Ivan Brandon's Blog, page 47
August 9, 2011
twitter recap 2011-08-09
ATTENTION: SVU: if he is a jerk you could replace chris meloni with elias koteas and no one would ever notice. #
can't sleep. again. back to work. #
the one good thing about 4:30 am: there are no distractions. 20 minutes later, this script is BROKEN. #
celeb rehab spoilers: 1: amy fisher describes herself as "very attractive", 2: michael lohan is in danger of a heart attack, 3: sadness #
attention comedy: priests+molestation, while still horrifying in reality, officially run into the ground as far as jokes go. #sorry #
hello, and thank you for your interest in the internet. http://t.co/hYdSgzd #
i have never had a more productive monday. #
will dennis just sent me an orchestral kiss video. my good day is ruined. #
in about a 45 second period, this bus driver has hit a pothole dead-on an not one but two guardrails. 8.8.11. aces and eights. #
ps 8/8/11 = aces and eights came to you via an email i got from john arcudi #
i'd like to apologize to sara pichelli on behalf of my country for our shitty behavior in response to the new multi-ethnic spider-man. #
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can't sleep. again. back to work. #
the one good thing about 4:30 am: there are no distractions. 20 minutes later, this script is BROKEN. #
celeb rehab spoilers: 1: amy fisher describes herself as "very attractive", 2: michael lohan is in danger of a heart attack, 3: sadness #
attention comedy: priests+molestation, while still horrifying in reality, officially run into the ground as far as jokes go. #sorry #
hello, and thank you for your interest in the internet. http://t.co/hYdSgzd #
i have never had a more productive monday. #
will dennis just sent me an orchestral kiss video. my good day is ruined. #
in about a 45 second period, this bus driver has hit a pothole dead-on an not one but two guardrails. 8.8.11. aces and eights. #
ps 8/8/11 = aces and eights came to you via an email i got from john arcudi #
i'd like to apologize to sara pichelli on behalf of my country for our shitty behavior in response to the new multi-ethnic spider-man. #
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August 8, 2011
twitter recap 2011-08-08
this is what @RobertKirkman is sporting this summer http://t.co/OCPIQKG #
the other day i had pizza at grimaldi's in brooklyn. i thought of @urbanbarbarian http://t.co/Zi1M34k http://t.co/Q5xduAd #
weaving between projects in a way i haven't tried before. i feel like it shouldn't work, but it is. maybe this crazy month is doable. #
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the other day i had pizza at grimaldi's in brooklyn. i thought of @urbanbarbarian http://t.co/Zi1M34k http://t.co/Q5xduAd #
weaving between projects in a way i haven't tried before. i feel like it shouldn't work, but it is. maybe this crazy month is doable. #
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August 7, 2011
twitter recap 2011-08-07
WHO WANTS TO HEAR SOME CHICKENFOOT #
dear internet: i am not, now, nor have i ever listened to chickenfoot. i was quoting carl brutananadilewski. #
this one? http://t.co/bbGMs2S #
a bunch of days ago i ate this grilled cheese sandwich at LUCQUES on melrose in LA. i thought of @urbanbarbarian http://t.co/4SXfHbk #
do SVU writers get paid extra to write out the word "sperm"? #
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dear internet: i am not, now, nor have i ever listened to chickenfoot. i was quoting carl brutananadilewski. #
this one? http://t.co/bbGMs2S #
a bunch of days ago i ate this grilled cheese sandwich at LUCQUES on melrose in LA. i thought of @urbanbarbarian http://t.co/4SXfHbk #
do SVU writers get paid extra to write out the word "sperm"? #
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August 6, 2011
twitter recap 2011-08-06
how did i not realize the same guy created GLEE and NIP/TUCK? there's a weird logic in that. #
ARTISTS: if you're doing full color art, make sure that's clear in the credits. people will just assume they forgot to credit the colorist. #
why the writer of the @NewYorker's seal team 6 / bin ladin piece might be be a bit of a scott templeton http://t.co/kCWarKH #
who wants the @beastieboys HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE for $3.99? (me) http://t.co/VdhqcMh #
