the Magic of Twitter; Temple Grandin
Feb. 19th, 2010 01:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inmyriadbitsSo, I'm not the hugest proponent of Twitter -- I have an account and use it occasionally, but for the most part I think it's a huge time-sink with superficial qualities, and that's not something to which I want to devote my time.
However, one very cool thing (which can also be a drawback) is the accessibility that let me ask Michael Cudlitz a question about Southland (he plays John Cooper, for those who haven't seen him be awesome on it) and get an answer. ♥
In other news today, I discovered we have magically unpaid-for HBO! I was flicking channels grumpily, to avoid yet more news about the guy who flew a plane into a building in my hometown, and stumbled across HBO's new movie Temple Grandin, about the eponymous high-functioning autistic woman who has done some really brilliant work on animal behavior in the livestock industry. I knew it had to be HBO because I'd caught an interview with Temple Grandin on NPR where they talked about the movie, and even played a bit of audio (which helped spark my interest in the film, because Clare Danes sounded exactly like the real Temple Grandin did on the air), so I recognized it. Anyway, it was already a good hour in, but I watched the rest anyway -- something I never do -- because it was just that good. Now I have to wait until Saturday to watch the rest...
(On a totally shallow note, I was really tickled to see that TG was a fan of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in college. It's a scene where she's describing the action to her blind roommate while they watch MFU [loudly, and oblivious to the annoyance of the other people watching], which was great for other reasons but kicked my "I'm fond of people who are fond of things I love" button.)
Aaaand then I got into an utterly pointless argument with my dad about autism (that was really an argument about the way he argues and, IMO, issues he's having with his best friend who was recently diagnosed with Asperger's). So that was fun.
However, one very cool thing (which can also be a drawback) is the accessibility that let me ask Michael Cudlitz a question about Southland (he plays John Cooper, for those who haven't seen him be awesome on it) and get an answer. ♥
In other news today, I discovered we have magically unpaid-for HBO! I was flicking channels grumpily, to avoid yet more news about the guy who flew a plane into a building in my hometown, and stumbled across HBO's new movie Temple Grandin, about the eponymous high-functioning autistic woman who has done some really brilliant work on animal behavior in the livestock industry. I knew it had to be HBO because I'd caught an interview with Temple Grandin on NPR where they talked about the movie, and even played a bit of audio (which helped spark my interest in the film, because Clare Danes sounded exactly like the real Temple Grandin did on the air), so I recognized it. Anyway, it was already a good hour in, but I watched the rest anyway -- something I never do -- because it was just that good. Now I have to wait until Saturday to watch the rest...
(On a totally shallow note, I was really tickled to see that TG was a fan of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in college. It's a scene where she's describing the action to her blind roommate while they watch MFU [loudly, and oblivious to the annoyance of the other people watching], which was great for other reasons but kicked my "I'm fond of people who are fond of things I love" button.)
Aaaand then I got into an utterly pointless argument with my dad about autism (that was really an argument about the way he argues and, IMO, issues he's having with his best friend who was recently diagnosed with Asperger's). So that was fun.
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Date: 2010-02-21 01:27 pm (UTC)I was very interested to see that, as I'd also been wondering about that!
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Date: 2010-02-21 04:09 pm (UTC)