PTSA Inquiries

By On June 24, 2009 · 68 Comments · In Airplanes, Books, Readers, Super Airplane

super-airplaneFormer contributor to my old website (which has finally been restored/overhauled into its final “death” format) Jordi Scrubbings emailed with some troubling questions regarding elements of my first book, Prelude to a Super Airplane.

I’m reading your book. 2 questions:

1) The VP was 108 years old in 2012. That would mean he was born after January the year AFTER the first airplane flight. Do you explain why he is not 109 years old? Or do you not think of old airplanes?

2) Where is the best place to read the final 100 pages? I was thinking in an airplane terminal sitting next to a 25 yr old brunette female model singer person. Any other recommendations?

I’ma tackle the second question first, because it’s easier – you need internet access to fully experience the final 100 pages, because therein is when you’re instructed to turn on the soundtrack. Without the musical backing, a certain sequence won’t be nearly as tumultuous as it needs to be.

That said, reading PTSA inside an actual airplane station is a huge positive – there’s nothing like the viral, tempest-laden joy one absorbs seeing the various airplane riders about to take their respective airplane rides.

That, or maybe read it in the locker room at the gym.

As to the first question, this is just a massive mistake, and perhaps somewhere in the future I can write Prelude to a Ye Olde Tyme Airplane, wherein I can clean up continuity, while also telling the Wright Brothers story through my own olde tyme eyes. I’m disappointed I didn’t think to connect Stanley Naiboir’s birth with the first airplane ride, considering how much tying together of other stuff there is.

Sorry if you were looking for more shirtless discussion today, but one simply can’t unload that type of emotional internal-external conflict two days in a row. In any case – I love hearing feedback on the book, especially the kind like this, wherein it seems like the person is actually reading it.

Here is Jordi’s website and Jordi’s Twitter.

Oh, and I asked this yesterday but nobody answered – DO YOU USE GMAIL???

 
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  • http://www.jenwatch.com orange5o

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  • nrojb

    ill ask questions after my second time through. the first time was too wooshing crazy.

    the gmail is used.

  • nrojb

    ill ask questions after my second time through. the first time was too wooshing crazy.

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  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Yes.

    Everyone should read this review. It's hilarious.

    http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/movies/24t…

    And no I'm not just hating on Bay – though I do hate him, to be sure. It's got mentions of Jacques Rivette, the word auteur is used, and Bad Boys II is mentioned!

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Yes.

    Everyone should read this review. It's hilarious.

    http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/movies/24t…

    And no I'm not just hating on Bay – though I do hate him, to be sure. It's got mentions of Jacques Rivette, the word auteur is used, and Bad Boys II is mentioned!

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I'll read it after I see it today. Love Bad Boys II!

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    I'll read it after I see it today. Love Bad Boys II!

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    I know you do. But this sounds AWFUL. I want an honest review.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    I know you do. But this sounds AWFUL. I want an honest review.

  • http://twitter.com/dennymayo Dennymayo

    I have a gmail account, that I never use except for GChat. And when I do use it, I don't use the browser based reader, I use my mail.app.

    I threadjacked a discussion of Varejao and Villenueva over at WFNY with this very same argument this morning. It's my new meme.

  • http://twitter.com/dennymayo Dennymayo

    I have a gmail account, that I never use except for GChat. And when I do use it, I don't use the browser based reader, I use my mail.app.

    I threadjacked a discussion of Varejao and Villenueva over at WFNY with this very same argument this morning. It's my new meme.

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  • http://alexisreviews.tumblr.com alexiskn

    OMG you made a post about the super airplane reading book today and today i have an airplane ride (two, actually) and i am currently sitting in an airplane station while reading this post!!!! WOW!!! omg.

    also, yes, i did answer your gmail question yesterday, so i guess that means i'm “nobody”… my face is so sad right now, Bri-Bri. ugh. whatever.

  • http://alexisreviews.tumblr.com alexiskn

    OMG you made a post about the super airplane reading book today and today i have an airplane ride (two, actually) and i am currently sitting in an airplane station while reading this post!!!! WOW!!! omg.

    also, yes, i did answer your gmail question yesterday, so i guess that means i'm “nobody”… my face is so sad right now, Bri-Bri. ugh. whatever.

  • http://alexisreviews.tumblr.com alexiskn

    …omg. im so conflicted right now. maybe you should hit *me* up, after you use some crazy trickery to find out *my* gmail inbox address.

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    …omg. im so conflicted right now. maybe you should hit *me* up, after you use some crazy trickery to find out *my* gmail inbox address.

  • TVBrain

    I have a gmail account that I set up just for work while I have this freelance job for June and July. It's a bit of a pain in the ass when dealing with back-and-forths.