i have no idea who david hart smith is but he's trending TWICE at the same time, so he must be really important. #
taxi arrivato #
i almost just wrote out a thing about the jersey shore, but i couldn't bring myself to press send. #
ladies and gentlemen: @Justin_Marks_ has redeemed all his wrongs today. #
kristyn flipping through the channels: gene simmons apparently has a TV show? & behind his desk: a thing i wrote from him on a spinner rack #
(it is pretty weird to see your work at random on TV) #
you are definitely NOT 18, alice cooper. #
dear me, what i do not need in my life right now is for you to suddenly start coming up with fully formed vampire concepts. love, me. #
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ARTISTS: if you're doing full color art, make sure that's clear in the credits. people will just assume they forgot to credit the colorist. #
why the writer of the @NewYorker's seal team 6 / bin ladin piece might be be a bit of a scott templeton http://t.co/kCWarKH #
who wants the @beastieboys HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE for $3.99? (me) http://t.co/VdhqcMh #
i have no idea who david hart smith is but he's trending TWICE at the same time, so he must be really important. #
taxi arrivato #
i almost just wrote out a thing about the jersey shore, but i couldn't bring myself to press send. #
ladies and gentlemen: @Justin_Marks_ has redeemed all his wrongs today. #
kristyn flipping through the channels: gene simmons apparently has a TV show? & behind his desk: a thing i wrote from him on a spinner rack #
(it is pretty weird to see your work at random on TV) #
you are definitely NOT 18, alice cooper. #
dear me, what i do not need in my life right now is for you to suddenly start coming up with fully formed vampire concepts. love, me. #
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August 5, 2011
twitter recap 2011-08-05
can't sleep. luckily all these celebrity rehab episodes exist, so that i can experience sunrise from the lowest possible human vantage. #
wait, no: emergency broadcast alarm. now i'm at bottom. #
ARTISTS: sara pichelli is looking for an app (on a mac) to record video of her digital drawing process. any suggestions? #
DEAR HOLLYWOOD PLEASE MAKE ALL ANIMATION LIKE THIS OK THANKS
http://t.co/EbOiRO1 (link via @crazymorse ) #
more and more i think we (in comics) are headed to a new kind of collaboration. full scripts are not the best way to work. #
getting pages from @jasonlatour, he takes my cues and then stages his own shots. vs my verbally roughing out a page for him to ink. #
i believe we (writers) are stifling great artists who have better visual ideas than we do. i want to work a different way. #
dear @Alejandrobot do i want this puerto rican hot sauce? http://t.co/evZbmBk #
can the answer just be as easy as writing "screenplay style"? cause i need to get a handle on that, too. #
GODDAMNIT. left my camera cable at @TheWinterMen 's house. #
what is this 'hide' bullshit on facebook friend requests? why can't i just reject it on the spot? #
txt from @urbanbarbarian: "Rhymes don't feed men". i leave it to you to translate. there was no rhyming up til that pt. maybe he was hungry. #
i am not a holla back girl. #
i had a chinese beverage that weighed 100 alcohols. #
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wait, no: emergency broadcast alarm. now i'm at bottom. #
ARTISTS: sara pichelli is looking for an app (on a mac) to record video of her digital drawing process. any suggestions? #
DEAR HOLLYWOOD PLEASE MAKE ALL ANIMATION LIKE THIS OK THANKS
http://t.co/EbOiRO1 (link via @crazymorse ) #
more and more i think we (in comics) are headed to a new kind of collaboration. full scripts are not the best way to work. #
getting pages from @jasonlatour, he takes my cues and then stages his own shots. vs my verbally roughing out a page for him to ink. #
i believe we (writers) are stifling great artists who have better visual ideas than we do. i want to work a different way. #
dear @Alejandrobot do i want this puerto rican hot sauce? http://t.co/evZbmBk #
can the answer just be as easy as writing "screenplay style"? cause i need to get a handle on that, too. #
GODDAMNIT. left my camera cable at @TheWinterMen 's house. #
what is this 'hide' bullshit on facebook friend requests? why can't i just reject it on the spot? #
