I was going to say that unless you have been completely ignoring the internet for the last week you have already seen the website SimpsonizeMe. Then I realized that the majority of my regular readers regularly ignore the internet. At least, that’s my impression. N00bs.
We all know that the Simpsons haven’t been funny since the fifth season or so. The show is still a cultural icon and feat of animatory genius. I am pretty sure animatory isn’t a word. But that’s what I do here. I invent. Who doesn’t want to be a Simpson character? I do. Now I am. I think it didn’t a pretty good job too. Now for my favourite Simpsons quote of all time:
Homer: Damn you, Walt Whitman! I-hate-you-Walt-freaking-Whitman! “Leaves of Grass”, my ass!
I love that quote so much because the first thousand times I saw it I never understood it. Then one day we read “Leaves of Grass” in university or high school (can’t remember) and that was the day I realized how smart The Simpsons is.
Update: Upon attempting to find said poem I could only find books and now I wonder if there really is a poem called Leaves of Grass or whether it is a book. Whitman scholars, little help?
Update #2: There are enough reasons to hate Wal-Mart—this is just one more.
Rhett, if you get this, when are you guys around this weekend??
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It’s a book of poems.
I must have read a poem from that book then. We will be at Leah’s parents on Friday and at the wedding for Saturday. But that’s not until the evening. We haven’t discussed anything else.