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curtiscchen

@curtiscchen@xoxo.zone

Author of KANGAROO series and more! Lead writer on Realm's ECHO PARK podcast. Willamette Writers Board Member. Puzzled Pint co-founder. Not an aardvark.

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I'm thinking of writing a book about how a deep understanding of mortality leads to better living. When it's finished, I want to get the word out as widely as I can. I know I still know people who have fairly large platforms, but I'm not going to pester anyone individually.

If you happen to see this message, you have wider reach than I do, and you'd be willing to help me boost the signal when I'm finished writing my little "life manual," please get in touch.

curtiscchen,
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@mishellbaker I will do what I can to help. 🫶

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Does your mother need some reading material for the weekend? Does she like kangaroos? Well have I got a deal for you! https://www.books2read.com/waypointkangaroo

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Shuffle Play starting me out with Plastic Bertrand this morning; it’s gonna be a busy day.

curtiscchen,
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@lilithsaintcrow Fun fact: when I was in college one of our school's a cappella groups did an arrangement of that, and I later found out from a friend that during rehearsal they sometimes altered the lyrics to "gimme your meat, boy, and free that pole."

curtiscchen,
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@lilithsaintcrow Let me ruin Disney's Aladdin for you! In the song "A Whole New World," replace every occurrence of the word "eyes" with "thighs" instead.

curtiscchen,
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@lilithsaintcrow 🎵 DON’T YOU DARE CLOSE YOUR THIGHS 🎶

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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My son: "You know that really old song about hair-cutting, the one you used to listen to? Well it got crossed with Baby Got Back and--"

Me: "I have no idea what you're talking about."

a few minutes later

Me: "Pretty sure Leonard Cohen would find this HILARIOUS."

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tYfJzv3FUnM

curtiscchen,
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@lilithsaintcrow ...as if I don't have enough to do already, now I need to figure out how to make this into a full karaoke track...

curtiscchen,
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@lilithsaintcrow FALLING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, SEND HELP https://youtu.be/1XT6I2XTC2s?si=-YYJ4QU4Fd19OncS

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@lilithsaintcrow

A young white blond woman in obvious distress. Looks like she’s riding an airport conveyor belt, headphones slung around her neck, wearing a sleeveless t-shirt bearing the image of a cartoon cat sticking out its tongue beneath the slogan “Je Ne Sais Blah.” The woman cries out, “Why am I here?” (Apparently this is a scene from HBO’s “Girls”? I didn’t watch that show.)

mishellbaker, to random
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We just had our weekly family meeting. The 11yo spent most of it talking about how excited she is about PLANTS and GARDENING while the 14yo furtively read a hard copy of Hitchhikers' Guide while pretending to listen to us and I could just weep for joy at the entire situation

curtiscchen,
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@mishellbaker nice callback

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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"A patent application from the company spotted by Lowpass describes a system for displaying ads over any device connected over HDMI, a list that could include cable boxes, game consoles, DVD or Blu-ray players, PCs, or even other video-streaming devices." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/hdmi-customized-ad-insertion-patent-would-show-rokus-ads-atop-non-roku-video/

curtiscchen,
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@lilithsaintcrow

Captain America’s shield flies into a tree, emblazoned with the words THANKS I HATE IT

curtiscchen, to random
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My editor just used the phrase "productively out of character" in her manuscript notes and my mind is blown in the best way, onward to revisions now

curtiscchen,
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@lilithsaintcrow Right??? So much work to do now 😭

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"OpenAI, for instance, has per the WSJ's sources discussed training GPT-5 on transcriptions from public YouTube videos..." https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-training-data-shortage

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@lilithsaintcrow rooting hard for training model collapse over here

curtiscchen, to random
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Gee thanks, that's not confusing or worrisome AT ALL, Google Search Console 🥸 https://instagr.am/p/C3BWnkQs8Kn/

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    curtiscchen,
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    @lilithsaintcrow 💯

    grammargirl, to random
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    I may need a lava lamp to replace the Christmas tree. The house feels dark and dreary.

    curtiscchen,
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    @grammargirl

    curtiscchen, to random
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    Hot take: Wes Anderson should just switch to making graphic novels and save everyone a lot of time and trouble

    video/mp4

    curtiscchen, to random
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    Tonight in downtown Portland: Celebrate the first day of by singing karaoke with your friends at @wilwrite ! (part of "Cover to Cover") https://buff.ly/3SEZqdd https://instagr.am/p/CzHHIyEul8t/

    lilithsaintcrow, to random
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    Me: “So was this a goat rodeo or a monkey-fucking-a-football type deal?”

    Fellow Writer: "I...don't know what either of those means?”

    I thought this was common parlance, but I guess not. "Monkey fucking a football” means nobody in the situation is gonna be happy OR get what they want. "Goat rodeo” means it's FUBAR chaos, but at least someone is having fun. (Probably the goats…)

    #TheMoreYouKnow

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    @lilithsaintcrow T to the I to the L

    curtiscchen, to random
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    For my 30th birthday, I took myself to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama for a week.

    For my 40th birthday, my friends put on a puzzle hunt in Portland, Oregon just for me.

    For my 50th birthday (today), I ran a puzzle hunt for my friends ending in a big party at a local brewpub.

    I'm grateful to have made it this far in life with so much to celebrate!

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    I had a blast tonight talking to Naomi Klein about her new book Doppelganger! For some reason my joke about how everyone thinks she invented the Klein Bottle did not get a laugh from the audience. 🥸

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    @annaleen

    curtiscchen,
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    @annaleen although <letterkenny>to be fair</letterkenny> there have been a lot of Star Trek things with very similar and/or non-descriptive titles (looking at you, "Beyond")

    Krysten Ritter rolls her eyes in the most dramatic way possibleeeeeee

    grammargirl, to random
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    Over breakfast I complained to my husband about not having enough time to do all my work, and over lunch I tried to convince him to start a new project with me, and apparently I am making his eye twitch.

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    @grammargirl

    Tina Belcher from BOB’S BURGERS stares straight into camera, her left lower eyelid (is that a thing? whatever) twitching uncontrollably.

    grammargirl, to random
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    Does it make sense to describe someone as a "dear acquaintance"?

    Someone I knew in passing for years, but in a very friendly way, died of a massive stroke this morning. He was a young vibrant light, and the only way I can think to describe what he meant to me is that he was a "dear acquaintance."

    I was also so happy to run into him, and he always referred to me as "my friend." "Hello, my friend!" He was just that way, and so many people are going to miss him.

    curtiscchen,
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    @grammargirl I know exactly the relationship you're describing and I feel that language is entirely appropriate. May his memory be a blessing.

    curtiscchen, to StarTrek
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    real talk, at this point I only maintain a twitter account so I can keep up with SWEAR TREK (see also https://www.tumblr.com/sweartrek )

    Star Trek (TOS movie era) style animated red alert graphic but it says EVERYTHING'S FUCKED

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