There Will Be Blood and the Case for Turning the Diary Into Video
March 24, 2022 Lehan Edirisinghe
What begins with There Will Be Blood and stray Twitter sightings turns into a practical question about whether the diary should become YouTube entertainment, or whether writing alone is still the right medium for the project.
Prescott, Plainview, Bush and Rockefeller Oil References
6:00 p.m.
HW
Prescott
Oil
Plainview
Plain as day
Bush
Rockefeller
Evan Hansen’s Twitter and Periscope Roles
6:45 p.m.
Evan Hansen!!
Director, Live Video Curation at Twitter and Periscope Editor in Chief at Twitter
Quoting an Apology for Being Shot by Dick Cheney
7:00 p.m.
D*** Cheney
"I'm sorry Mr Cheney shot me, it was my fault".
Loving “There Will Be Blood” and Daniel Day-Lewis’s Performance
7:00 p.m.
(b)
I love this movie There Will Be Blood.
It's a good performance by Day Lewis.
Twitter People on PYMK and Considering YouTube Videos
7:00 p.m.
(c)
I saw some more Twitter people on PYMK as well. I don't know. This is so cool!
I think what Evan ██████ wants to suggest to me is...
EVAN██████
Lehan, you do a good job on Facebook. Best written diary ever. You should use Google's YouTube for videos and make short videos which are monetized. I guess, you can use our service, Twitter, to share ████████████ pictures, which is possible, linking on Facebook.
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I dunno. I might make videos on YouTube to entertain. But I'm not sure. I am happy with Facebook writing only, it is good enough. I am happy.
I gotta get dinner soon. I am getting hungry.
Naming a Proposed Sri Lankan Cabinet for 2022
Friday 25th, March.
12:00 a.m.
My Proposed Cabinet 2022:
1. Executive President: Lehan Edirisinghe
2. President's Secretary: Bradman Weerakoon, 1st Deputy Secretary Prasanga Menikdiwela, 2nd Deputy Secretary Stephen LaBrooy, 3rd Deputy Secretary Mikey De Alwis
3. Vice President / Prime Minister: Chamath Palihapitiya, 1st Deputy Harsha De Silva, 2nd Deputy Casimira Karunaratne, 3rd Deputy Meril J Fernando, 4th Deputy Udhantha Sumathipala, 5th Deputy Harin Fernando
4. Prime Minister's Secretary: Dhammika Perera, 2nd Jayantha Dharmadasa, 3rd Kamal Gunaratne, 1st Deputy Shantha Kottegoda, 2nd Deputy Jonathan Alles
5. Trade: Minister Hans Wijesuriya, Deputy Ashok Pathirage, Assistant Deputy Lasith Senanayake, Bandula Gunawardana, Nimal Siripala De Silva, Secretary Sean Samarasinghe, Assistant Secretary Toshan Wickramanayake, Assistant Undersecretary Shanil Nethicumara
6. Speaker: Thilanga Sumathipala, Deputy Udesh Dharmadasa, Chandrika Kumaratunge, Secretary Dinesh Weerakody, Assistant Secretary Manjaree Gamage, Assistant Undersecretary Nitya Amalean
7. Finance: Minister Ishara Nanayakkara, Deputy Rajendra Theagarajah, Susil Premajayantha, Secretary Lakshman Balasuriya, Ajit Gunawardana, Ajit Jayaratne, Pradip Jayawardena, Arosha Gunasekera, Nanda Karunagoda, Supun Weerasinghe, Varuni Amunagama
8. Foreign: Minister Patrick Mendis, Deputy Prasad Kariyawasam, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Permanent Secretary Philippe Kuhn, Nath Cooray, G L Pieris, Tamara Fernando, Sasha Chatoor, Chris Nonis, Yohan Senarath, Uwin Waidyaratne
