[FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention
Just for fun (and suspecting that Xeno will like it), here is the same rap, run through Microsoft Word's "Autosummarize" feature, set to summarize the selected text in 100 words or less: Y'know, this is about the improvement in message quality following removal of posting limits. Wow the freedom to be *DEEP* and probing the deep psyche of whatever. Enlightenment, what a cool subject. That requires attention. In-tent, kinda like being in a large canvas bag, but with a door. For example MacDonalds' fries contain natural beef extract, whereas others' lack that naturalness so they taste sort of fake by comparison, lacking you might say, or not. Brewster is a lot closer to Syria you know, than that city in the middle of the corn belt. And here it is translatated into Ebonics: Y'know, dis be about da improvement in message quality followin removal of postin limits. I think about dis A LOT!. Wow da freedom ta be *DEEP* and probin da deep psyche of whatever. Enlightenment, what a cool subject. And Turq talks about an island made of ice cream, isn't it cool how all this is, like, connected?. At da moment I be starin at muh desk. That requires attention. Don't attention gots somethin ta do wit enlightenment? And what about dat yagya, savin da world through da power of dat thin we gots somewheea in our heads - CONSCIOUSNESS, datis what it is. And Neo, thrust upon us ta help us communicate moe succinctly (I think datis how da word be speled, I mean da way letters is supposed ta go in order). I think I send dis message ta all muh homies who do not meditate, cus they desperately need ta see how da power of consciousness be fulfellin muh life!! And why do people do da thins they do? Boy be dat a muhstery, unless ya consider INTENT. In-tent, kinda like bein in a large canvas bag, but wit a door. You come outta da door, der be da world, ya go back in da door yas inside. (For ya doofusses datis an analogram about consciousness - outer and inner and how they be related by transcendental passage work, goin back and foth until, word, somethin different happens, cus ya gots gone *beyond*. I be sittin at a desk dat faces true North. When I twist slightly, I can FEEL da pressho of nature tryin ta get me ta realign muhself wit true reality, and so I twist back, and I feel a WHOLE lot better. You should try it, and accordin ta muh psychic dog, it helps wit complexion (and fleas in case they is a problem). Because of da expansion of muh self, I be able ta interpret exactly what muh dog be thinkin and why wit quantum mechanical precisiveness: ya know, p = 0.74. I be takin a course in Sthapatyaveda ride parkin right now. It be a challenge I can tell ya, crawlin out of da sun roof 85% of da time, but alignment wit whatever people tell me about nature is, I firmly believe, an absolute necessity fo a fulfilled life. For example MacDonalds' fries contain natural beef extract, wheeaas others' lack dat naturalness so they taste sort of fake by comparison, lackin ya might say, or not. But what be fo real, fo real powerful about FFL right now be da quantity of divinely inspired knowledge and truth which just pours and pours, dumpin its dump stuff inta da ocean of muh incredibly expanded ya know what, which means of course I AM ENLIGHTENED. Jeeze, I don't see how anyone could doubt dat. Look at da way I express muhself, immersed in da deep pool of da God of unified field. I think all da pundits, and everyone in Fairfield IA, and on FFL should come ta Brewster, NY and line da streets and meditate all day under da open sky, thinkin GOOD THOUGHTS about da world. Brewster be a lot closer ta Syria ya know, than dat city in da middle of da corn belt. - aww yea foo. --Iranitea sez: > It's more like stream of consciousness. Very Un-Robin like --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > >Is this an experiment in emulating Robin's writing style? Or did your Enter key break? :-D On 09/06/2013 09:18 AM, anartaxius@... wrote: Y'know, this is about the improvement in message quality following removal of posting limits. I think about this A LOT!. Wow the freedom to be *DEEP* and probing the deep psyche of whatever. Enlightenment, what a cool subject. And Turq talks about an island made of ice cream, isn't it cool how all things are, like, connected?. At the moment I am staring at my desk. That requires attention. Doesn't attention have something to do with enlightenment? And what about that yagya, saving the world through the power of that thing we have somewhere in our heads - CONSCIOUSNESS, that is what it is. And Neo, thrust upon us to help us communicate more succinctly (I think that is how the word is speled, I mean the way letters are supposed to go in order). I think I will send this message to all my friends who do not meditate, because they desperately need to see how the power of consciousness is fulfelling my life!! And why do people do the things they do? Boy is that a mystery, unless you
[FairfieldLife] RE: True Attention
[FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention
Test. So sweet, Ravi. Some of my most intimate and favorite people in the whole world have Uttar Phalguni as their Moon. Thank you very much. I will look at it as a birthday to this love. This love of what you say below. Test. Testing. One. Two. Test. Ravi, this gift you send in picture form, I accept as your wishes for my fulfillment of desires. Wishing this for another is like wishing it for yourself. OXO --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > 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 wrote: > > > Testing. FYI. I just received this original post to my inbox this > > afternoon. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb 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 ca
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention
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 wrote: > Testing. FYI. I just received this original post to my inbox this afternoon. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb 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 univers
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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 wrote: > Testing. FYI. I just received this original post to my inbox this > afternoon. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb 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 DON
[FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention
Testing. FYI. I just received this original post to my inbox this afternoon. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb 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." >
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Thank you, Alex. Spoken like a true Statesman.
[FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention
Testing. I have still have not gotten the below two emails in my inbox. I am getting the regular addressed email senders post and some of the no_re...@yahoo.com posts also. So progress is happening. Yeah, Share, I am not into hog tying a man unless he wants it. haha Freedom is good. :) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > I was teasing, Obbajee. I sort of knew what hogtie means. But it was fun to > look it up and learn more (-: > > > > > > From: obbajeeba > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 1:20 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention > > > > Â > Hog tie was wrote "tongue in cheek." Look that one up too, Share? > LOL. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > Hog tie?! Never mind, I'll be a good girl and google it (-: > > PS thanks for comment about the Art Student. Horrifying but good to know. > > > > > > > > > > ____ > > From: obbajeeba > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 9:37 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention > > > > > > > > ÃÂ > > Share, it is work in progress. haha. Takes patience and non attachment to > > hog tie a good one. > > > > Testing. > > > > Only one post comes in after a few minutes, then some don't show up till > > later or even the next day. Either the software is bad or probably being > > monitored by those goons because of associations. So now you guys are all > > watched more too. Even more than John Hagelin enjoys reading this board. LOL > > God Bless America. > > > > > > snip > > >
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Ok, Richard, thanks, I didn't know that. Hopefully will keep it in mind. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > Alex: > > Bandwidth is only an issue for the very few who still > > connect to the Internet over dial-up. > > > Maybe so, but all data sits on hard drives in computers, > somewhere - there is no data on a real cloud. snip
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Alex: > Bandwidth is only an issue for the very few who still > connect to the Internet over dial-up. > Maybe so, but all data sits on hard drives in computers, somewhere - there is no data on a real cloud. > Any of the images that get posted on here consume far more > bandwidth than the longest block of unsnipped text. There > may be reasons for snipping posts, but bandwidth is not > one of them. > My guess is that the images on FFL take up only a few megabytes, since there's not that any of them. In the old days, all the data on alt.m.t. used to fit on one single gigabyte drive- it's probably several terabytes by now. Snipping is a way to limit redundant data storage for fast and easy search retrieval. We just don't need four copies of a single long post when the only comment was a three word test and a 'not' test. That's what I'm saying. > > ...I don't really understand what that means and why it > > is a bad thing. This is still not a test. GF!
