James Frey - A Million Little Pieces

[naddyz]

Are you breastfeeding your baby

I don't really know, I'm not sure where the nipple comes out of this twin set

It seems happy enough though but I think it would be better if we used it in the t______ g_____





(I'm so scared about not being sensible at the moment, is breast feeding a sexually suggestive topic? What kind of sick person would find b____ f______ a sexually suggestive topic?)

 

[Barbie]

I don't really know, I'm not sure where the nipple comes out of this twin set

It seems happy enough though but I think it would be better if we used it in the t______ g_____





(I'm so scared about not being sensible at the moment, is breast feeding a sexually suggestive topic? What kind of sick person would find b____ f______ a sexually suggestive topic?)

We have to be so careful, things that we perceive as innocent chit-chat could be perceived as being sexual suggestive by others I feel like I'm walking on eggshells all the time

PS You might want to keep a check on the nipple/twinset situation, you dont' want to be sat in an important meeting and all of a sudden your nip pops out and starts leaking

 

[naddyz]

We have to be so careful, things that we perceive as innocent chit-chat could be perceived as being sexual suggestive by others I feel like I'm walking on eggshells all the time

PS You might want to keep a check on the nipple/twinset situation, you dont' want to be sat in an important meeting and all of a sudden your nip pops out and starts leaking

nipple leakage is a definite meeting faux pas!

Thank god for the way a twin set is actually two layers of material that can be placed over the nipples thus meaning any leakage may take longer to become noticable to any associates examining my nipple area.

I'll have to think of some kind of dance I can do with my pearls in order to distract them if that does happen, any suggestions?

 

[Morbyd]

Fortunately I don't read the American press and it's still a very good read imo.

You've missed the point. (or you're ignoring it because it doesn't fit with your view of the subject)

Frey's book is not a pure autobiography. Evidence points to the fact that it's a substantially pumped-up version of his life. More like in the movies, when they say the story is "inspired by true events". It's as much fiction as fact, but portrayed as a straight memoir.

...and sad that you never read American press. I read a lot of UK press and I can tell you that American journalists are much more attached to the truth and a certain level of objectivity than their British counterparts (with the exception of Reuters, which is a UK company and very good news agency)

 

[naddyz]

You've missed the point. (or you're ignoring it because it doesn't fit with your view of the subject)

Frey's book is not a pure autobiography. Evidence points to the fact that it's substantially pumped-up version of his life. More like in the movies, when they say the story is "inspired by true events". It's as much fiction as fact, but portrayed as a straight memoir.

...and sad that you never read American press. I read a lot of UK press and I can tell you that American journalists are much more attached to the truth and a certain level of objectivity than their British counterparts (with the exception of Reuters, which is a UK company and very good news agency)

er maybe the tabloids yes, but broadsheets are pretty good imo, as long as you understand the slant they're coming from

 

[Barbie]

nipple leakage is a definite meeting faux pas!

Thank god for the way a twin set is actually two layers of material that can be placed over the nipples thus meaning any leakage may take longer to become noticable to any associates examining my nipple area.

I'll have to think of some kind of dance I can do with my pearls in order to distract them if that does happen, any suggestions?

Have you thought of nipple covers, every girl should have a pair And upon a bit of investigation work you can even get them in a variety of different shapes/colours so you can match them to the rest of your outfit

 

[pip uk]

James Frey has nipple leakage?

 

[Barbie]

You've missed the point. (or you're ignoring it because it doesn't fit with your view of the subject)

Frey's book is not a pure autobiography. Evidence points to the fact that it's a substantially pumped-up version of his life. More like in the movies, when they say the story is "inspired by true events". It's as much fiction as fact, but portrayed as a straight memoir.

...and sad that you never read American press. I read a lot of UK press and I can tell you that American journalists are much more attached to the truth and a certain level of objectivity than their British counterparts (with the exception of Reuters, which is a UK company and very good news agency)

I didn't say I thought it was pure true-life and autobiogrpahical, whenever I read anyone's 'memoirs' I take quite a lot of it with a pinch of salt, however the point of my initial thread wasn't about the truth/fiction aspect of the book but about the fact that I'd never read any account of addiction/rehab as powerful as his (and I think you can only have undergone such addictions/rehab process to be able to write in that amount of detail about it).

And wtf would I want to read the American press, it's bad enough listening to the average American's 'I know it all' drivel at the best of times without going out my way to choose to read/listen to it

 

[Barbie]

James Frey has nipple leakage?

One of the side effects of serious drug addiction, your nips start leaking

 

[pip uk]

One of the side effects of serious drug addiction, your nips start leaking

 

[naddyz]

Have you thought of nipple covers, every girl should have a pair And upon a bit of investigation work you can even get them in a variety of different shapes/colours so you can match them to the rest of your outfit

oh my gosh! I think they are quite possibly an excellent idea. And there's me thinking I'd just use some kind of superglue to prevent leakage

Now, do you think a breast feeding mother with a twinset on wants to make a statement with her nipple covers? I was thinking of the pink stars ( I nearly said lips then, how sexually suggestive would that have been!!!!)

