She talks to the crew off screen a lot, substituting for Chip basically. She is much more comfortable bantering than talking to herself. It’s very very...genre.
She works so hard to not have you hate her for being: preternaturally beautiful, slim, tall, “exotic”, rich and married. She has said “but I’m not a fancy person!” four times so far. And they mix in retakes so you see her make a “mistake”.
If Martha is all, “of course you hate me, you should”, Joanna is, “I promise I’m not here to steal your man.”
It’s a good product. Very on brand but fresh (for them). Joanna can indeed deliver a lifestyle show. If you like the Magnolia brand, the network looks like it delivers.
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And honestly all you have to do is a 3-2-1 cake or a fancy cake mix and pour it in that pan for very impressive but easy potluck contributions. Everyone thinks you’re fancy.
I bought something labeled "Chinese tea" from the hippie grocery store. That's the first mistake. The second mistake was having said tea at around 5. PM yesterday.
I. Never. Went. To. Asleep.
As in, I have been awake since the morning of New Year's Day. In fact, I may never sleep again.
As the old folks would say, worth exactly what you’re paying for it.
LLC Twitter fascinates me to no end.
It’s just Lower Ed for non-institutional credentials. Created by basically the same macro conditions and policy failures. Racialized slightly different but in the same direction.
Hi. I am going to describe something and ask you if there is a word or term for that, okay? This is a warning just in case you’re already drinking.
You know how a book blurb or theater ad or sodium/artist intro has blurbs from their reviews? Is there a term d’art for cherry-picking words from reviews out of context?
Example: “his lyrics were so banal they surreptitiously crossed into interesting, if only because one couldn’t guess what might be left to say” becomes “NYT calls Blue Berry’s latest work INTERESTING!”
Okay Southerners & etiquette experts, I’ve got one for you. A vendor (I’m the client) sent me a corporate Christmas gift. Nice. Thank you. Anyway, they have since emailed me to confirm that I got it. The southerner in me feels like that’s shade for not sending a thank you card.
I think that, because as you likely know, when someone in or from the U.S. south “follows up” about their gift IT IS SHADE ON YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THE MOTHER WHO FAILED TO RAISE YOU.
So, is this shade?
Was I supposed to send a thank you card for a corporate gift?