{"id":440,"date":"2009-11-29T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/29\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-11-29\/"},"modified":"2009-11-29T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T01:00:00","slug":"weekly-tweet-digest-2009-11-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/29\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-11-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-11-29"},"content":{"rendered":"

i need to love my characters more than i do; i won’t get bored as quickly if i uphold a kind of prickly, unshakable fealty for my people. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@themattlondon<\/a> i’m not crying. i’m not. in reply to themattlondon<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
today i am thinking about the word “blank,” and its various denotations. what a glorious, many-headed word. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> can’t wait to go home & look it up in my soed. the definitions are all so wide-flung; i want to write a story braiding them together in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i just realized: i’d watch new moon if i could convince @GLValentine<\/a> to provide sotto voce mst3k commentary like this: http:\/\/bit.ly\/7gX7VG<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@bclaymoore<\/a> indiana jones wants the nazis to share. in reply to bclaymoore<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
spent the evening installing a ceiling in a friend’s basement. panel debris crinkling my eyes. punching brain with sticks until sleep comes. #<\/a><\/li>\n
o sigh. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i now possess a durham library card. #joy<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“he that hath no beard is less than a man.” — shakespeare RT @schy: beard versus mustache. http:\/\/bit.ly\/6qdgD7<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@gralinnaea<\/a> i have both. it is impossible under normal conditions, but i have bent time & space. something like: http:\/\/is.gd\/52FPq<\/a> in reply to gralinnaea<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Finished my reread of paul park’s “princess of roumania.”excellent. #<\/a><\/li>\n
the taste of cajun tofu is oddly compelling. finally found a texture i like. #<\/a><\/li>\n
the evening encapsulated: onset of illness\/fatigue plus dain’s plus dear john plus shasta cola plus paul park’s “the tourmaline.” #<\/a><\/li>\n
“sois jeune et tais toi” – Paris, mai 1968 #<\/a><\/li>\n
currently replacing the words in the pixies’ WAVE OF MUTILATION with other rhyming words. then singing it to myself. #<\/a><\/li>\n
SAGE OF DEPRECATION #pixieswordswap<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RAGE OF IMPRECATION #pixieswordswap<\/a> (whoa oh ooh oh-oh) #<\/a><\/li>\n
and ksr’s favourite: PAGE OF EXPOSITION #pixieswordswap<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
( context for those who haven’t heard “wave of mutilation” here: http:\/\/is.gd\/53puD<\/a> ) #<\/a><\/li>\n
SOUP OF EXHALATION #spittake<\/a> #pixieswordswap<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mynameis_shoe<\/a> that’s a real thing! mine were mostly gibberish. like FAILING DEPOSITION or LANK UNWED PHYSICIAN. #pixieswordswap<\/a> in reply to mynameis_shoe<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mynameis_shoe<\/a> SYLLABIC MANIPULATION. PINK FROSTING ABLATION. DARK CRYSTAL VACATION. STOLEN PUDDING RATION. #pixieswordswap<\/a> in reply to mynameis_shoe<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @GreatDismal: RT @Theremina: In my personal circle of hell, the bookstores carry nothing but Twilight, The DaVinci Code, and Ayn Rand. #<\/a><\/li>\n
finished paul park’s “the tourmaline.” again, excellent. book two lays another stratum of depth, complexity, and sadness. #<\/a><\/li>\n
and guess what now shows up third when you google “simon edhouse?” consequences = http:\/\/www.27bslash6.com\/p2p.html<\/a> via @wilw<\/a> via @27bslash6<\/a> in reply to wilw<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
does it say something fresh about vigilantism? violence? RT @GreatDismal: Harry Brown trailer http:\/\/bit.ly\/ZWJEo<\/a> …Top of my See list, now #<\/a><\/li>\n
spent a few moments admiring verdana’s ampersand. this sounds horribly filthy, but is not. http:\/\/is.gd\/53E4i<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
do i love this song too much? NO SIR, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8xsF9fHdAfo<\/a> (also: #writing<\/a> wooo) #<\/a><\/li>\n
@McKelvie<\/a> sometimes i type a reply & then delete it because i don’t want to bother people i don’t know well. might be uniquely neurotic, tho in reply to McKelvie<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
