geeky, and a lot loud, but not prone to particularly deep thought, or certainly not anything ground-breaking or controversial. He’d been signed off sick for a while with depression or some-such, and for all his noisy bluster and inability to let anyone else finish a sentence, it was fairly clear to anybody who cared to look that he was a pretty nervy guy.

      The only really unusual thing about the guy was that he had a pierced cock, and like many similar cultural burps, this fact became less interesting to anyone else in direct proportion to how transparently attention-seeking the initial motive behind doing it became.

      This is how a typical situation would play out. Bear in mind I’m paraphrasing, and may be conflating details for effect.

      The guy would walk into a room and ostentatiously announce his presence, by being blustery and loud. People would acknowledge him with an enthusiasm in direct relation to how well they knew and liked him, whether their attention was already taken up elsewhere, and whether or not they were just trying to have a quiet night.

      Depending on the response, he would do something else noisy, until at the very least, most people knew he was there.

      Then, after a while, regardless of what other conversations were going on, he would find a way to mention his pierced cock.

      “Did you see Episode 1?” A person would say.
      “Yeah, it was shit.” Someone would respond.
      “Yeah. It’s even shitter the fourth and fifth times.” The first person would continue.
      “…God, people are always going on about my pierced cock.” Our hero would loudly interject.
      “Hm.” One of the other people around the table would say, tactfully. “Still, looking forward to the second Matrix movie. It should be a treat. After all, that first one was lots of fun.”
      “I mean, ALWAYS. It’s like they’ve never heard about cock piercings before. God, people, don’t go on about it, you know? It’s just a piercing. In my cock. It’s no big deal.” The guy would continue.
      “Right. Yeah.” Somebody would say, feet shuffling. “So…”
      “You know I’ve got my cock pierced, right?”
      “Uuuhm. Oh.” The speaker would look frantically around the other people at the table, and finding no refuge, would take the leap. “Really? So… you’ve got… your cock pierced?”

      The guy with the pierced cock would roll his eyes dramatically, and say “Oh, god, come on. It’s just a cock piercing. It’s just life, you know? Why is everybody so fucking interested in it? Jesus, people are sad, if the only thing they’ve got to get excited about in their mundane little lives is judging someone just for being different, and having a little imagination. Why can’t people just mind their own business and let people like me do what we want with our cocks. It isn’t hurting anyone. It’s just personal expression.”

      “Oh… kay.” Someone would say, sheepishly, absently scratching at their shirt. Maybe their nipple ring was chafing… we’ll never know.

      “It’s like I can’t even go out any more.” The rant would continue. “The other night, I was in this place, just minding my own business, having a drink, and some girls I’d never met before begged me out of the blue to see my cock piercing. So I was like ‘fucking hell, okay, jesus, if it’ll shut you up’, and got up on the table and showed them all my cock. You know, to stop them going on about it.” There would be a pause, in which it’d feel like he was almost challenging someone to talk about something else, his fingers twitching ever so slightly near his zipper.

      Nobody would say anything for a bit. Then conversation would slowly start to get back to normal.

      Then, suddenly:
      “Fuck, okay, if it’ll shut you up, you can see it.”
      And the sound of a zipper.

      For some reason, and I have genuinely, sincerely no idea why, that memory, about a person of great noise and fury that ultimately signified nothing, has been on my mind all day today, so I thought I’d share it with you.

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