I always speculated "that is not my beautiful cake" was a reference to the Talking Heads song Same as it ever was (specific line: This is not my beautiful wife) also referring to "Cake or Death" routine which we were quoting a bit at the time.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Typo Boy - Jun 04, 2008 6:48:55 pm PDT #1980 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2008 6:57:08 pm PDT #1981 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I associate it with shrift explaining her stance on Wincest.
Hil R. - Jun 04, 2008 6:57:36 pm PDT #1982 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I kind of assumed that it was "Same as it Ever Was" plus "MacArthur Park." But I have nothing at all to back that up.
Fay - Jun 04, 2008 6:59:39 pm PDT #1983 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I'd assumed Same as it Ever Was plus that whole 'have your cake and eat it' thing.
...actually, I have a faint, nagging voice in the back of my head that says I should know remember the origins of the phrase.
Laga - Jun 04, 2008 7:26:56 pm PDT #1984 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I love the plumber 'cause he brings us candy. I'm having a lollipop while I do my nightly reports.
Typo Boy - Jun 04, 2008 7:57:50 pm PDT #1985 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I love the plumber 'cause he brings us candy. I'm having a lollipop while I do my nightly reports.
I thought this was a popular culture reference referring to some obscure source for the "beautiful cake" phrase. Then I realized it was a description of Laga's real life.
Beverly - Jun 04, 2008 8:11:30 pm PDT #1986 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I kind of assumed that it was "Same as it Ever Was" plus "MacArthur Park".
Bingo.
shrift explaining her stance on Wincest.
Also.
At least here on the b.
meara - Jun 04, 2008 8:27:44 pm PDT #1987 of 10001
Well, clearly I can't explain it. Though for some reason I associate it with JZ...maybe I just associate JZ with beautiful cakes. From her wedding. Or, um, something. Dunno.
Anyway. Went to dancing. There were like, fifteen people there, max. Ah well. Wednesdays are really just for the rehearsal for their dance troupe. I tried to learn the line dance, only to discover that the meds are making it hard for me to learn dances as well. AHHHH! This is not good. But in this instance, not a big deal, because not a song I would really want to line dance to anyway.
Then I had to flat out tell the 52 year old that I did not want to date her. I felt bad about that. But no.
Beverly - Jun 04, 2008 8:58:04 pm PDT #1988 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Well, there was...baking. And being afraid of not ever having that recipe again, having once created the perfect cake.
I forget whether it got left out in the rain or not, and what that meant.
And then there was admiration, and congratulations on having created a beautiful cake, but a strong disinclination to partake, because (wincest, or whatever it might be)it's just not *my* beautiful cake.
To the best of my recollection. And then, the way things like AIFG and wrod and bob likes carrots do, the phrase just passed into lexicon, origins grown misty.
Beverly - Jun 04, 2008 9:00:09 pm PDT #1989 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Shouldn't feel bad for being honest. Maybe a little uncomfortable on her behalf, but that's just because you're nice.