What might be making you a tad apprehensive, but might not, as it's too soon to tell - Page 49

Griff · 02-08-2015, 09:20 AM

Yeah, I hesitate to even call them the press. If Bruce decided to tell his story that's one thing but this pursuit is ugliness. Paparazzi.

orthodoc · 02-07-2015, 10:57 PM

Sigh. Chemobrain will not permit me to upload pics the way I used to ...

Oh well. Trying to learn not to give any fucks re work, and chemobrain makes itself felt at inopportune moments. If I try to work at my loom any more tonight I will undoubtedly make major errors that will require hours to repair.

infinite monkey · 02-08-2015, 09:42 AM

You mean Bruce Jenner of the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and who is reportedly in the works for his own new reality show? The one who was just involved in a car accident that had a fatality and they say he might have been messing with his phone? That Bruce? Yeah, why should anyone peep into such a private life?

Point 1 being that being part of the absolute unreal REALITY show ever rather negates any complaints about his lack of privacy. He checked that at the door.

Point 2 being that if a celebrity (and I suppose a reality show guy, and former olympic decathlon winner qualifies for that title) is in an accident involving a fatality, then damn tootin' it's going to be in the news. Right or not, those sorts of things make the news.

Or are you trying to make it about intolerance of his transgenderism? I don't see how that figures in to the recent flurry of news.

Undertoad · 02-08-2015, 09:43 AM

I was just thinking, remember when it was 9/12/2001 and nobody gave 1 shit about vapid culture? That feeling went on for a good 3 months. Is there some way we could get back to that attitude without a national tragedy?

Clodfobble · 02-08-2015, 09:50 AM

I'm gonna guess no.

It's funny you mention it, back then I used to check CNN's website every morning (as I ate my usual breakfast of powdered sugar donuts and a Sprite, but that's a different story...) and I specifically remember that they took away their "Oddball News" section after Sept. 11th, and you're right, it took about 3 months before they brought it back. Then after that it took maybe another 3 years before the entire site became that kind of story.

Griff · 02-08-2015, 10:25 AM

Whoops, I guess I need to watch more tv?

I guess if the choice is vapid culture or whoring out for the next war maybe I choose the easily ignored vapid culture.

SteveDallas · 02-11-2015, 12:03 AM

Another damned job application. I might as well shred my resume and flush the pieces.

lumberjim · 02-11-2015, 01:12 AM

Are you still with the A. D. But looking to move on, or are you available to the industry, as they say?

SteveDallas · 02-11-2015, 01:20 AM

I don't know what A. D. means, but I am looking to move on from my current situation. I am clearly past my sell-by date.

Griff · 02-11-2015, 06:36 AM

I know that feeling. Good luck with the search.

BigV · 02-12-2015, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I don't know what A. D. means, but I am looking to move on from my current situation. I am clearly past my sell-by date.

fuck.

I, too, am intimately familiar with that feeling, aaaaand not in the good way.

I don't have a recipe for success, but I do know you have to keep grinding away. Keep the faith man.

classicman · 02-13-2015, 04:46 PM

Good Luck! Focus forward.

infinite monkey · 02-13-2015, 06:55 PM

I was telling the legal girl who I am assisting that it ain't an easy job market out there. Keep on trying. Focus forward, as classic said.

SteveDallas · 02-13-2015, 08:42 PM

"Legal Girl"? A super hero?

infinite monkey · 02-14-2015, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

"Legal Girl"? A super hero?

Well, she's a paralegal, so maybe she's only a superhero from the waist up?

02-08-2015, 09:20 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yeah, I hesitate to even call them the press. If Bruce decided to tell his story that's one thing but this pursuit is ugliness. Paparazzi. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-07-2015, 10:57 PM	#2
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Sigh. Chemobrain will not permit me to upload pics the way I used to ... Oh well. Trying to learn not to give any fucks re work, and chemobrain makes itself felt at inopportune moments. If I try to work at my loom any more tonight I will undoubtedly make major errors that will require hours to repair. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-08-2015, 09:50 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm gonna guess no. It's funny you mention it, back then I used to check CNN's website every morning (as I ate my usual breakfast of powdered sugar donuts and a Sprite, but that's a different story...) and I specifically remember that they took away their "Oddball News" section after Sept. 11th, and you're right, it took about 3 months before they brought it back. Then after that it took maybe another 3 years before the entire site became that kind of story. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-08-2015, 10:25 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Whoops, I guess I need to watch more tv? I guess if the choice is vapid culture or whoring out for the next war maybe I choose the easily ignored vapid culture. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-11-2015, 01:12 AM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Are you still with the A. D. But looking to move on, or are you available to the industry, as they say? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-08-2015, 09:42 AM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	You mean Bruce Jenner of the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and who is reportedly in the works for his own new reality show? The one who was just involved in a car accident that had a fatality and they say he might have been messing with his phone? That Bruce? Yeah, why should anyone peep into such a private life? Point 1 being that being part of the absolute unreal REALITY show ever rather negates any complaints about his lack of privacy. He checked that at the door. Point 2 being that if a celebrity (and I suppose a reality show guy, and former olympic decathlon winner qualifies for that title) is in an accident involving a fatality, then damn tootin' it's going to be in the news. Right or not, those sorts of things make the news. Or are you trying to make it about intolerance of his transgenderism? I don't see how that figures in to the recent flurry of news.

02-08-2015, 09:43 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I was just thinking, remember when it was 9/12/2001 and nobody gave 1 shit about vapid culture? That feeling went on for a good 3 months. Is there some way we could get back to that attitude without a national tragedy?

02-11-2015, 12:03 AM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Another damned job application. I might as well shred my resume and flush the pieces.

02-11-2015, 01:20 AM	#9
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I don't know what A. D. means, but I am looking to move on from my current situation. I am clearly past my sell-by date.

02-11-2015, 06:36 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I know that feeling. Good luck with the search. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-13-2015, 04:46 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Good Luck! Focus forward. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-13-2015, 06:55 PM	#13
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I was telling the legal girl who I am assisting that it ain't an easy job market out there. Keep on trying. Focus forward, as classic said.

02-13-2015, 08:42 PM	#14
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	"Legal Girl"? A super hero?

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