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I was teasing, Obbajee. I sort of knew what hogtie means. But it was fun to look it up and learn more (-: From: obbajeeba To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 1:20 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention Hog tie was wrote "tongue in cheek." Look that one up too, Share? LOL. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Hog tie?! Never mind, I'll be a good girl and google it (-: > PS thanks for comment about the Art Student. Horrifying but good to know. > > > > > > From: obbajeeba > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 9:37 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention > > > > Â > Share, it is work in progress. haha. Takes patience and non attachment to hog > tie a good one. > > Testing. > > Only one post comes in after a few minutes, then some don't show up till > later or even the next day. Either the software is bad or probably being > monitored by those goons because of associations. So now you guys are all > watched more too. Even more than John Hagelin enjoys reading this board. LOL > God Bless America. > > > snip >
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Hog tie was wrote "tongue in cheek." Look that one up too, Share? LOL. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Hog tie?! Never mind, I'll be a good girl and google it (-: > PS thanks for comment about the Art Student. Horrifying but good to know. > > > > > > From: obbajeeba > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 9:37 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention > > > > Â > Share, it is work in progress. haha. Takes patience and non attachment to hog > tie a good one. > > Testing. > > Only one post comes in after a few minutes, then some don't show up till > later or even the next day. Either the software is bad or probably being > monitored by those goons because of associations. So now you guys are all > watched more too. Even more than John Hagelin enjoys reading this board. LOL > God Bless America. > > > snip >
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Bhairitu: > Is this an experiment in emulating Robin's writing > style? Or did your Enter key break? :-D > Apparently hardly anyone here uses the Enter key to break paragraphs or sentences - they use text wrap. anartaxius: > > Y'know, this is about the improvement in message quality following > > removal of posting limits. I think about this A LOT!. Wow the freedom > > to be *DEEP* and probing the deep psyche of whatever. Enlightenment, > > what a cool subject. And Turq talks about an island made of ice cream, > > isn't it cool how all things are, like, connected?. At the moment I am > > staring at my desk. That requires attention. Doesn't attention have > > something to do with enlightenment? And what about that yagya, saving > > the world through the power of that thing we have somewhere in our > > heads - CONSCIOUSNESS, that is what it is. And Neo, thrust upon us to > > help us communicate more succinctly (I think that is how the word is > > speled, I mean the way letters are supposed to go in order). I think I > > will send this message to all my friends who do not meditate, because > > they desperately need to see how the power of consciousness is > > fulfelling my life!! And why do people do the things they do? Boy is > > that a mystery, unless you consider INTENT. In-tent, kinda like being > > in a large canvas bag, but with a door. You come outta the door, there > > is the world, you go back in the door you are inside. (For you > > doofusses that is an analogram about consciousness - outer and inner > > and how they are related by transcendental passage work, going back > > and forth until, viola, something different happens, because you have > > gone *beyond*. I am sitting at a desk that faces true North. When I > > twist slightly, I can FEEL the pressure of nature trying to get me to > > realign myself with true reality, and so I twist back, and I feel a > > WHOLE lot better. You should try it, and according to my psychic dog, > > it helps with complexion (and fleas in case they are a problem). > > Because of the expansion of my self, I am able to interpret exactly > > what my dog is thinking and why with quantum mechanical precisiveness: > > you know, p = 0.74. I am taking a course in Sthapatyaveda car > > parking right now. It is a challenge I can tell you, crawling out of > > the sun roof 85% of the time, but alignment with whatever people tell > > me about nature is, I firmly believe, an absolute necessity for a > > fulfilled life. For example MacDonalds' fries contain natural beef > > extract, whereas others' lack that naturalness so they taste sort of > > fake by comparison, lacking you might say, or not. But what is really, > > really powerful about FFL right now is the quantity of divinely > > inspired knowledge and truth which just pours and pours, dumping its > > dump stuff into the ocean of my incredibly expanded you know what, > > which means of course I AM ENLIGHTENED. Jeeze, I don't see how anyone > > could doubt that. Look at the way I express myself, immersed in the > > deep pool of the God of unified field. I think all the pundits, and > > everyone in Fairfield IA, and on FFL should come to Brewster, NY and > > line the streets and meditate all day under the open sky, thinking > > GOOD THOUGHTS about the world. Brewster is a lot closer to Syria you > > know, than that city in the middle of the corn belt. > > > > >
