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Post by gliquey on Apr 12, 2016 15:43:20 GMT -5
What did people put for the story to tell at a party? I tried to write something witty about how at my age people half treat you like a child and half treat you like an adult, and ended on something pseudo-meta about one of the advantages being invitations to parties and one of the disadvantages being the expectation to come up with a good anecdote. |
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Post by bear on Apr 12, 2016 15:54:58 GMT -5
i can't for the life of me remember what song i chose  what about fave living poet? it was really tough, but i eventually went with Anne Carson. |
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Post by gliquey on Apr 12, 2016 16:00:21 GMT -5
what about fave living poet? it was really tough, but i eventually went with Anne Carson. Simon Armitage. My favourite poem of his is Give. |
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Post by Agathological on Apr 12, 2016 16:16:41 GMT -5
Tom Lehrer. He is a singer-songwriter; but his rhymes always make me laugh.
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Post by B. on Apr 12, 2016 17:00:08 GMT -5
What did people put for the story to tell at a party? I tried to write something witty about how at my age people half treat you like a child and half treat you like an adult, and ended on something pseudo-meta about one of the advantages being invitations to parties and one of the disadvantages being the expectation to come up with a good anecdote. How old are you? |
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Post by Liam R. Findlay on Apr 12, 2016 23:48:08 GMT -5
My sad song was You Are the Blood by Sufjan Stevens and I didn't have much time to write an anecdote, so I drew Mr. Handler wearing a tie; the tie said "I love you" to the neck, making it 'a neck dote' (hahahaha).
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Post by bear on Apr 18, 2016 13:24:51 GMT -5
i am finally reading the book i got (Scenes From Village Life by Amos Oz) and it is very Murakamiesque, so understandable that DH likes it. there also some amusing snickety situations, like an obnoxious lawyer who keeps getting somebody's name wrong in various ways even after being corrected.
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Post by Violent BUN Fortuna on May 3, 2016 21:43:31 GMT -5
That's wonderful! I just stumbled upon this thread (having known about the book club before but not knowing there was a thread about it) and it's really great that DH took the time to respond so thoughtfully. I was wondering: did you ask for the career advice on the actual book club form, or did you include a separate letter? |
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Post by aaccss on May 26, 2016 13:31:16 GMT -5
Hi everyone!! I'm a new member here but have been lurking secretly for the past few months after I found out about this thread. I signed up for the book club back in March when you all started receiving ASOUE script pages and today I got my first package from Mr. Handler  I felt like it was only right to finally join and share with you guys. |
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on May 26, 2016 14:06:58 GMT -5
Hi and welcome, aaccss! This is really interesting, especially the script scrap! Who is Jaqueline (O.S.)? Why were they talking, and what were they doing? It's also very nice to see the arc phrase used this early in the series, and the scene seems intriguing; yet more reassurance, as far as I'm concerned, that the writers know what they're doing!
For some reason, I've had this memory of Gustav drowning for a long time. I remember seeing a short clip of him simply sinking, tied on hands and feet, panic in his face, past a static camera. The last time I watched the movie, I was surprised to see that it wasn't there. I believe that instead, we see a short clip of him tied to the front of a train running at full speed (unless that's a memory I've fabricated as well).
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Post by Skelly Craig on May 26, 2016 14:41:41 GMT -5
Very cool script scrap - love that it show us how an episode will end. Says quite a bit about the tone of the series, I think. (black humour, mysterious cliff-hangers)
The bookmark made by the author's children is really cute.
I was also excited at first to see Handler mentioning an artist he likes, but then disappointed by the work of hers I've seen. Oh well.
Anyway, thanks for giving us this exciting exclusive, aaccss, and welcome!
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Post by bear on May 26, 2016 14:53:08 GMT -5
that script is so utterly ridiculous i'm starting to think the scraps we have don't actually have anything to do with the final netflix product.
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Post by Violent BUN Fortuna on May 26, 2016 15:13:09 GMT -5
I love this new script snippet -- very interesting to see the ending for an episode!
Thanks so much for sharing; also nice to see that there doesn't seem to have been a cut-off point for joining the book club.
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Post by Violent BUN Fortuna on May 26, 2016 15:15:39 GMT -5
For some reason, I've had this memory of Gustav drowning for a long time. I remember seeing a short clip of him simply sinking, tied on hands and feet, panic in his face, past a static camera. The last time I watched the movie, I was surprised to see that it wasn't there. I believe that instead, we see a short clip of him tied to the front of a train running at full speed (unless that's a memory I've fabricated as well). In the book Count Olaf says he drowned Gustav while he was collecting wildflowers in the Swarthy Swamp, and you're also correct that in the film we get a shot of Gustav tied to the front of a train and screaming. I expect you just remembered his book death and sort of superimposed it on to the film or something. |
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Post by bear on May 26, 2016 17:47:01 GMT -5
i just got the same package as aaccss, it has the same book and flag. and my script this time has more than one word on it!   |
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