txt from @urbanbarbarian: "Rhymes don't feed men". i leave it to you to translate. there was no rhyming up til that pt. maybe he was hungry. #
i am not a holla back girl. #
i had a chinese beverage that weighed 100 alcohols. #
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August 4, 2011
twitter recap 2011-08-04
(!!) @slycomics @alejandrobot"Who is going to believe a black man in a mask is out for the good of man kind?" #
anecdotally: i'd say about 90% of the time i've heard anyone use the word "PC" it was followed by something racist. #
disclaimer: when i say "PC" in my previous post, i am obviously not talking about computers. #
hey internet: you wanna own one of the rarest things ever? an amazing ORIGINAL piece of art by the elusive FRANK TERAN? http://t.co/3xcc2Ty #
glen beck's magical response to the new multi-ethnic spider-man http://t.co/nJlPJ7X #
spider-man has made the big time: he is the headliner on http://t.co/aDGgMj6 #
more spider-man fun w/ people who are SUPER "not racist" http://t.co/98sEWiD #
really unhappy right now with @delta customer service. folks transferring me around without warning, not answering questions. #
reaction to receiving awesome @stuartimmonen books in the mail today only lightly dampened by lack of sarcasm in inscription. #
maybe (no offense to my LA friends) part of the problem w/ the studio system is that their perceptions of what (cont) http://tl.gd/c5cu3l #
"Ultimate Beck has the power to say bad things and have good people defend him. Not sure how to design that costume:)"-@Oeming #
.@jasonlatour is not afraid to chase down even my most terrible analogy. #andigotsomestinkers #
"_____ is like a a big hair band trying soooo hard to be Arcade Fire." -@jasonlatour #
lived 3yrs in the suburbs as a kid. hated it, have very little positive association with it. this song still gets to me. http://t.co/3407wYp #
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anecdotally: i'd say about 90% of the time i've heard anyone use the word "PC" it was followed by something racist. #
disclaimer: when i say "PC" in my previous post, i am obviously not talking about computers. #
hey internet: you wanna own one of the rarest things ever? an amazing ORIGINAL piece of art by the elusive FRANK TERAN? http://t.co/3xcc2Ty #
glen beck's magical response to the new multi-ethnic spider-man http://t.co/nJlPJ7X #
spider-man has made the big time: he is the headliner on http://t.co/aDGgMj6 #
more spider-man fun w/ people who are SUPER "not racist" http://t.co/98sEWiD #
really unhappy right now with @delta customer service. folks transferring me around without warning, not answering questions. #
reaction to receiving awesome @stuartimmonen books in the mail today only lightly dampened by lack of sarcasm in inscription. #
maybe (no offense to my LA friends) part of the problem w/ the studio system is that their perceptions of what (cont) http://tl.gd/c5cu3l #
"Ultimate Beck has the power to say bad things and have good people defend him. Not sure how to design that costume:)"-@Oeming #
.@jasonlatour is not afraid to chase down even my most terrible analogy. #andigotsomestinkers #
"_____ is like a a big hair band trying soooo hard to be Arcade Fire." -@jasonlatour #
lived 3yrs in the suburbs as a kid. hated it, have very little positive association with it. this song still gets to me. http://t.co/3407wYp #
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August 3, 2011
twitter recap 2011-08-03
"Never seen a more powerful indicator of racism in conversation than starting your statement with "I'm not a racist but…""-@McKelvie #
.@McKelvie see also: almost any mention of "in this PC world". #
.@PaoloMRivera "not to be a racist, but… can i get a cappuccino, please?" #
(possibly like) @joe_hill i agree with i think @PAPPADEMAS' words in that hero piece are unsupported by his examples. BUT (cont.) #
i've long felt that there are arbitrary lines drawn between source & quality & that ultimately i'm more interested in "good" than "reverent" #
also: i should not be legally allowed to try to agree with or disagree with anything in 120 characters. #
hopefully there was some semblance of recognizable sense in either of those posts. #
grimaldi's brooklyn: good pizza, sure, but not worth the wait. #
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.@McKelvie see also: almost any mention of "in this PC world". #
.@PaoloMRivera "not to be a racist, but… can i get a cappuccino, please?" #