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Is this an experiment in emulating Robin's writing style? Or did your Enter key break? :-D On 09/06/2013 09:18 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote: Y'know, this is about the improvement in message quality following removal of posting limits. I think about this A LOT!. Wow the freedom to be *DEEP* and probing the deep psyche of whatever. Enlightenment, what a cool subject. And Turq talks about an island made of ice cream, isn't it cool how all things are, like, connected?. At the moment I am staring at my desk. That requires attention. Doesn't attention have something to do with enlightenment? And what about that yagya, saving the world through the power of that thing we have somewhere in our heads - CONSCIOUSNESS, that is what it is. And Neo, thrust upon us to help us communicate more succinctly (I think that is how the word is speled, I mean the way letters are supposed to go in order). I think I will send this message to all my friends who do not meditate, because they desperately need to see how the power of consciousness is fulfelling my life!! And why do people do the things they do? Boy is that a mystery, unless you consider INTENT. In-tent, kinda like being in a large canvas bag, but with a door. You come outta the door, there is the world, you go back in the door you are inside. (For you doofusses that is an analogram about consciousness - outer and inner and how they are related by transcendental passage work, going back and forth until, viola, something different happens, because you have gone *beyond*. I am sitting at a desk that faces true North. When I twist slightly, I can FEEL the pressure of nature trying to get me to realign myself with true reality, and so I twist back, and I feel a WHOLE lot better. You should try it, and according to my psychic dog, it helps with complexion (and fleas in case they are a problem). Because of the expansion of my self, I am able to interpret exactly what my dog is thinking and why with quantum mechanical precisiveness: you know, p = 0.74. I am taking a course in Sthapatyaveda car parking right now. It is a challenge I can tell you, crawling out of the sun roof 85% of the time, but alignment with whatever people tell me about nature is, I firmly believe, an absolute necessity for a fulfilled life. For example MacDonalds' fries contain natural beef extract, whereas others' lack that naturalness so they taste sort of fake by comparison, lacking you might say, or not. But what is really, really powerful about FFL right now is the quantity of divinely inspired knowledge and truth which just pours and pours, dumping its dump stuff into the ocean of my incredibly expanded you know what, which means of course I AM ENLIGHTENED. Jeeze, I don't see how anyone could doubt that. Look at the way I express myself, immersed in the deep pool of the God of unified field. I think all the pundits, and everyone in Fairfield IA, and on FFL should come to Brewster, NY and line the streets and meditate all day under the open sky, thinking GOOD THOUGHTS about the world. Brewster is a lot closer to Syria you know, than that city in the middle of the corn belt.
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Snipping has always been a hot topiic on newsgroups. The old timers complain they don't to go look up other posts to see the context so they want the posts to be like logs. No problem if the quoted text is short. Yahoo should borrow a page from Google and on the site make "include quoted text" optional. IOW, the post by default would go out auto-snipped. I mean they have all these hot shot 20 year old engineers, it should be a piece of cake. On 09/06/2013 07:32 AM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote: Bandwidth is only an issue for the very few who still connect to the Internet over dial-up. Any of the images that get posted on here consume far more bandwidth than the longest block of unsnipped text. There may be reasons for snipping posts, but bandwidth is not one of them. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Sorry, Richard. I know you once explained that unsnipped posts takes up bandwidth but I don't really understand what that means and why it is a bad thing. This is still not a test. GF! *From:* obbajeeba *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, September 6, 2013 9:18 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention When my email delivery coincides with at least less than a 5 minute delay, then my tests will be over and I can resume to typing other shit you may not wish to read. :) This is another test. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > This is a test. > > P.S. > > What would it take to get you guys to snip your tests > and tweets? LoL! > > > > This is not a test > > > > > This is a test. > > > snip of snip (-: >
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When my email delivery coincides with at least less than a 5 minute delay, then my tests will be over and I can resume to typing other shit you may not wish to read. :) This is another test. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > This is a test. > > P.S. > > What would it take to get you guys to snip your tests > and tweets? LoL! > > > > This is not a test > > > > > This is a test. > > > > >
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This is a test. P.S. What would it take to get you guys to snip your tests and tweets? LoL! > > This is not a test > > > This is a test. >
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The post should have been called 'True Attention v.6'. LoL! turquoiseb: > It's a story about a bunch of vampires who live in > Faux Temps, Iowa and survive by sucking attention > from other people...