9. Law: Minister Ali Sabry, Deputy Shirani Bandaranayake, Assistant Deputy Kanchana Ratwatte, Secretary Navin Marapana, Marianne Page, Assistant Secretary Sean Henricus
10. Technology: Minister Jit Warnakulasuriya, Deputy Shanil Fernando, Secretary Sanjiva Weerawarana, Dinesh Saparamadu, Jonathan Page, Peter de Almeida, Pradeep de Almeida, Anthony Rodrigo
11. Defense: Minister Shavendra Silva, Deputy Nissanka Senadhipathi, Secretary Sarath Fonseka, Deputy Secretary Daya Rathnayake, Daham Sirisena, Stasshani Jayawardena
12. Highways: Minister Sumal Perera, Deputy Navein Perera, Secretary Wimal Weerawansa, Deputy Secretary Christopher Joshua, Deputy Undersecretary Dian Gomez, Jagath Jayasuriya, Malik Samarawickrema, Basil Rajapaksa
13. Ports: Minister Namal Rajapaksa, Deputy Chamindra Gamage, Secretary Harry Jayawardene, Assistant Secretary Mahesh Hirdaramani, Shenelka Ratwatte, Chadu Sumathipala
14. Housing: Minister Sajith Premadasa, Deputy Dayasiri Jayasekara, Secretary Mahesh Amalean, Deputy Secretary Malaka Silva, Assistant Undersecretary Muralitharan, Douglas Devananda
15. Media: Minister Dilith Jayaweera, Deputy Raynor Silva, Permanent Secretary Frederica Janz, Saman Wagaarachchi, Muhammad Fazl, Faraz Shauketaly, Uvindu Kurukulasuriya
16. Education: Minister Armyne Wirasinha, Deputy David Sanders, Assistant Deputy Elizabeth Moir, Undersecretary Jacques Huyghebaert, Permanent Secretary Asita Amarasinghe, Sarah Nazeem
17. Sports: Minister Arjuna Ranatunga, Deputy Jeevan Kumaratunga, Secretary Kumar Sangakkara, Cricket Secretary Sanath Jayasuriya, Basketball Secretary Aelian Gunawardena
18. Family / Women: Minister Rosy Senanayake, Deputy Hirunika Premachandra, Secretary Anarkali Akarsha, Otara Gunewardene, Manori Unambuwe, Katsuri Chellaraja Wilson, Bhanuka Fernandopoulle, Jalani Premadasa, Nithiesha Rajapaksa
19. Buddhist and Religious: Minister Jagath Sumathipala, Deputy Kondanna, Buddhist Secretary Assaji, Catholic Secretary Malcolm Ranjith, Muslim Secretary Mohammad Fowzie, Protestant Secretary Shanika Sharma, Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa
20. Energy: Minister Kris Canekeratne, Deputy Upali Dharmadasa, Secretary Chevaan Daniel, Rauff Hakeem, Shanika Edirisinghe, Shashi Rajamahendran, Rohan Fernando, Nanda Fernando
21. Health: Minister Linda Speldewinde, Deputy Mahesh Dharmadasa, Secretary Saroj Perera, Manjula Karunaratne, Ajith Tudawe, Maithripala Sirisena, Gamini Lokuge, Rajitha Senaratne
22. Food and Agriculture: Minister Sohli Captain, Deputy Sandesh Sharma, Assistant Deputy Louis Page, Secretary Dharshan Munidasa, Deputy Secretary Karuna Amman, Aban Pestonjee, Janaka Mayakaduwa, Koshitha Gunadasa, Deshani Dharmadasa
23. Tourism: Minister Thisuri Wanniarachchi, Deputy Yohani Diloka de Silva, Permanent Secretary Nimal Perera, Wegapitiya, Chandran Rutnam, Malini Fonseka, Rukshi Nethicumara, Pooja Atapattu, Shenelle Rodrigo
24. Transport: Minister Lasantha Waidyaratne, Deputy Jagath Karunaratne, Secretary Yasendra Amarasinghe, Gamini Abeyratne
25. Home: Minister Lalith Kahatapitiya, Deputy Sangeetha Weeraratne, Permanent Secretary Jacqueline Fernandez, Gamini Marapana, Wasantha De Silva, Ranil Wickramasinghe
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