(possibly like) @joe_hill i agree with i think @PAPPADEMAS' words in that hero piece are unsupported by his examples. BUT (cont.) #
i've long felt that there are arbitrary lines drawn between source & quality & that ultimately i'm more interested in "good" than "reverent" #
also: i should not be legally allowed to try to agree with or disagree with anything in 120 characters. #
hopefully there was some semblance of recognizable sense in either of those posts. #
grimaldi's brooklyn: good pizza, sure, but not worth the wait. #
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August 2, 2011
twitter recap 2011-08-02
i know the def.of "anti-semite" was never meant to line up w/ the def. of "semite" but it's still weird to see it used against other semites #
sure, what i need to do w/ 5 projects due in august is to come up with a new idea that won't let go. #
there are 3 men typing into a google document. i will not tell you which 3 or what about. but the goal is one million of dollars. #
maybe the biggest problem we have in functioning as a society: all of our opinions are based on anecdotes. and not even our own anecdotes. #
the below statement, of course, is no exception. #
if you're telling the exact same story about welfare guy w/ cadillac, either everyone on welfare has a caddy or your anecdote is false #
"goddamn I am tired of "press conference" as a set piece in genre fiction" -@droob #
amazing how many comic creators think they've been blacklisted. i guess it's easier on the ego than some other possibilities. #
"cut me some slack(s)"-@andymacdeez #
let me tell you: what i lack in positivity i make up for in your right to prove me wrong. #
INTERNET: I KNOW ABOUT YOUR SECRET LIST. #
"blech, sentence structure" -@lindseyrostal #
this video is for @andymacdeez. NO ONE ELSE WATCH. http://t.co/aNUwmpT #
sculpture cakes are neither good sculptures nor good cakes. #
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sure, what i need to do w/ 5 projects due in august is to come up with a new idea that won't let go. #
there are 3 men typing into a google document. i will not tell you which 3 or what about. but the goal is one million of dollars. #
maybe the biggest problem we have in functioning as a society: all of our opinions are based on anecdotes. and not even our own anecdotes. #
the below statement, of course, is no exception. #
if you're telling the exact same story about welfare guy w/ cadillac, either everyone on welfare has a caddy or your anecdote is false #
"goddamn I am tired of "press conference" as a set piece in genre fiction" -@droob #
amazing how many comic creators think they've been blacklisted. i guess it's easier on the ego than some other possibilities. #
"cut me some slack(s)"-@andymacdeez #
let me tell you: what i lack in positivity i make up for in your right to prove me wrong. #
INTERNET: I KNOW ABOUT YOUR SECRET LIST. #
"blech, sentence structure" -@lindseyrostal #
this video is for @andymacdeez. NO ONE ELSE WATCH. http://t.co/aNUwmpT #
sculpture cakes are neither good sculptures nor good cakes. #
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August 1, 2011
twitter recap 2011-08-01
TREME has certain things it telegraphs in a way i don't enjoy, but certain really perfectly subtle emotional bits really keep me in the game #
also apropos of nothing i find XTREME CHEF to be offensive on a societal level. #
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also apropos of nothing i find XTREME CHEF to be offensive on a societal level. #
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July 31, 2011
twitter recap 2011-07-31
i can assure you, internet: a horrendous leg cramp is by far the most exciting way to wake up. #
TEXT MESSAGES ARE NOT EMAILS #TEXTMESSAGESARENOTEMAILS #
seriously when did it become a thing to just text a person at 3am with some non time-sensitive thing? #
main reasons why this is not good: 1: text messages make noise, 2: text messages cost money. #
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TEXT MESSAGES ARE NOT EMAILS #TEXTMESSAGESARENOTEMAILS #
seriously when did it become a thing to just text a person at 3am with some non time-sensitive thing? #
main reasons why this is not good: 1: text messages make noise, 2: text messages cost money. #
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