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Hog tie?! Never mind, I'll be a good girl and google it (-: PS thanks for comment about the Art Student. Horrifying but good to know. From: obbajeeba To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 9:37 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention Share, it is work in progress. haha. Takes patience and non attachment to hog tie a good one. Testing. Only one post comes in after a few minutes, then some don't show up till later or even the next day. Either the software is bad or probably being monitored by those goons because of associations. So now you guys are all watched more too. Even more than John Hagelin enjoys reading this board. LOL God Bless America. snip
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Share, it is work in progress. haha. Takes patience and non attachment to hog tie a good one. Testing. Only one post comes in after a few minutes, then some don't show up till later or even the next day. Either the software is bad or probably being monitored by those goons because of associations. So now you guys are all watched more too. Even more than John Hagelin enjoys reading this board. LOL God Bless America. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sharelong60" wrote: > > Yay for you, Obbajee. And for Ravi too, with his Devi. sigh... > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > > > Yes, Share. I am not a dog. I know just one whom my interest is attached > > to. haha. > > Testing. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > Obbajee, just one?! > > > > > > This is not a test (-: > > > > > > > > > > > > ____ > > > From: obbajeeba > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 7:12 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > This is a test. > > > Share, I know at least one 60 plus dude that is still smoking hot. > > > :) > > > Test. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > > > Saul! What are you doing in Farmtown, USA? > > > > > > > > What does it look like I'm doing, Morty? I'm trying to read the local > > > > newspaper. Betty Lou just got engaged to her high school sweetheart Big > > > > Joe. > > > > > > > > > > > > Huh? Look Saul let me give you my elevator pitch on another idea. > > > > > > > > In case you haven't noticed Morty, there are no elevators in this town. > > > > Just flat flat and more flat. Sigh, ok, let's hear it. > > > > > > > > > > > > I call it The Ex Patted. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ah, Morty, a short title that speaks volumes. I like it already. Say > > > > more. > > > > > > > > It's about a 60 something guy Neal A. ListÃÂ living outside the US. > > > > And what can I say, Saul, he's got issues. He's terrified of needing > > > > attention. He's terrified of being boring. He's terrified of not > > > > leaving his mark on the world. He's an elitist and perfectionist and > > > > life is good. But only as long as it lives up to those standards of his > > > > that he's so attached to and identified with. I guess we could say he's > > > > terrified of being an ordinary human. > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know, Morty, will audiences be able to identify with this guy? > > > > > > > > Saul, what can I say? Aren't you already? ha ha! > > > > > > > > Cute, Morty! Tell you what. Let's make him hate astrology and all that > > > > New Age stuff and I think we got a winner. > > > > > > > > Saul, you're a genius. Hey, maybe this small town living is good for > > > > you. > > > > > > > > Morty, don't put a kabash on our new partnership! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: turquoiseb > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 11:19 PM > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] True Attention > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ > > > > 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 wa
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Yay for you, Obbajee. And for Ravi too, with his Devi. sigh... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > Yes, Share. I am not a dog. I know just one whom my interest is attached to. > haha. > Testing. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > Obbajee, just one?! > > > > This is not a test (-: > > > > > > > > > > From: obbajeeba > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 7:12 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention > > > > > > > > Â > > This is a test. > > Share, I know at least one 60 plus dude that is still smoking hot. > > :) > > Test. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > Saul! What are you doing in Farmtown, USA? > > > > > > What does it look like I'm doing, Morty? I'm trying to read the local > > > newspaper. Betty Lou just got engaged to her high school sweetheart Big > > > Joe. > > > > > > > > > Huh? Look Saul let me give you my elevator pitch on another idea. > > > > > > In case you haven't noticed Morty, there are no elevators in this town. > > > Just flat flat and more flat. Sigh, ok, let's hear it. > > > > > > > > > I call it The Ex Patted. > > > > > > > > > Ah, Morty, a short title that speaks volumes. I like it already. Say more. > > > > > > It's about a 60 something guy Neal A. ListÃÂ living outside the US. And > > > what can I say, Saul, he's got issues. He's terrified of needing > > > attention. He's terrified of being boring. He's terrified of not leaving > > > his mark on the world. He's an elitist