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Wed 24 Mar, 2004 09:45 am
Hey everyone:
I thought that it would be interesting to see what A2Kers have been talking about to-day, for some reason. Whether it be a long conversation, or a passing comment, something of extreme importance or something completely trivial, post it here!
I met up with an old friend: when we are together, we tend to talk absolute rubbish: out of the things that weren't personal, we argued about the male corset, which I find quite evil but she feels should be made compulsory; about the pros and cons of gay innuendo in children's programmes; about feminism (which she thinks doesn't need to exist any more, which irked me;) and countless other little things... how about you guys?
Male corset sounds like a means to an end.
Recently I have been talking with friends about the untimely death of Spaulding Gray, how the Simpsons reflect new and old generations inculding the integration of literary works though spoof and parody, and why we think depression should be called melancholia instead of depression because it sounds more romantic.
Bob Edwards being forced out as host of NPR's "Morning Edition" after 25 years. He's not happy, and I suspect this will blow up in the faces of the suits that made this decision. It's all the talk here this a.m.
How we should clean up the spilled flour before it gets pasty.
How many times someone is going to call me today. And how many times I'm going to have to tell him what year this is.
Yesterday was very long.
that i am not going to be able to go to a ministry fair for my church because i'm going to be having training for my job.
also about the bake sale that I'm coordinating..
I think that these loosely-linking thoughts are marvellous; it's funny that one hardly thinks about what one thinks about.
Who would have the male corset?! I agree that 'melancholia' is a nicer name for depression; but does Depression warrant a nicer name? I think that the sounds of the word depression describe it well. Do you think that The Simpsons will ever return to the first nine series' greatness; or do you think that it's never faltered from it?
Wow, why was Edwards sacked? Because of this constant pushing to get rid of those with experience and skill for fresher faces? I don't agree with it.
Fealola: was this 'training' of some description, or general banter?
ehBeth: Who is this guy; someone suffering from some type of memory loss? Why do you have to deal with him?
Onyx: It's a shame that you won't be able to go; good luck with the training! Do you have to continuously train, or will it be finished soon?
Re Edwards: My guess is that NPR is seeking a younger voice for a younger demographic. Just a hunch.
Interesting to see what others are thinking about. Great thread!
Thanks, D'Artagnan; well, I thought, what could be more interesting than A2Kers talking about the things that they might not have written about here.. a place to put all the thoughts that don't really fit in elsewhere.
Ah, they're always doing that. I have-- or should I say, had-- a great friend, in broadcasting, called Tommy Boyd. He was a legend; one of the best Conversationalists this side of Wilde. He had a show on the radio, part of which he dedicated to complete radio democracy, unvetted calls, which he christened 'The Human Zoo.' This was a huge success... but the execs were looking to push him in favour of English football coverage; they thought that football would reach out to the younger even though the younger were avid listenersp; there was nothing else like it on the airwaves,/ One night, someone said, not earnestly, about killing the Queen; that was their excuse to get rid of him. This supposed 'vivifying' never works, though; it turns older fans off the broadcaster, and younger, would-be, fans don't watch because of the stigma that a 'vivified' show gets.
dròm_et_rêve wrote:
Fealola: was this 'training' of some description, or general banter?
Last night, my son was making a film in the house and we blew flour all over the room to diffuse the light!
No paste
I'm not in this one! (Not this time, but have been in others). He hasn't let me see it yet. I think it's something psychological and scary! (He's 17)
Now you've had a little peek into my wacky home life!
Well, it's a spare room and not the first time the room has been used. (Chocolate syrup on the wall for blood spatter).
Haven't starred in any yet! Just bit parts!.
He's doing this for a class in high school and for his own enjoyment/obssesion. He's very serious about it and has a great knack for filmmaking. In fact, he is hoping to go to film school next year and are waiting to hear if he's been accepted! Got to nurture that talent!!
Well, with blood spatters on the walls and scary stuff like that, I'd say he's well on his way to success, fealola. Just look at how much money Mel Gibson's making with "The Passion..." Perhaps your son could make his fortune doing similar films on the Spanish Inquisition, the Salem witch hunts or the French revolution. All you need is a compelling historical character...preferably religious so churches will help him promote it.
Well - feet like I was run-over by a truck - and then talked a guy in to sending me a Fed-X for $48,000 to avoid penalities, then joked about an Oil joke.
Well so far, no blatant violence is going on here! (That sounded bad didn't it.) We haven't done "Kill Bill 2" here yet!
(I heard Mel's next movie will be about Jews in WW2. Warsaw ghetto or something. There is a neverending supply of violence whether historical or imaginary and Mel sure has capitalized on it!)
Jews in WW2? Mel Gibson?! I'd say he's capitalizing on more than violence, fealola. Try controversy. Ah well, as they say, it does sell newspapers. (And theater tickets.)
wow, future speilburg sounds like..
re:training: it's going to probably go on for a few months. It's a system that's we're going to using in the courtrooms to replace the current one. It will allow for real-time updating so the public will be able to know what happened on a case/court proceeding within minutes of it's having happened.
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