Oh dear sweet Obba, your testing posts totally cracked me up this morning and knocked me, momentarily at least, out of my sadness. No worries though work's keeping me sane though, I look forward to the weekend to wallow in it unconditionally :-)
This day, the second day of the waxing Moon in the nakshatra of the Uttaraphaalguni, the month of Bhaadrapada, to the beautiful, blessed, radiant one. [image: Inline image 1] On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:03 PM, obbajeeba <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > Testing. FYI. I just received this original post to my inbox this > afternoon. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > This post never "came back" from the Yahoo! black hole yesterday, so > > I'll try again because I had so much fun writing it... > > > > > > Overheard in a cafe on Ile Saint-Louis this morning: > > > > "Saul? Is that you? How amazing to run into you here in Paris. What are > > you doing here?" > > > > "Knock it off, Morty. I saw you earlier stalking me outside my hotel, > > and following me here. You probably stalked me here all the way from > > L.A. What do you want?" > > > > "That was *your* hotel? I wasn't stalking you...I was...uh...just > > looking through the garbage cans to see whether Parisians recycle. Yeah, > > that's the ticket." > > > > "Cut to the chase, Morty. What the fuck do you want?" > > > > "I want to pitch you a story idea for a new series, Saul. I know that > > you're interested in new ideas, original ideas, so I'm bringing it to > > you first, even though a bunch of other producers are already bugging me > > about it." > > > > "Yeah, right. But OK, I'm in a good mood, and the *real* writer I'm > > waiting for isn't due for a few minutes, so you've got that long to give > > me your 'elevator pitch.'" > > > > "Thanks, Saul. I call it 'True Attention.' It's a story about a bunch of > > vampires who live in Faux Temps, Iowa and survive by sucking attention > > from other people." > > > > "Iowa? It sounds more like L.A." > > > > "Yeah, we could probably set it in L.A. if you wanted. Anyway, the main > > character is named Nookie Snackhouse, and she's *not* a vamp. But she is > > half fey...sort of a closet fey...and she has this ability to read > > people's minds, and know what their real thoughts and intentions are > > even better than the people whose minds she's reading do." > > > > "She sounds like a real pain in the ass. But go on...where do the vamps > > fit into all of this?" > > > > "Well, first, they're not real vamps, like in that other series that > > this one is nothing like. They don't feed on blood or anything. Instead, > > just as you noted, they feed off of attention. Being unable to generate > > any kind of energy themselves, they suck it from other people by getting > > them to focus on them." > > > > "So how do they do this? Do they, for example, stalk these victims whose > > attention they want to steal halfway around the world and corner them in > > a sidewalk cafe?" > > > > "No, no...nothing like that. Heh heh...good one, Saul. What they do, > > since none of these attention vamps have actually ever DONE anything in > > their lives that would attract the attention they feed off of, they get > > people to focus on them by insulting them, trying to portray them as > > stupid, and calling them names." > > > > "And that works?" > > > > "More than you might think. Many of the vamps in Faux Temps have been > > running this number for *years*, and have managed to get a *lot* of > > people to focus on them and give them their attention so that they can > > feed off of it. And all without ever DOING anything to deserve that > > attention in the first place." > > > > "I don't get it...they accomplish all this just by insulting people?" > > > > "Not *just* insulting people. Sometimes they make up stories about > > themselves and try to convince others that those stories are real. For > > example, they brag about their 'endarkenment,' or imply that they're > > successes in life even though they've never been anything but wage > > slaves. That's where Nookie comes in." > > > > "The suspense is killing me. Do tell..." > > > > "Well, as I said, Nookie is *not* one of these vamps per se, and in fact > > is even less interesting than they are and has DONE even less in her > > life than they have, but she can read their thoughts and so she knows > > when they're bullshitting to attract attention and when they're not." > > > > "Aha. So she busts them when she catches them lying?" > > > > "No, not at all. That's the twist. She ignores their bullshit, and > > instead praises them so that they'll focus on HER. When they do that, > > she sucks *their* attention. So in effect, she's got all these attention > > vampires *working for her*, stealing attention and energy from other > > people, and then passing it along to her by focusing on her. Brilliant, > > right?" > > > > "Sounds boring to me. Who on earth would tune in each week to watch a > > bunch of people who have never DONE anything in their lives try to suck > > attention, as if they were the center of the universe?" > > > > "Hey, Saul...don't knock it...it worked for 'Seinfeld.'" > > > > "Good point." > > > > "So? Ya interested?" > > > > "Not really. Got anything else?" > > > > "Well, I am working on another completely original treatment called > > 'Freaking Mad.' It's about a mild-mannered meditation teacher who starts > > selling black-market enlightenment..." > > > > "Nice talking to you, Morty. But I see a real writer approaching, so > > buzz off. Give my secretary a call when you get back to L.A. We won't do > > lunch." > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! 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