My knees grew weak until I sank, sacklike, onto my mother’s living room carpet.

8 P.M. (Sundance) UNFOLDING FLORENCE: THE MANY LIVES OF FLORENCE BROADHURST (2006) Gillian Armstrong (“Oscar and Lucinda”) examines the mysterious life of Broadhurst, a flamboyant Australian designer known for her handprinted wallcoverings — and her endless reinvention of herself.

What is different about “quick blogging” tools like Twitter (which imposes a strict character count so it can be easily used on a cellphone) and Tumblr (which allows longer messages as well as photographs) is the degree to which people use them for spontaneous and almost continuous communication.

Fiery expedition be my wing.