Kid found in Germany
Forest Boy
A kid showed up in Germany last year, claiming to have lived in the woods with his father for five years, and having conveniently forgotten everything else. He’d be eighteen now, which is no longer a kid, and all I can think of is those men who lead dual lives. So, in my head, (because I write fiction for a living), he got a girl pregnant, and is running away, because he’s not ready to get married (and he told her that he loved her). I feel sorry for the girl. I think she needs someone to tell her story.
One of the comments in the story led to the name Frederic Bourdin, who I had never heard of, but started reading about him here. People are so odd. What makes a person completely lose who they are and impersonate someone else? I remember a Law & Order episode like this one.
What was wrong with Prometheus
I saw Prometheus this weekend. Oh, oh, oh, it could have been such a great movie, but it was the character/motivation thing that truly fell flat. If you write an emotionless android, he must stay an emotionless android. He cannot become vengeful and vindictive. And Noomie Rapace as scientist Elizabeth Shaw is no Sigourney Weaver as Ripley!
Et tu, Ridley Scott?
All that said, it was a beautifully shot movie, and very suspenseful. If the characters had stayed true to themselves (or been better drawn), it would have been superb.
Color-code your emails and texts by the emotion they are likely to incite from you
This is a little scary. Think about it. If software can decide, “this is a mean message,” then I want software to grade my emails and texts and let me know if this is a “mean message,” and if it is a “mean message,” I want software to tell me how to turn it into a “nice message.” And if it can tell me how to write a “nice message,” I want it to answer all my emails! Hehehe…
Joan Rivers is President of her condo board
I have no words, but I would not like to interview for this building.
So that is my collection of items for the day. Would you ever want to become someone else? Have you seen Prometheus? I’m looking forward to Brave. Hopefully it will be good. Would you like someone to write all your emails for you? And are you brave enough to face Joan Rivers in a condo board interview? Happy Hump Day! It’s gray and rainy here.
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Joan Rivers is revered here. They love her. Personally I would want her to take a breath. I can see it now.
‘Can we talk?’
‘Yes if you promise to take a breath.’
‘How can you..’
‘STOP! Breath!’
‘But!!’
‘Breath!!’
How can I be anyone but me? I have such a weird crazy roller coaster life!! There are people I would like to meet; but not be.
I am not really an Aliens fan; so Prometheus does not appeal.
Did you know there is a woman who lives in Scotland that has her own ‘clan’ she is chief of that they suggest may be the model for this movie??!!(Brave) If I can find the article I will forward it.
It is grey cool drizzly and I missed the Queen who was within a 2 mile radius of me today in Nottingham. Work sadly is more important.
I sent it to you FB message box Kathleen.
You send the coolest links, Ti!
Actually I though it would be fun to live in Joan Rivers building. However, not her apartment which was too French (Louis the XIV) for me.
I’m sure she would have all the good gossip.
Happy Hump Day right back at you. It’s going to be hot and windy here.
I am very suspicious of Forest Boy. I have not seen Prometheus. Joan Rivers luxurious penthouse is like her — way overdone. But how interesting! No, I would not want to face her on a condo board.
I cannot bear color coding emails. Seriously. I can hardly stand email as it is, but that would do it, would shut it down for me.
It takes all the guesswork out. When you get an email from me, half of the fun is trying to figure out if I’m serious or kidding, laughing at you or with you. I think I might actually be the email sender who could break that system!
Can we talk? I would love to be interviewed by Joan Rivers. Of course, choosing an outfit would be the problem. I’m great at playing Fashion Police at home, but not so great at evading them on the street. I would never want anyone writing my emails for me. Without my signature bending of all the hard and fast grammar rules, how would anyone know the email was really from me? Brave looks good, but my daughter thinks it looks too “that’s been done.” The Prometheus trailers have me scared enough, so I am not sure I want to see it. Though maybe the trailer is better than the actual movie. It would be fun to be someone else for all of a half-day, maybe, but it would be exhausting to keep it up. I gotta be meeeee!
Sherri you crack me up. I would never believe you were anyone else but you.
Seriously, can you imagine having to go before Joan Rivers’ board? What the hell would you wear?
The swan dress! I would have to borrow Bjork’s swan dress.