 

[Barbie]

oh my gosh! I think they are quite possibly an excellent idea. And there's me thinking I'd just use some kind of superglue to prevent leakage

Now, do you think a breast feeding mother with a twinset on wants to make a statement with her nipple covers? I was thinking of the pink stars ( I nearly said lips then, how sexually suggestive would that have been!!!!)

Def not the lips, we wouldn't want to offend anyone least of all prospective visitors to Benidorm

I think the butterflies are pretty and have a virginal air about them

 

[naddyz]

Def not the lips, we wouldn't want to offend anyone least of all prospective visitors to Benidorm

I think the butterflies are pretty and have a virginal air about them

I like the idea of people thinking it's a virgin birth, that fits in with my life plan really of world domination in a twin set and my own religion.

- just look at the twinset on that! it's a full on cape!!! I LOVE it! Needs pearls though.



(i really didn't read that as virginal the first time - !!! )

 

[Barbie]

I like the idea of people thinking it's a virgin birth, that fits in with my life plan really of world domination in a twin set and my own religion.

- just look at the twinset on that! it's a full on cape!!! I LOVE it! Needs pearls though.



(i really didn't read that as virginal the first time - !!! )

Why doesn't that surprise me, you're just obssessed with sex

Are we allowed to say sex

 

[Morbyd]

er maybe the tabloids yes, but broadsheets are pretty good imo, as long as you understand the slant they're coming from

I've dealt a lot with the UK press, tabloid and broadsheet, for work.

The tabloids just have no regard for the truth and print little but smut and scandal. It's frightening the level it's gotten to once you've peeked inside the system.

The "slant" is a significant problem with the broadsheets, specifically the Times and Guardian. Objectivity gone out the window. The Times, and especially Sunday Times, is often a tabloid parading as a broadsheet since Murdock took over.

The Independent is not bad, but none of you read it.

The Telegraph and FT are probably the only UK newspapers I would say are good. (unfortunately, one of the FT's Moscow correspondents is a ripe ass and totally biased).

I will say that the Guardian's sports coverage is good though, and the Times has a top football reporter (Matt Dickinson).

 

[Barbie]

I've dealt a lot with the UK press, tabloid and broadsheet, for work.

The tabloids just have no regard for the truth and print little but smut and scandal. It's frightening the level it's gotten to once you've peeked inside the system.

The "slant" is a significant problem with the broadsheets, specifically the Times and Guardian. Objectivity gone out the window. The Times, and especially Sunday Times, is often a tabloid parading as a broadsheet since Murdock took over.

The Independent is not bad, but none of you read it.

The Telegraph and FT are probably the only UK newspapers I would say are good. (unfortunately, one of the FT's Moscow correspondents is a ripe ass and totally biased).

I will say that the Guardian's sports coverage is good though, and the Times has a top football reporter (Matt Dickinson).

I like the News of the World

 

[Scoobie]

I've dealt a lot with the UK press, tabloid and broadsheet, for work.

The tabloids just have no regard for the truth and print little but smut and scandal. It's frightening the level it's gotten to once you've peeked inside the system.

The "slant" is a significant problem with the broadsheets, specifically the Times and Guardian. Objectivity gone out the window. The Times, and especially Sunday Times, is often a tabloid parading as a broadsheet since Murdock took over.

The Independent is not bad, but none of you read it.

The Telegraph and FT are probably the only UK newspapers I would say are good. (unfortunately, one of the FT's Moscow correspondents is a ripe ass and totally biased).

I will say that the Guardian's sports coverage is good though, and the Times has a top football reporter (Matt Dickinson).

Whilst I agree with a lot of your points I'm struggling to see what its got to do with the book Barbie mentioned

 

[stuie]

The tabloids just have no regard for the truth and print little but smut and scandal. It's frightening the level it's gotten to once you've peeked inside the system

Thats supply and demand tho Morbyd. The tabloids/red tops exist because there is a market full of people who want to read gossip and scandal! There are weekly magazines in the UK that appeal to the same market like Heat etc. We live in an age where we have about 10 free to view 24 hour news channels that cover breaking news/headlines so the purpose of the newspaper, both tabloid and broadsheet is changing.

 

[Barbie]

Whilst I agree with a lot of your points I'm struggling to see what its got to do with the book Barbie mentioned

Morbyd just likes to share his 'knowledge'

 

[Morbyd]

I didn't say I thought it was pure true-life and autobiogrpahical

It's an autobiography of this bloke who gets so fukced up on drinks and drugs and what happens to him and the whole rehab process.

In any case, the book was published as non-fiction, which usually implies that it's generally factual. Frey himself admitted to the authors of the article (linked to in my post earlier) that he fictionalized parts of the book.

And wtf would I want to read the American press, it's bad enough listening to the average American's 'I know it all' drivel at the best of times without going out my way to choose to read/listen to it

That's funny... this whole thread is about the work of an American author

...and you read the press for news and information about the world. Good reporting is mostly devoid of opinion, so you needn't worry about reading American press and getting too much "I know it all" drivel The UK press, however, openly injects more "'I know it all' drivel" opinion into its reporting.