{"id":710,"date":"2011-09-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/weekly-tweet-digest-2011-09-11\/"},"modified":"2011-09-11T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T11:00:00","slug":"weekly-tweet-digest-2011-09-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/weekly-tweet-digest-2011-09-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tweet Digest – 2011-09-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

@mkazoo<\/a> must do this. bars with libraries are my proverbial jam. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
back to the attic. let's slough off this material coil, sweetumses #crapattic<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Finally throwing out that pair of slitted green leather trousers. Sigh. #crapattic<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
this box contains: a pair of sai, flannel pajama pants, a scanner, and a red necktie. #goingtojail<\/a> #crapattic #<\/a><\/li>\n
So if a couple gets divorced, can one discard their wedding video? #crapattic<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Fragments of poetry i wrote in 2003. yikes. #crapattic<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Briefcase containing a cured rabbit pelt and a vise. #crapattic<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@taylor_audrey<\/a> found my first notebooks, from 2004, also. so tortured & yet also absurdly sure of myself. #ohnoetry<\/a> in reply to taylor_audrey<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
found my first steady notebook, from 2004. a teacher encouraged me to carry one then & i am now on volume 27. #crapattic<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@danaROrana<\/a> if you had come up to the attic i would have just said HEY DANA LOOK instead. in reply to danaROrana<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@AllisoNicole86<\/a> i had seven boxes of stuff, now i have four. plus those thirtyseven boxes of books. in reply to AllisoNicole86<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> oh mercy. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@danaROrana<\/a> we are abusing the robots of the future. i am directly upstairs, and yet, here we go: internet talking. #mylawn<\/a> #off in reply to danaROrana<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
What does a breakfast made entirely of uhmerrikan freedom entail? Lots of pie. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> oh yes please. also: joint crackling mrows? am i doing this incorrectly? in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
off to get distracted by outmoded possessions (hup hup garbage bag), listening to mountain goats – autoclave http:\/\/t.co\/V3Yn38Y<\/a> #crapattic<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Painstakingly written list of shakespearean insults. You cockered c #<\/a><\/li>\n
Painstakingly written list of shakespearean insults. You cockered common-kissing flirt-gills #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> there is something that may be an attic story percolating. also: mrows are cat sounds. obviously i have failed at them. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@plasticbrentley<\/a> you are a flirt-gills and so is your brace of eels. #<\/a><\/li>\n
embargo on the word "chillax." or is it "chillaxe?" either way, i give ye the nay stamp. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@danaROrana<\/a> WUT LOL? IT'S LIKE SOME SORT OF SPACIAL AWARENESS YOU HAVE? combshaped MUSTACHE-FACE :{| in reply to danaROrana<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
"I guess you run blood through machines and spin things, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know…" — my mother, the phlebotomy expert #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kelceyherrera<\/a> the future of dance? http:\/\/t.co\/0pU7oRA<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
bowlerizin. RT @Keffy<\/a>: This is what every writer dreams of: http:\/\/t.co\/uiYtwZ6<\/a> DO NOT DENY IT. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> 1 i'll send it over when it's done. 2 attic shenanigans also produced heap of business cards, yours among them. 3 points for zaftig. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@taylor_audrey<\/a> get a stingray. in reply to taylor_audrey<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Current notebook test photo for my new telephone http:\/\/t.co\/QMebTR1<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Department of justice federal bureau of prisons lapel pin #crapattic<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
so adding 14 aspartame packets to a pan of spaghetti sauce doesn't make sauce less spicy, just makes it taste like barbie blood. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@plasticbrentley<\/a> wait–tautness? my face is some kind of industrial cable? how is that even insulting? i could pull children to safety. in reply to plasticbrentley<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kelceyherrera<\/a> home is much the same as it ever was–comfortable & staid. how's university? in reply to kelceyherrera<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@plasticbrentley<\/a> drinking love was his first mistake. you're supposed to inject that stuff. in reply to plasticbrentley<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@plasticbrentley<\/a> shakespeare, man, what a wordjones. in reply to plasticbrentley<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kelceyherrera<\/a> sounds delightful. do you specialize in a genre? in reply to kelceyherrera<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kelceyherrera<\/a> my dance education is nonexistent, but i like merce cunningham's stuff. who else should i check out? in reply to kelceyherrera<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
solved the #crapattic<\/a> & now i have 5 boxes of sundry possessions, including juvenilia, & 32 boxes of books, plus 2 unpacked bookcases. #nerd<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
