"If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, because I do not give a damn." (Dorothy Parker)
Monday, December 30, 2013
Scenes from a journo life
Me: Hi, I'm from (my media organisation). Is there someone there who handles media queries.
Her: We're not commenting.
Me: But I haven't told you what I'm calling about.
Her: What are you calling about?
Me: I'm calling about (what I'm calling about).
Her: We're not commenting.
Her: We're not commenting.
Me: But I haven't told you what I'm calling about.
Her: What are you calling about?
Me: I'm calling about (what I'm calling about).
Her: We're not commenting.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
“Because . . . most of us think that the point is something to do with work, or kids, or family, or whatever. But you don't have any of that. There's nothing between you and despair, and you don't seem a very desperate person.'
'Too stupid.'
'You're not stupid. So why don't you ever put your head in the oven?'
'I don't know. There's always a new Nirvana album to look forward to, or something happening in NYPD Blue to make you want to watch the next episode.'
'Exactly.'
'That's the point? NYPD Blue? Jesus.' It was worse than he thought.
'No, no. The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point. I don't know if you even realize it, but on the quiet you don't think life's too bad. You love things. Telly. Music. Food.”
― Nick Hornby, About a Boy
'Too stupid.'
'You're not stupid. So why don't you ever put your head in the oven?'
'I don't know. There's always a new Nirvana album to look forward to, or something happening in NYPD Blue to make you want to watch the next episode.'
'Exactly.'
'That's the point? NYPD Blue? Jesus.' It was worse than he thought.
'No, no. The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point. I don't know if you even realize it, but on the quiet you don't think life's too bad. You love things. Telly. Music. Food.”
― Nick Hornby, About a Boy
Monday, December 9, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
The future of Amazon's sorry-we-missed you delivery slips...
Monday, December 2, 2013
Things I really have to stop saying #23
"You haven't read Rainbow Rowell's books? You MUST read Rainbow Rowell. She's amazing. You'll love her. Here, borrow my copy of Eleanor and Park immediately so we can talk about it. I'll call you in an hour: read fast."
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