and perfectionist and life is > > > good. But only as long as it lives up to those standards of his that he's > > > so attached to and identified with. I guess we could say he's terrified > > > of being an ordinary human. > > > > > > > > > I don't know, Morty, will audiences be able to identify with this guy? > > > > > > Saul, what can I say? Aren't you already? ha ha! > > > > > > Cute, Morty! Tell you what. Let's make him hate astrology and all that > > > New Age stuff and I think we got a winner. > > > > > > Saul, you're a genius. Hey, maybe this small town living is good for you. > > > > > > Morty, don't put a kabash on our new partnership! > > > > > > > > > > > > From: turquoiseb > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 11:19 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] True Attention > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ > > > 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
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Sorry, Richard. I know you once explained that unsnipped posts takes up bandwidth but I don't really understand what that means and why it is a bad thing. This is still not a test. GF! From: obbajeeba To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 9:18 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention When my email delivery coincides with at least less than a 5 minute delay, then my tests will be over and I can resume to typing other shit you may not wish to read. :) This is another test. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > This is a test. > > P.S. > > What would it take to get you guys to snip your tests > and tweets? LoL! > > > > This is not a test > > > > > This is a test. > > > snip of snip (-: >
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Obbajee, just one?! This is not a test (-: From: obbajeeba To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 7:12 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: True Attention This is a test. Share, I know at least one 60 plus dude that is still smoking hot. :) Test. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Saul! What are you doing in Farmtown, USA? > > What does it look like I'm doing, Morty? I'm trying to read the local > newspaper. Betty Lou just got engaged to her high school sweetheart Big Joe. > > > Huh? Look Saul let me give you my elevator pitch on another idea. > > In case you haven't noticed Morty, there are no elevators in this town. Just > flat flat and more flat. Sigh, ok, let's hear it. > > > I call it The Ex Patted. > > > Ah, Morty, a short title that speaks volumes. I like it already. Say more. > > It's about a 60 something guy Neal A. List living outside the US. And what > can I say, Saul, he's got issues. He's terrified of needing attention. He's > terrified of being boring. He's terrified of not leaving his mark on the > world. He's an elitist and perfectionist and life is good. But only as long > as it lives up to those standards of his that he's so attached to and > identified with. I guess we could say he's terrified of being an ordinary > human. > > > I don't know, Morty, will audiences be able to identify with this guy? > > Saul, what can I say? Aren't you already? ha ha! > > Cute, Morty! Tell you what. Let's make him hate astrology and all that New > Age stuff and I think we got a winner. > > Saul, you're a genius. Hey, maybe this small town living is good for you. > > Morty, don't put a kabash on our new partnership! > > > > From: turquoiseb > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 11:19 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] True Attention > > > >  > 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
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This is a test. Share, I know at least one 60 plus dude that is still smoking hot. :) Test. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Saul! What are you doing in Farmtown, USA? > > What does it look like I'm doing, Morty? I'm trying to read the local > newspaper. Betty Lou just got engaged to her high school sweetheart Big Joe. > > > Huh? Look Saul let me give you my elevator pitch on another idea. > > In case you haven't noticed Morty, there are no elevators in this town. Just > flat flat and more flat. Sigh, ok, let's hear it. > > > I call it The Ex Patted. > > > Ah, Morty, a short title that speaks volumes. I like it already. Say more. > > It's about a 60 something guy Neal A. List living outside the US. And what > can I say, Saul, he's got issues. He's terrified of needing attention. He's > terrified of being boring. He's terrified of not leaving his mark on the > world. He's an elitist and perfectionist and life is good. But only as long > as it lives up to those standards of his that he's so attached to and > identified with. I guess we could say he's terrified of being an ordinary > human. > > > I don't know, Morty, will audiences be able to identify with this guy? > > Saul, what can I say? Aren't you already? ha ha! > > Cute, Morty! Tell you what. Let's make him hate astrology and all that New > Age stuff and I think we got a winner. > > Saul, you're a genius. Hey, maybe this small town living is good for you. > > Morty, don't put a kabash on our new partnership! > > > > From: turquoiseb > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 11:19 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] True Attention > > > >  > 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 the