  • TVBrain

    I have a gmail account that I set up just for work while I have this freelance job for June and July. It's a bit of a pain in the ass when dealing with back-and-forths.

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    Because of this economy, I no longer accept emails. I will accept faxes and hand-written communication. I won't talk on the phone either because of the economy.

  • Wish

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    Gotta have a meme – everyone needs one – it's like a self-generating income.

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    Everyone needs to breathe slower and deeper, also. Good tips – thank you.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Erg now I am a heel. :(

    Your use of gmail is siply embedded in my brain, for I see you there every time I log in, because of the “a” – the one that begins your name. ALEXISKN BEGINS.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Erg now I am a heel. :(

    Your use of gmail is siply embedded in my brain, for I see you there every time I log in, because of the “a” – the one that begins your name. ALEXISKN BEGINS.

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Okay this is before I read any other reviews – I'm not a reviewer so bullet-points will have to do. Keep in mind I wasn't expecting Schindlers List or something. I just want a cool, fun movie with Michael Bay action and slow motion antics and booty babes:

    1) There's a good action movie in there somewhere.

    2) About 45 minutes of what was on screen needed to be cut. The bad guys' scheme is pretty straight-forward, but it's like it was danced around and around – like it was trying to be some exciting mystery or something.

    3) The use of the Bad Boys II poster was great. I feel like it was put there for me. These are the types of personal connections that drew me in for “moments”.

    4) Similar to that, I've written in several scripts lines to the effect of, “Just by chance, every female in the room is smoking hot and wearing tight clothing.” I think this line may have been used for all the scenes at the college.

    5) It was just overwritten. A Transformers movie needs to just get in and get out in 1:40. It felt like they threw in every idea or gag they had, and there were many scenes that did nothing to drive the story forward. Like, we don't need to see Shia and his parents having the “leaving home” life transition, and then also the “arriving at college” one. Just come into that with him arriving at college.

    6) Also lots of unnecessary toilet humor, but that's just a personal preference.

    2/10

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    Okay this is before I read any other reviews – I'm not a reviewer so bullet-points will have to do. Keep in mind I wasn't expecting Schindlers List or something. I just want a cool, fun movie with Michael Bay action and slow motion antics and booty babes:

    1) There's a good action movie in there somewhere.

    2) About 45 minutes of what was on screen needed to be cut. The bad guys' scheme is pretty straight-forward, but it's like it was danced around and around – like it was trying to be some exciting mystery or something.

    3) The use of the Bad Boys II poster was great. I feel like it was put there for me. These are the types of personal connections that drew me in for “moments”.

    4) Similar to that, I've written in several scripts lines to the effect of, “Just by chance, every female in the room is smoking hot and wearing tight clothing.” I think this line may have been used for all the scenes at the college.

    5) It was just overwritten. A Transformers movie needs to just get in and get out in 1:40. It felt like they threw in every idea or gag they had, and there were many scenes that did nothing to drive the story forward. Like, we don't need to see Shia and his parents having the “leaving home” life transition, and then also the “arriving at college” one. Just come into that with him arriving at college.

    6) Also lots of unnecessary toilet humor, but that's just a personal preference.

    2/10

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Did the robots speaking hip-hop bother you? Did the product placements stand out as bad as everyone is making it out to be?

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Did the robots speaking hip-hop bother you? Did the product placements stand out as bad as everyone is making it out to be?

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    The product placement wasn't a big deal for me – I expect that from this type of movie.

    The hip-hop robots left me unsure what to think. It was so far past over-the-top it felt like mega-double-parody, but lacking the self-awareness. Someone should ask @jerryricetwo what he thought about them, because it wouldn't been out of place for them to yell WORD UP.

    One of the robots passed gas. :/

  • http://madpropstobakedpotatoes.com Brian

    The product placement wasn't a big deal for me – I expect that from this type of movie.

    The hip-hop robots left me unsure what to think. It was so far past over-the-top it felt like mega-double-parody, but lacking the self-awareness. Someone should ask @jerryricetwo what he thought about them, because it wouldn't been out of place for them to yell WORD UP.

    One of the robots passed gas. :/

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Robots definitely pass gas. At least they do on Futurama, which I assume is an entirely accurate version of the future.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    Robots definitely pass gas. At least they do on Futurama, which I assume is an entirely accurate version of the future.

  • http://alexisreviews.tumblr.com alexiskn

    Well as long as I know that you see me when I see you, I'm ok with that.

  • http://alexisreviews.tumblr.com alexiskn

    Well as long as I know that you see me when I see you, I'm ok with that.

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