Tuesday, February 12, 2013

On being fanstruck

I don't get many (or any!) views on here since I stopped regularly writing and even fewer comments so I was expecting spam when I saw that I had comments on the Kurt Vonnegut post below.

Anyway the comment was: And where do we find Mush on Twitter? - Travis Langley.

I'm all 'why does that name sound so familiar?... *google google* OHMYGOD! He's the one who wrote the book I've been reading about Batman!'

If you just look to the right a little bit in the sidebar- there it is: "Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight"

So I sat there a little bit with stars in my eyes, dreaming of being whisked off to San Diego to write pop culture-y things. Maybe he'll know people at Comic Con. Maybe Comic Con will take me on board to help out with social media. Maybe he'll have read my blog and liked it and skipped past all the parts where I was embarrassing and awkward. And even having read my blog, he'll take me on as a sidekick (sidekicks are usually young right?).

Of course then my overworked brain decided to unfog for a second. What if I am being catfished? What if I am being Manti T'eo-ed? .. I don't even think SEO and or Google Alerts picks up on sidebars! Do they? (If so, I will have to get on that at work asap)

Ok well, if you ever come back Travis, I love your work! Please adopt me! I'll be good!



*I have two twitters for work but no personal one but seriously I am infinitely contactable on all other forms of social media.

**ND is watching me as I type this and said over my shoulder 'Can you please be careful- don't let that guy turn you into a nipple lamp.'

Sunday, February 03, 2013

A lesson from Kurt Vonnegut

An hour before thirty.

For some reason, it looks like I liquefied my face on the right hand side! I didn't touch photoshop I swear. Maybe I'm finally growing in cheekbones- about damn time! (and thus I won't have to go in for cheek implants- woop woop.)

Anyway two hours to go and thirty it is. Thirty! Wth. I have an amazing boyfriend, a job that I really enjoy and some really good friends and of course, I love my family. But I just feel like there are milestones that I haven't hit yet (property? property?! everyone stop talking to me about property!! The great Australian dream has turned into the great Australian pressure) and I really have to make up my mind about kids because frankly I don't think these eggs are that fresh anymore and so forth, so forth, so forth.

I talked to some friends about it and they (Thank God!) were also angsty in the week beforehand, so it's nice to know that I am not the only one emo-ing it up in the room.

Quick, quick! A brief rundown of things I loved so I can leave the overly analytical post for later
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 Things I loved in my tens: Cartoons, Dolly magazine, Roald Dahl, Prawn dumplings, The Lion King, The Grease Soundtrack, being in a clique, collecting stickers, slapbands, denim overalls, boys.

Things I loved in my teens: ICQ, Hanson, Empire Records, collared necklaces, headkerchiefs, sushi, silver clothing, my mobile,  Midori Illusions, Asian biographies, anime.

Things I loved in my twenties: Alcohol, bubble wrap, hot dogs with shaved haloumi, random trivia, my ipod, my apartment, food trucks, travelling, Murakami.

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Actually looking at that list, nothing much has changed hey! Time to go to bed. Tomorrow is a brand new day so they say.




 
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