I GUESS WHAT I AM SAYING IS I READ A LOT OF BOOKS LADIES. (cc: @plasticbrentley<\/a>) #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kelceyherrera<\/a> a good start–thanks. (that piece is incredible.) in reply to kelceyherrera<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kelceyherrera<\/a> exactly. also how frenetic, but still smooth–every action seamlessly produces the next–& the narrative is so clear. in reply to kelceyherrera<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> -> RT @qikipedia<\/a>: J. S. Bach once called a student a 'zippelfaggotist' (idiot-bassoonist) then proceeded to attack him with a sword. #<\/a><\/li>\n
a delightful gentleman, age four, has asked: "if somebody falls in lava, does the lava get a little bit bigger?" thoughts? #<\/a><\/li>\n
Frisch begonnen ist halb gewonnen. #jobapplications<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> i say we both start companies, borrow a lot of money, & work for each other, get mad $$. fraudulence = excellence? in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@plasticbrentley<\/a> whisker watcher alert: http:\/\/t.co\/QdIfLuC<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
my mother has suggested i apply for a second shift receptionist job at the birth center. might as well apply for "lactation consultant," too #<\/a><\/li>\n
i did not make up lactation consultancy. it pays $20.92-27.21 per hour, & requires about four years of nursing experience. #<\/a><\/li>\n
wait, what? lactation consultants teach classes? do the babies get a milk acquisition degree after a certain number of credits? #<\/a><\/li>\n
(also i am so consumed with my own "job creation strategies" that i am not paying a jot of attention to the #GOPdebate<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@MrDannyNoel<\/a> because of that chick-fil-a reservation thing, i now declare all kinds of love for you. first time back. wanna go tomorrow? in reply to MrDannyNoel<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kelceyherrera<\/a> aber mein deutsch ist jetzt sehr schlecht–ich muss ueben & lernen. and figure out umlauts on this keyboard. & grammar. & all #<\/a><\/li>\n
@MrDannyNoel<\/a> holly springs, same time = an impasse. but then i remembered that bojangles exists (o sounding joy), as do weekends. so? in reply to MrDannyNoel<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
job posting, nc schools: "ex child assistant." shouldn't this just be "assistant?" aren't we all ex-children? #<\/a><\/li>\n
also buncombe county is hiring an urdu\/hindi interpreter. of course. #<\/a><\/li>\n
First day of work tie. #Success<\/a> http:\/\/t.co\/Uey5Chh<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@tiffaniangus<\/a> yes yes to finished stories, no to the lung plague. carry on. in reply to tiffaniangus<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> tutoring company i worked for last year. it's an inbetween job: not enough $ to make rent, but enough to buy gas\/insurance\/food. in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@Cait_Elizabeth<\/a> too legit, in fact, to quit. or too full of coffee. in reply to Cait_Elizabeth<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
just applied for a job & got a rejection email fifteen seconds later. i'm not even mad–that's amazing. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@schy<\/a> thanks for that lettering link. i need to go on a handwriting retreat. also HEY LADY WHAT IS UP. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@schy<\/a> more displaced in time than shocked by the culture (b\/c you can't escape the usa anyplace). left-coasting soon but i don't know when. in reply to schy<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@schy<\/a> it's like we export hotdog eating contests all over the world. nowhere is too remote, no hidden valley too sacred. in reply to schy<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @jeremiahtolbert<\/a>: This graph tells a story. That story was written by a young @greatdismal<\/a> though, so, bummer. http:\/\/t.co\/iB1GHCC<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
so tired even my fatigue is exhausted. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> or that could just be a really tiny woman. in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kelceyherrera<\/a> congratulations in reply to kelceyherrera<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
off to bojangles (renowned for biscuits\/chicken\/syruptea, context for you foreign folk) where i will snort lines of fry seasoning #decadence<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> pssh, some of my best friends are really tiny women. also: i'm around fuquay\/apex, & unemployed. so when i say "whenever," i mean it. in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
"the truth, my honey, is a tart that does not bear scrutiny. breach my levee at your own peril." — barton fink #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> don't be intimidated by the South. as when reading foreign signs, look for cognates. as in, biscuit \u00e2\u2030\u02c6 unhealthy scone. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Trying to convince @danarorana<\/a> bass lake isn't teeming with snakes is hard. She's pretty sure. #<\/a><\/li>\n
Watching one bat wheel through darkening post-sunset blue. Drone of insects & lynyrd skynrd. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@ken_schneyer<\/a> a healthy scone is a bagel? in reply to ken_schneyer<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> lubrication, i think. or to please the folk who love starship-shaped seedpods. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
winner of most compelling spider-man pose 2011 RT @mkazoo<\/a>: […] me conjuring flying bedsheets… I mean, dancing? http:\/\/t.co\/3itVv6p<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
@mkazoo must do this. bars with libraries are my proverbial jam. in reply to mkazoo # back to the attic. let's slough off this material coil, sweetumses #crapattic # Finally throwing out that pair of slitted green leather trousers. Sigh. #crapattic # this box contains: a pair of sai, flannel pajama pants, a scanner, and […]<\/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-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710","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=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}