Comments on: Unpleasantville

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:19:11 +0000

Great read. Such a deft talent for understatement.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:59:05 +0000

Nimish - I saw her first!

Romi - Thanks! …I’m glad I was able to trick someone into believing I’d been imprisoned (even briefly)!

P.S. to Moonbeam - Thank you so much for the Theda Bara link… I’ve not been able to watch it yet… crazy couple of weeks… Maia’s birthday, Rose had an appendectomy… but I’m hoping to watch it tonight as soon as I get caught up on my comments!

P.S. to Chey - It’s come to my attention that all my little special characters aren’t showing up on everyone’s pc… There’s several musical symbols in there, not to mention a skull & crossbones & a peace sign… How depressing that no many people are getting the joke. I have no idea why they’re not coming across… some IT guy, I am. … but I’ve never claimed to be much of a web-developer.

By: romi41

romi41 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:17:56 +0000

You sure know how to tell a story! I really didn’t know where it was going, and I was seriously wondering if you’d been locked up at the beginning, hahahaha…and I know exactly what you mean about that obsession-with-our-appearance that seems to stay with us, even against the better judgment of wisdom we supposedly gain over time..

PS: I love the nostalgia that seeped into you post near the end, just lovely!

By: Nimish Batra

Nimish Batra — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:20:57 +0000

Damn you Adam! This means WAR!

IGOR! To the BASEMENT!

THIS! IS! SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:07:08 +0000

Allison - You make a great point… I don’t imagine the bars of my cell allot for much privacy.

The straight & narrow it is then.

Jill - Welcome! You know, you’re right, that was the theme of Pleasantville, wasn’t it? I guess for me, it was less about that particular movie, and more about the silver screen. I just used Pleasantville as an example, because there are few movies that transcend the two mediums. For whatever reason, movies of the Silver Screen era have none of the stuffiness of the 50’s/early 60’s era… The Silver Screen is all about drunkards and vixens & lewd behavior. I wouldn’t choose to live in a prude world.

Greg - Excellent tip, thanks for the link!

Karen - You’re so sweet, thank you! I will continue my research into time-travel, and see if I can sweep Paulette off her feet, before Nimish beats me to her.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:49:22 +0000

Adam, I just have to say, you are so beautiful in so many ways.
A few things……..
I’m relieved to hear that there are fewer incidences of anal rape at your work than at a prison. That is really good news.

Fuck the expensive electronics and do the somersaults! You are a breath of fresh air and are exactly what this world needs.

Miss Goddard would have been all over you, my dear!

Karen

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:58:17 +0000

I myself have been listening to very, very old music lately. Think Benny Goodman, Red Nichols … also some of that blues music now associated with ‘Oh Brother Where Art Thou’. There’s a bunch of public domain stuff on archive.org, and I’ve been filling the iPod with it. Never fails to soothe..

http://www.archive.org/download/Wolverine/WolverineBlues.mp3

By: jill

jill — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:38:27 +0000

you should have included some of the pix you took of yourself! your story is hilarious. but why would you want to turn the world black and white????? who’d want to live in pleasantville with their goody-two-shoes priggishness and their separate sleeping arrangements???

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:58:52 +0000

Hmmm…the antithesis of Pleasantville. So you could start out in color, and then when you’re feeling a little repressed or sad, part of your face could turn from to black and white.

Surely the prison restroom facilities have thinner walls than does your place of employment . That should be reason alone to stick with your current cell

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:36:10 +0000

Nimish - I’m glad to have infected you with the infatuation!

moonbeam - Thank you very much! I’m so glad you liked it.

I hope you’re feeling better this week. I think of you often (every time I walk past the Elsinore on my way to & from work, in fact).

Chey - I know you think I’m showing off with my musical notes, but (♩) that’s (♪) simply (♫) not (♬) true (♭).

At any rate, these are in no way mine alone, you can copy & paste them any time you want…. I’m no pirate (☠).

Peace (☮).

Matt - Absolutely… I find that the lower rate of sexual assault, the higher my morale.

Glad you liked the picture, I imagine so long as the banana wasn’t in her mouth in the photo, it slid under the radar.

David - Thank you! Black & white is wonderful, as you well know, with all those monochrome masterpieces you’ve been displaying on your page.

Brandy - Sorry, I have a ban of my photo going online. I bare my soul here, and even give my real name (first name, anyway…), my face will remain anonymous.

Gail - Glad I could provide a little education for my readers! Tune in next week to find out why Salem’s City Hall looks like a giant, ugly concrete domino run.