Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!

River ,'War Stories'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Feb 21, 2014 3:37:57 am PST #20574 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Tep, I made gluten free, low glycemic muffins today and thought of you (and ita). I made them less healthy by topping them with almonds or chocolate chips or butterscotch chips. But they are yum.

Suddenly my breakfast sucks.

Also, I think it's riffing stylistically on the VOs in Terence Malick's last two films for extra pretension.

But isn't it just literally a quote from Dead Poets' Society, maybe Autotuned and dropped into the commercial? How is a 25-year-old quote (of a much older Whitman quote) a riff on 2 films made recently?


-t - Feb 21, 2014 4:03:24 am PST #20575 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Almonds are a superfood, aren't they? So, healthy.

I don't think I hated the Whitman thing in the context of Dead Poets Society, but that was a long time ago, I might have.


Kat - Feb 21, 2014 4:19:44 am PST #20576 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Recipe here: [link] yummy. They are less muffiny because of structural integrity issues. But still yum.


Steph L. - Feb 21, 2014 4:25:04 am PST #20577 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Oooh, yeah, baked oatmeal is good stuff.


-t - Feb 21, 2014 4:38:38 am PST #20578 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

How is a 25-year-old quote (of a much older Whitman quote) a riff on 2 films made recently?

The ad using the quote can be a riff on two films made recently, yes?


Steph L. - Feb 21, 2014 4:46:29 am PST #20579 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I totally misunderstood. I thought she meant just the quote, or the use of the quote, or something.

I'm not sure why I keep posting about this, because I'm not really invested in an iPad commercial.


Sue - Feb 21, 2014 5:45:32 am PST #20580 of 30000
hip deep in pie

Yeah, sorry, I meant the ad.


Jesse - Feb 21, 2014 6:16:49 am PST #20581 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You guys, now I'm on the bus to my hotel in Reykjavik! With wifi! More to come, but I could not resist using the bus wifi....


-t - Feb 21, 2014 6:23:48 am PST #20582 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

ICELAND! WOO!

Bus wifi WOO, also!


SuziQ - Feb 21, 2014 6:39:40 am PST #20583 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Where in the world is Jesse Buffista? (trying to match syllables to Carmen SanDiego...not quite there).