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More Disclosure

That ad over there. Yeah, that’s my cousin. The lovely, talented and always controversial Danielle Crittenden. Love her, hate her, make sure you read her. ”The President’s Secret IMs”  is the first novel composed entirely of IMs, every page a screen grab. As far as I know, anyway. Welcome to the future.  We’ll all be talking and writing that way before too long.  

Obviously I think she’s great.  Turn of phrase, ear for detail, wicked wit bred in the same ancestral pubs of Australia and England where our forebears slaked the thirst of great nations. I could tell you about cutting satire and deft execution of shtick that captures the great events and characters of our time. But I’m not going to ask you to sit through a shameless Crittenden review of Crittenden.  I’ll just give you an excerpt:

Chat with Kickass 43 etal

Condi here, sir.

Hi 5 GF!!

U ROCKD the mideast!

rlly kickd ass

LUVd yr tuff talk bout hamas

btw

1st lady & I miss YA!

Thank you, Mr. President

I just have one quick point.

I think we need to insert something more into the speech about the Palestinian elections.

I’m glad we noted the historical importance of these elections.

But I think we need to be careful about saying what we will or won’t do in future.

We should even sound hopeful about the democratic process.

o rite

Wat about: “long alientd from the democratic process, suicide bombrs will finally b representd in an electd parliament”

or: “insted of traditional fireworks joyous votrs torchd govt bldgs & led pogroms in jeroosalem … “

I know you’re surprised and even angry about this, sir.

We all are.

Who knew?

But for better or worse we are going to have to engage with the newly elected Hamas government –

?!

c-grl u jus kickd hamas ass

& now u want ME 2 *engage* w em?

I don’t mean engage right now. I mean lay the groundwork for future engagement, which I’m afraid is going to be inevitable. Nothing too strong.

O no GF

ur goin native on me

i knew it!!!

I beg your pardon, Mr. President?

i wondrd how long it wuz gna take b4 colin go 2 u

…

nada $$$ 4 r terrorist amigos.

dont care if they win the effin caucuses in iowa

they aint getting no moola from us

aint talkin 2 em neither

Topics: literary, pols, shameless self-promotion

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:15 am on Sunday, August 12, 2007

2 Responses to “More Disclosure”

1. RebeccaH Says:
   August 12th, 2007 at 10:48 am

   Went to the site earlier, it is funny. Sort of like having a conversation with Puce.

   As for all of us eventually talking and writing that way, I’ve got news for you. When I worked at the Grad School, I saw many applications for admission that used texting shortcuts. Needless to say, those are the applicants who were rejected out of hand.

2. saltydog Says:
   August 12th, 2007 at 1:48 pm

   I’m with you Rebecca. Imagine trying to convey the subtlety and nuance required in a serious discussion of something important with that stuff. Unfortunately, I often wonder if that isn’t how too many in our government is talking to each other. Ach!

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