My earliest fear, the one I remember anyways, was of great pulp magazine robots with hot water heater bodies and vacuum tube eyes. My brother forbade me to touch his precious magazines, so I wouldn’t. I’d stare and stare at the covers through; hourglassed damsels in diaphanous gowns draped over thick slab altars, and the robots, always the robots with their cylindrical torsos and pincer claws for hands….
In Search of the Brain-Eating Nandi Bear Part III
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The Dunesteef Podcast
Episode Art: Michael HoskinsRead by: Delianne Forget Music by: Sigur Ros, Norm Sherman, Gringo Motel
Episode Art: Michael HoskinsRead by: Delianne Forget Music by: Sigur Ros, Norm Sherman, Gringo Motel
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When I say "nice to meet you" it tends to be along the lines of what tbaker said, it's not so much that the brief contact was so immensely enjoyable, but that this is the potential opening for getting to know them better. Also, if it's a friend of a friend that I hear about all the time, it may be more along the lines of "It's nice to put a face to the name" because hearing about other people is much more interesting if I can picture them myself.
But, yeah, there are lots of insincerities built into expected conversation. I try to avoid them when I can. When someone asks me how I'm doing, I try to give them a brief but honest answer. If I'm having a truly shitty day I try not to say "Fine" even though that's the reflex. And I try not to ask how someone is doing unless I actually have the time and inclination to hear about how they are actually doing (though of course most people just say "fine" or "good".
But, yeah, there are lots of insincerities built into expected conversation. I try to avoid them when I can. When someone asks me how I'm doing, I try to give them a brief but honest answer. If I'm having a truly shitty day I try not to say "Fine" even though that's the reflex. And I try not to ask how someone is doing unless I actually have the time and inclination to hear about how they are actually doing (though of course most people just say "fine" or "good".
Posted: August 3, 2011, 2:20 pm
Unblinking wrote:
But, yeah, there are lots of insincerities built into expected conversation. I try to avoid them when I can. When someone asks me how I'm doing, I try to give them a brief but honest answer. If I'm having a truly shitty day I try not to say "Fine" even though that's the reflex. And I try not to ask how someone is doing unless I actually have the time and inclination to hear about how they are actually doing (though of course most people just say "fine" or "good".
Ditto. I find that "Hello!" works just fine in place of "Hello! How are you?"
Posted: August 3, 2011, 3:48 pm
For the first 3/4 of this story I was flummoxed as to why it was on the Drabble cast, it seemed like a slightly dark garison keeler story, pleasant enough ramblings that didn't go anywhere.
Then, out of nowhere a giant robot shooting death rays out of it's eyes!
I did wonder if it was all a hallucination brought on by the morphine and oxygen deprivation in the last moments of her life. Then I thought- GIANT FREAKING WALL SMASHING ROBOT, and didn't care any more.
I can't remember if there is a Drabble award for best narration but if there is, it's a safe bet delianna forget will win it.
Great stuff.
F:S
Then, out of nowhere a giant robot shooting death rays out of it's eyes!
I did wonder if it was all a hallucination brought on by the morphine and oxygen deprivation in the last moments of her life. Then I thought- GIANT FREAKING WALL SMASHING ROBOT, and didn't care any more.
I can't remember if there is a Drabble award for best narration but if there is, it's a safe bet delianna forget will win it.
Great stuff.
F:S
Posted: August 3, 2011, 6:32 pm
I didn't like this one, It may just be the story or the fact that I didn't like the voice actor, but it felt like the main character was an bitter old lady. My dad thought the same. I think this spoiled it for me, because when the robot came I didn't care. 
Posted: August 7, 2011, 9:45 pm
TheShubLub wrote:
I didn't like this one, It may just be the story or the fact that I didn't like the voice actor, but it felt like the main character was an bitter old lady. My dad thought the same. I think this spoiled it for me, because when the robot came I didn't care.
Yup. Bitter old lady kind of sums it up.
Welcome to the forums, TheShubLub!
