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Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:55:20 +1200

And that must be Jesus levitating there in the middle?

Jesus? In the middle?? ;)

Lilith __

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:29:43 +1200

My Mother is one of these girls

And that must be Jesus levitating there in the middle?

Hebe

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:13:22 +1200

Sorry Damian +1. You can't do THIS on Twitter, or Facebok. I do love how a PA subject curls off, loops in on itself and often meanders back to source.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:00:13 +1200

I was to have gone to St Mary’s high school,

My Mother is one of these girls. A total derail sorry Damian...

Sacha

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:57:21 +1200

Dawson leaves Twitter after response to TV hosting role.

Hebe

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:36:52 +1200

Heh. Another good Catholic girl. I was to have gone to St Mary's high school, but threw such a 12 year old meltdown about being separated from my friends that the parents sighed and admitted they hadn't been looking forward to my daily commute and canned the plan. My father's…

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:54:59 +1200

you are of Christchurch Catholic wider family too? Great nostalgia pix.

Well, back then yes but into the future and up in Aucks, my parents left out church although remnants of the bygone era remain. My brother managed first communion then... nada.I went to a convent for my first year…

Lilith __

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:34:21 +1200

Sofie and Jackie, what cute pics!! And you, Damian. :-)

Sacha

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:52:42 +1200

Back to the thread's namesake, an article tied to the release of the professional narcissist's latest book observes:

In Air Kiss and Tell, Dawson says "I often think that maybe I like to flaunt [my insecurities]". This statement goes to the heart of her very uneasy relationship with the public…

Hebe

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:33:15 +1200

Obviously 2 years later there were more pressing issues at hand …..( note the hand knit compulsory for Chch)Sofie, given the church — where my parents were married — you are of Christchurch Catholic wider family too? Great nostalgia pix.

Jackie Clark

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:10:38 +1200

Sorry, just one more. One of my school photos – I think I was 6, so it was taken in 1970 or thereabouts.

Jackie Clark

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:09:35 +1200

I love this one – it's my brother and I. Well, there are four of them, but this is the one closest to me. My brother from another mother. My Latimer.

Jackie Clark

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:08:28 +1200

Another Takapuna Beach photo! Well, I was kind of brought up there, much as I hate to admit it, these days.

Jackie Clark

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:07:05 +1200

How do you post multiple photos here? Oh well.

The obligatory Takapuna beach photo.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:55:49 +1200

throw in a vintage pic of them
Rangitoto on a hot summer’s day ( in 1964).
Obviously 2 years later there were more pressing issues at hand …..( note the hand knit compulsory for Chch)

Islander

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:47:45 +1200

O! Lovely wee kid!
I am saving my 3yrold really curley blond* cutsiness for, umn, y’know, something, or not.
*Yeah, Really. The Maori side loved it (because my mother was/is urukehu) and so did my father’s English side – “OOO! Goodoh. Not a boy but no touch of the tarbrush…

Russell Brown

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:41:59 +1200

not broadcasters then?

Heh. No.

Sacha

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:33:56 +1200

a Twitter argument with other journalists

not broadcasters then?

Hebe

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:29:24 +1200

Although, to be fair, a lot of the best people to follow on Twitter are actual journalistsAgreed. Depends on what Twitter is being used for. For on the spot
observations it's amazing — though unreliable. The news sites just aren't set up for immediate, right now blats like Twitter/ facebook/talkback.…

Russell Brown

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:16:52 +1200

Heh. And so, Damian and I wound up today in a Twitter argument with other journalists that showed, once again, what a rubbish medium for argument Twitter is. Oh well ...

Matthew Littlewood

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:31:38 +1200

The official online channels like Stuff couldn't touch Twitter – and probably Facebook if you were attuned to it already — and talkback radio

Although, to be fair, a lot of the best people to follow on Twitter are actual journalists. The NOTW saga was a classic case in point,…

John Fouhy

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:53:38 +1200

Re. your edit: it gets more complicated if @joe, @fred and @bob are all having a conversation. If you happen to follow @joe and @fred but not @bob, then you'll see tweets from @joe to @fred and @bob, but not tweets from @joe to @bob and @fred..

Lilith __

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:20:58 +1200

Facebook was a sanity-saver for me during the quakes (or at least once we had electricity back), as was PAS. I'm newly on Twitter, and I love it there too. They're all just tools for making and maintaining connections. At their best, social media enlarge and invigorate my world. It's…

Hebe

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:05:57 +1200

but it's hard not to sound like a dick saying "hey! remember me!?"'Xactly. I signed up to facebook, within a week refound a long-lost friend on the other side of the world and started up an email resumption with her, made friends with my family and haven't really go around…

Pete Sime

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:04:14 +1200

And I've just become follower #1500. It was like watching the odometer roll over.

Russell Brown

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:05:20 +1200

I’ve had a couple of “Ricky Gervais” types tweet back at me – and I think that’s the exciting part about Twitter, a chance to engage with people who you would never otherwise engage with.

I got a reply back from Chuck D when he was on Twitter reminiscing about…

Jackie Clark

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:39:53 +1200

I love twitter. But those of you who know me, and follow me, may have already glommed onto that. I have met so many interesting people, as well as had the chance to further get to know dear, dear people that I have met from this very forum. You know,…

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:54:22 +1200

(not that I'm saying that's what you're implying of course).

