“Not the target demographic,” indeed. Another goodie from Roz Chast, as seen in the 3/11/13 New Yorker issue.
Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” as a Twitter conversation.
Warren wrote a piece on The Faster Times blog yesterday in honor of Samuel Beckett’s birthday that re-imagines the play “Waiting for Godot” in the age of Twitter - it’s called “Waiting 4 @godot” (And don’t miss the Beckettization of Charlie Rose link below):The rest (yes, there’s more!) is on http://www.thefastertimes.com/blog/2012/04/13/waiting-4-godot-by-sambeckett2012/The Internet. TweetDeck. Morning.
@esty: U there?
@vlad: I’m here.
@esty: No not U, I was tweeting 2 him. Any sign of him?
@vlad: Not a tweet out of him.
@esty: Maybe he tweeted & U missed it?
@vlad: If he tweeted I’d know. Been here on TweetDeck 4ever. Besides, I checked his profile. Zero tweets.
@esty: Zero? Still? Why did he bother 2 join Twitter?
@vlad: Maybe he didn’t. Could B some1 using his name. No way 2 know 4 sure.
@esty: What do we do now? Should we leave the TweetDeck? Come back later?
@vlad: But what if he tweets & we R not there to read it? Better not leave. Nothing 2 B done but wait.
@esty: But we should do something. While we have the chance. What if I DM him?
@vlad: How can U DM him if he’s not following U?
@esty: How do U know he’s not following me?
Also, don’t miss this funny Beckettization of Charlie Rose —absurd and strangely hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFE2CCfAP1o
“Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder”—love this low-budget video. It’s a joke, but yet a real thing we all experience. The funniest thing to me is how coming in or leaving a room triggers all sorts of tangential things. <I’ve seen that one of my plants needs water, gone to fill up a pitcher of water at the sink, and then put the pitcher away in the fridge. Then walked out into the living room, seen the droopy plant, and remembered THAT’s why I had a pitcher of water in my hand. Returned to the fridge to get the water and ended up grabbing something to eat instead. All while thinking about what’s on TV tonight. Crazy!>
I’ve started putting cubes of PostIts everywhere so I can jot down prompts for myself. Otherwise my initial thought just gets lost in what I call “the mists of memory.”
Someone needs to do a sequel to this video called “Age activated attention disorder and the Internet.” I’d have a lot to say about my abuse of homophones while writing quick emails.
With all the punditing going on around the Tucson shooting right now, this bus should be orbiting the globe.
© Glen Le Lievre, The New Yorker
“Can a Book Save You?” this video asks. Then proceeds to shoot holes through various books.
Favorite line, as the Electric Literature narrator holds up the mammoth book The Instructions by Adam Levin: “This is [for] McSweeney’s readers. They’re reading this in bad neighborhoods. It should protect you from a gun.” Then he shows the bullet hole.
Brought to you by the letter “N”. Very silly and funny!
(via potaters, sesamestreet)
This is like some writers I know….