Posted: August 7, 2011, 11:49 pm
Wow, excellent narration. I'm not sure how difficult it was to get her to read the story, but it was certainly worth it. As something of a podcaster myself, there have been times when I've been unable to get the right person to read a part or a story, and I'll often do it myself . . . but I wonder if the end result would have been worth the sweat and frustrations of getting the RIGHT person to do it.
Now I ask myself how different this story would've FELT with Norm reading it.
Regardless, excellent production all around, on this one, folks. When you wrest the Best Fiction Podcast Parsec Award away from the judges again this year, it will be very deserved.
Now I ask myself how different this story would've FELT with Norm reading it.
Regardless, excellent production all around, on this one, folks. When you wrest the Best Fiction Podcast Parsec Award away from the judges again this year, it will be very deserved.
Posted: August 9, 2011, 9:01 pm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Avila
I must say you are something of a Great podcaster.
When you first starting posting here i just assumed It was a rabid fan of Dunesteef podcast. Then i thought you were just a character out of a noir detective. Then i thought you were the bassist from Oingo Boingo but i knew that was John Alvia.Rish Outfield wrote:
As something of a podcaster myself,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Avila
I must say you are something of a Great podcaster.
Posted: August 11, 2011, 10:37 pm
TheShubLub wrote:
I didn't like this one, It may just be the story or the fact that I didn't like the voice actor, but it felt like the main character was an bitter old lady. My dad thought the same. I think this spoiled it for me, because when the robot came I didn't care.
Me, too. I kept wondering why on earth I should care whether or not she'd just rot in the nursing home. What a d-bag.
Posted: August 22, 2011, 5:52 am
Narratress was fine by me, I have a soft spot for the helplessly crotchety - I see in them my undeniable future.
Posted: September 13, 2011, 7:39 am
StalinSays wrote:
Narratress was fine by me, I have a soft spot for the helplessly crotchety - I see in them my undeniable future.
Posted: September 13, 2011, 2:21 pm
You can kiss my crotchety, boy. I will deny it, now and in the future.
Posted: September 13, 2011, 5:27 pm
Hello! New Drabblecast fan here. I've been working my way through the stash on iTunes, trying to get caught up to the present so I could join the conversation on the most recent stuff, but then I heard this episode. I loved it. I loved it so much I had to register just to say so. Even if it means bumping this ancient thread.
I listened to it and almost cried in public.
Then the day after, I listened to it again, and having not learned my lesson the first time, almost cried in public again.
Then the next day, I forced a friend to listen to it.
Awesome episode, awesome production, awesome voice actors. So glad to have discovered this podcast, and I'm kicking myself realizing that it's been here all these years and I never ran across it!
I listened to it and almost cried in public.
Then the day after, I listened to it again, and having not learned my lesson the first time, almost cried in public again.
Then the next day, I forced a friend to listen to it.
Awesome episode, awesome production, awesome voice actors. So glad to have discovered this podcast, and I'm kicking myself realizing that it's been here all these years and I never ran across it!
Posted: April 17, 2013, 11:51 am
Well, did the friend cry too?
Glad you're liking Drabblecast, and don't worry about bumping old posts; it hasn't been a problem so far.
Welcome aboard, Varda!
Glad you're liking Drabblecast, and don't worry about bumping old posts; it hasn't been a problem so far.
Welcome aboard, Varda!
Posted: April 17, 2013, 12:46 pm
Hey, thanks for the warm welcome!
My friend didn't cry... although his eyes got awfully sweaty, methinks. ...That's TOTALLY different, right?
My friend didn't cry... although his eyes got awfully sweaty, methinks. ...That's TOTALLY different, right?
Posted: April 18, 2013, 11:43 am
Varda wrote:
Hey, thanks for the warm welcome!
My friend didn't cry... although his eyes got awfully sweaty, methinks. ...That's TOTALLY different, right?
A lot of allergies flare up when listening to stories like these.
Posted: April 28, 2013, 2:58 pm
