Today, on Twitter...

• Tempted to create a formula for calculating how long it takes to transcribe interview vs. actual interview length. X = WAY TOO LONG, BUDDY. #
• Transcript done! With twenty minutes to spare. Last words recorded by dearly beloved college tape recorder: "And now, the next step..." #
• Cheers: Get to go to midnight screening of Speed Racer for work. Jeers: Already falling asleep at desk. #
• I really am just very tired right now. Lots more work ahead. And, starting to get some carpal twinges. BAD TIMING, ARM. #
• I'm not too tired to download this when I get home, though: tinyurl.com/6j9rbx #

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Today, on Twitter...

• Went to bar last night with E. it really doesn't matter what night we go out, a night out with E. means tequila shots and strange men. #
• Which reminds me, I should probably make sure E. isn't dead in a gutter somewhere. Though the guy she ran off with was British. #
• Today's ensemble -- ripped-up baggy Target jeans, Webby Awards jacket, and this t-shirt: www.brandonbird.com/crimefighters.html #
• My college-era tape recorder crapped out on me during this afternoon's interview. Guess it's time to replace my iTalk Pro. #
• Calling Best Buy to make sure they have iTalks. Have now spoken to 5 different sales reps. They're making it hard for me to give them my $. #
• ...especially since they have none to sell me. #

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Today, on Twitter...

• Now on Twitterific! A bold new experiment for me. #
• True fact: my work week is the exact opposite from everyone else. Monday is my favorite day. Fridays can sucks it. #
• Ugh. I forgot that my computer hates being asked to do things like run FCP and, well, any other application simultaneously. #
• Cute kitties getting fit! tinyurl.com/5dwd4d #

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Today, on Twitter...

• Didn't finish post in time to go to yoga class. So downloading yoga podcast to flow with. Must play loud, b/c GTAIV #
• ...Because GTAIV is rocking out in my living room. Oh, the sirens of Liberty City, my roommate will be singing your song all weekend. #
• Damn it. Forgot about friend's comedy show tonight. 'Iron Man' rescheduled to tomorrow. Hey, maybe now I can catch up on Battlestar! #
• Sitting on my balcony, finishing up the last of the day's work. So easy to be productive when everyone else is out enjoying the nice day! #

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Today, on Twitter...

• Really wish I wasn't starting the day with a 22-email inbox. #
• Man, I love it when fanboys get their hearts' desires: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7377847.stm #
• Today's breakfast: yogurt and hard pretzels #
• Scientology on YouTube: Oh, dear. tinyurl.com/6c7awd #
• Today is a co-worker's b-dat, and I think office is planning mini-celebration for me and him. Trying to be patient. But oh, ME WANT CAKE. #
• Cupcakes! Amazon gift cert! Kalloo kallay! #

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Today, on Twitter...

• Writing about Scientology. I really need to stop doing this under my real name. #
• Fact-checking Facebook: www.mcsweeneys.net/links/openletters/1facebook.html #

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Today, on Twitter...

• You know what I want, right now? I want to watch that Simpsons episode where Lisa #
• ...where Lisa is just too sad. And then she meets Bleeding Gums Murphy. That episode is great. #
• Fans of 'Jericho', from us at the V: thanks for the fourteen boxes of peanuts! We may be donating them to needy squirrels, though. #
• Fun fact: I saw the giant box of peanuts and immediately knew it was a 'Jericho' thing. Thus getting me my first "NERD ALERT" of the day. #

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Today, on Twitter...

• Hello, today. Let's get on with it. #
• Hey, creative tech-y types! Come up with an awesome name for a fictional future-super-phone! Win everything! #

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Stop it stop it stop it!

Okay, ad-men. Maybe it seemed like a good idea at first. But now:







I know you think you are so clever, but seriously, stop it with the black person/white person split-screen down the middle bullcrap. It's no longer original. And it's CREEPING ME OUT.

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Today, on Twitter...

• Happy birthday "Chocolate Rain"! tinyurl.com/6mmjjo #
• After six months of editing and posting them, it's official: I'm a bit fascinated by obituaries. #

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Today, on Twitter...

• Supposed to donate blood tomorrow, but blowing it off so I can manage a trip to Target. Lizzie needs tea and hair dye! #
• How I approach web kerfuffles: ignore the first mentions, then once the scandal has exploded, struggle to make sense of the shrapnel. #
• So, um, can someone explain to me the Open Source Boob Controversy, why I should be mad, and who I should be mad at? #

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I only speak facts

Last week, while still in New York, I agreed to be interviewed for a friend's sister's article about gay comic book characters, as said sister needed a female subject for the piece. (Said friend asked me about this only two hours after my very exciting tour of the DC Comics office; how did he know?) Because of schedules and time zones, this interview ended up happening much earlier in the day than I'd have liked; I was thus much much less than coherent, and went back to sleep immediately afterwards (this was the morning after one of my drunk-and-lost-in-the-lower-East-side adventures, which definitely didn't help matters).

Today (again, much earlier in the day than I'd have liked), I got a call from a fact-checker working on this piece, who wanted to verify my background information and quotes. As an internet journalist, I admit this was pretty foreign to me as a concept, but I rolled with it as best I could. We got through the basics, then the fact checker started confirming with me all the things I'd said to the sister. I like Brian K. Vaughn? Check. Y The Last Man is about the only man to survive a worldwide plague? Check. Dr. Allison Mann is a lesbian? Check.

"And your favorite gay comic book character is Detective Renee Montoya?"

"Um, yes?" I picked her because I always liked Montoya in the Dini Batman series, in her pre-lesbian days. But I liked Montoya not because of what gender she dated... Wait, shit, what did I say I liked about Montoya?

"She's your favorite character because she solves crime?"

"Um. Yes."

I didn't bother to correct it. That might be the single dorkiest quote I've ever given a journalist (student or otherwise). But even more sadly? It's the truth. She solves crime. It's rad.

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