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 :-).
T his 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 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! Groups Links > > >