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:54:05 +1200

That's a nice sentiment. And I wouldn't want the unsaid implication to be that my lack of a smile suggests mine was anything other than full of love too :) I was just a moody wee shit at times, I imagine. And yes, fuck all has changed...

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:43:49 +1200

Why ,you haven't changed a bit ! Looking back at old shots, and seeing I'm always happy in them, gives me a sense of appreciation of my up bringing.

Sacha

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:04:48 +1200

or hasn't had their morning coffee

my typng gets even wors

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:01:53 +1200

Since we're sharing, I love the few nice B&W baby shots there are of me. And fuck it, it's my blog, my thread, I'll post pics of whatever I want :) This ain't Capture, but if anyone wants to throw in a vintage pic of them looking cute, go for it!

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:56:59 +1200

SOFIE! This is gorgeous!

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:56:46 +1200

Yep. Any time there’s too much divergence in underlying fundamental beliefs

Yeah, or when you believe almost completely the same things, but someone's giving up smoking... or hasn't had their morning coffee... or got out of bed wrong etc...

Sacha

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:46:47 +1200

Seems we had a similar hairstyle at that age.

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:45:53 +1200

Harry will melt hearts. Beautiful child, (but you knew that) in a jumper I would wear if it fitted moi. It was a Grandmother who gave me the love of hand knits ;)
Like Islander I don't fit in twit,face,friend book. Just do catch up in person.

Sacha

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:45:32 +1200

when an argument starts heading downwards, Twitter is an incredibly frustrating medium to try and pull it back

Yep. Any time there's too much divergence in underlying fundamental beliefs, the discussion can deteriorate fast and never recover. I just avoid discussions with libertarians now.

Sacha

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:42:41 +1200

Pixies makes up for it, right :)

Sacha

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:42:01 +1200

unnecessarily snotty about pop culture he deems unworthy

true

Sacha

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:41:42 +1200

my job is done :)

David Cormack

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:35:40 +1200

Twitter is an incredibly frustrating medium to try and pull it back

Yeah I think you're spot on there actually.

I've had a couple of "Ricky Gervais" types tweet back at me – and I think that's the exciting part about Twitter, a chance to engage with people who you…

Danielle

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:33:37 +1200

Best. Degree. Ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAwagCwJj-g

(It made me HATE LIBRARIES. Which I'm sure you'll agree is not an ideal result.)

noizyboy

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:25:52 +1200

Eh? MLIS sucked!? Best. Degree. Ever.

Bart Janssen

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:25:22 +1200

Just another use for twitter.

I read scientific literature in my job and we used to go to the library and pick up dead trees to read the table of contents and decide if there was an article we needed to read.
Then we got newsgroups with lists of good…

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:24:43 +1200

@David – I'm not saying it can't be done, and I can't imagine having a nasty heated debate with Lew in any forum, it's more that when an argument starts heading downwards, Twitter is an incredibly frustrating medium to try and pull it back, explain EXACTLY what you meant by…

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:21:17 +1200

Speaking of my son, this is for Steve & Sofie, who gave me a gorgeous jumper for Harry when he was born. I came home last night and he's finally grown big enough for it :) Thanks once again!

Danielle

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:18:54 +1200

can I just say that Lew nails it

He is indeed very good at Twitter argument construction. (Twargonstruction?) Even if he is unnecessarily snotty about pop culture he deems unworthy. And frocks. :)

Danielle

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:13:41 +1200

Librarians would love it, sir

Which is what makes the MLIS such a compelling experience.

(I am *so bitter* about that degree, aren't I? One day in 2056 I might finally shut up about how much it sucked.)

David Cormack

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:12:10 +1200

re the difficulties in debating, can I just say that Lew nails it. We had a backward and forwards the other night and it was calm, reasonable and he was really persuasive…140 characters at a time. So it can be done.

Damian Christie

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:10:14 +1200

If my own son at 18 has a picture of himself shaking the hand of Roger Douglas as his profile pic, it will:

1. Prove my point that Roger Douglas keeps himself alive drinking puppies' blood
2. I shouldn't have left my old Ayn Rand books in the same draw…

Tim Hannah

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:52:42 +1200

Librarians would love it, sir

This librarian had completely tuned out till you called.

Hilary Stace

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:48:59 +1200

Don't knock the 18 year old in Whangarei because
1. You might need them one day
2. It could be your own son one day

Islander

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:57:09 +1200

Thank goodness I dont do twitter, linked-in, facebook or anything else that is socially media'd-
I just have a wonderful/sometimes fraught/always entertaining & educational time here on PAS.

'Nough for me-

Tristan

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:31:17 +1200

ok ok i fucking checked if I was still your facebook friend...but the rest of you did to admit it!

Sacha

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:22:59 +1200

Sorry Charlotte, you need to put the Twitter down and step away.

Good summary.

Sacha

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:17:02 +1200

mind-numbing

Librarians would love it, sir

Damian Christie

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:14:03 +1200

Thanks Robyn – yeah I did an edit already you might've missed above, pointing out that I'd just been told that about conversations. Having said that, Russell, Graeme and a few other people are having a mind-numbing (to anyone other than us who has to read it I'm sure) discussion…

Robyn Gallagher

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:59:52 +1200

If I’m tweeting back and forth to @CMRanapia, well guess what, 1499 other people at my end just have to sit through that. I don’t wish that on people, but I don’t see an alternative.

That conversation will only show up in the timeline of people who follow both you…

Public Address

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:59:52 +1200

Discussion from blog post.