slow, chugging start to a new project. but it’s actually started moving now, which is a welcome change. #writing<\/a> #woo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@McKelvie<\/a> whew. (almost did that a few minutes ago, replying to you, but then realized the irony) in reply to McKelvie<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
google’s translation tool seems pretty excellent: http:\/\/translate.google.com<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> nooooooooooooooo #newmoon<\/a> #failuresofjudgm<\/a>ent in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
vashti bunyan. some things just stick in your mind http:\/\/bit.ly\/4CWKfG<\/a> ignore head bobbing in favor of music. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> also the state of washington does not allow you to pump your own gas. this is so artists can make a living pumping gas? in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> new jersey is a tarpit full of used needles. the only good thing to come out of that geological abscess was e. gauvin. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Pretty sure my grandmother just said “whoop di ding sinus” in reference to a sinus infection. #thanksgiving<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“oh look, a neurovascular bundle.” — my dad, at the table, referencing a discarded scrap of turkey. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@themattlondon<\/a> so glad i’m not the only one writing on thanksgiving. i’m all, “no, mom, i’m just checking my email. a lot.” in reply to themattlondon<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@gralinnaea<\/a> oh, that’s right. sorry. i drove through washington & oregon once, but it was in the same day, so i mix them up. in reply to gralinnaea<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
less brainstorming, more writing. #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @mattfraction: i saw the worst mail of my generation saved in draft folders starving, hysterical, typo-laden #<\/a><\/li>\n
run. then writing, then more food. #<\/a><\/li>\n
just saw (500) days of summer. liked the movie all right, hated hated hated summer. that fellow yelling at the television? yes, that was me. #<\/a><\/li>\n
now i’m in a punching mood. putting on punching music, opening a bottle of scotch with my keys, and writing. #<\/a><\/li>\n
late edition word of the day: “catch-basin.” from george fetherling’s article about novellas. http:\/\/is.gd\/552uk<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
in other news, skifree fan fiction: http:\/\/www.fanfiction.net\/game\/SkiFree\/<\/a> (via @jephjacques<\/a>) in reply to jephjacques<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
heh. our common bloodthirst. http:\/\/is.gd\/553h1<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
the only bob dylan song whose title begins with “V” is “Visions of Johanna.” #youmustknow<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“Clever Nigel, jump for joy \/
\nBecause we are putting you to sleep at three of the clock, Nigel.” — John Lennon, In His Own Write #<\/a><\/li>\n
realized i’ve been working on a story all week that borges already wrote. oh brilliant. #startover<\/a> #HurryUpPleaseIt<\/a>sTime #<\/a><\/li>\n
@smoonen<\/a> you’re right. it’s still frustrating, but at least it’s apropos. in reply to smoonen<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
o le sigh. #<\/a><\/li>\n
ok, backup book idea spawned. pizza & then rock\/roll\/write. #<\/a><\/li>\n
in short: I AM A NEXUS OF GLORIOUS NUTRITION AND CREATIVE JUICES. *slorch slorch* is the sound my brain AND guts make. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> i’m reading that as: the anti-rapist device is an evil lumberjack. and he’s affixed to your door jamb. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
dear stories, which live in my brain, under layers of fatigue: come on out. i promise not to eat you like i did that other time. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> 6000 is the number of hairs in his dark-universe goatee. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@gralinnaea<\/a> michigan! that’s near canada! #geography<\/a> #knowledgeofgeog<\/a>raphy #iknowgeographyr<\/a>ealgood in reply to gralinnaea<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> goatee = evilest, regardless of previous condition. also, the ox is one of the demons of meifumado. well spotted. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
i need to love my characters more than i do; i won’t get bored as quickly if i uphold a kind of prickly, unshakable fealty for my people. # @themattlondon i’m not crying. i’m not. in reply to themattlondon # today i am thinking about the word “blank,” and its various denotations. what a glorious, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}