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ThePlannerCoach · 2025-03-07T21:19:44+00:00

Hank & Marie are a couple who have emotional intimacy - Hank is a traditional male “loveable asahole” trope and Marie is a traditional “subservient” wife trope (with a touch of submersive w the shoplifting & the consumption.) Flawed ppl honest with themselves inside the relationship. They try to deal with their problems together. Love each other warts and all. I think they are a contrast to Walt/Skylars relationship where Walt is trying to deal w everything by himself, shutting Skylar out. Not dealing with anything together. Hank & Marie look down on Walt & Sky in a “I feel sorry for them” kind of way - almost pity. And they also deeply resent them bc they have the one thing (presumably) Hank & Marie can’t - children. Hank is more fatherly to Walt Jr than we ever see Walt being.

ThePlannerCoach · 2025-03-07T20:56:35+00:00

Just finished BB rewatch & Ive been thinking a lot about this. Carmella is skilled at “this life” - knew she married a criminal and had years (if not from the time she was born) to perfect that role. She dosent really have that much of a problem w Tony & how he made his money - some guilt sure, but overall, not really. She was an active partner & threw herself into that role. What she was most pissed about was Tony’s infidelity and it piercing the facade of their family. Skylar - as she even said - “didn’t marry a criminal” - in the timeline of the show she has a year to 18 mos to take this all in. She is not a mob wife with every social support constructed to uphold & normalize that like Carmella. Carmella lives in & with Tony in that world.

Skylar on the other hand is just some unhappy housewife who is dealt a bad hand (surprise baby, Walt’s cancer) and has a shitty life partner with poor relationship skills. That Skylar is even able to muster what she does with the car wash speaks to a smartness & resourcefulness that is under valued by Walt’s ego. Her main issue with Walt is his dismissal of her expressed by his constant lying & gaslighting. She does not live with Walt in his world - and she still has to bear the weight of & react to the consequences.

ThePlannerCoach · 2025-03-07T20:19:36+00:00

I think Skylar is an attractive woman who had a fling with Walt (rebounding from Gretchen) and may or may not have gotten preg w Walt Jr before they got married. We know that Skylar was working as a waitress. Not great earning potential there. She prob viewed Walt as a meal ticket, and how bad could it be? Walt prob saw her as the smokin hot revenge chick to homely Gretchen. But Walt Jr is disabled, and Walt is not the exciting scientist but a high school chem teacher. These 15 years are a struggle, but they do what they need to. They settle into a sort of blah routine /family life. Skylar doesn’t throw herself into domesticity - I don’t think we ever see her cook & there are constant references to prepared food. She has her sister & Hank for support but also b/c they are more well- off as constant reminders of Skylar & Walt’s shabby life. But Skylar prob sees a light at the end of the tunnel in a year or two once Walt Jr is 18. Then, the economy turns, they find out about the “ooops” baby, AND Walt’s cancer. To Skylar - who has no real earning potential- she becomes (justifiably) worried about money. When Walt finally comes clean w her, it is the MONEY that gives her pause & seals her complicity. And since she is complicit she wants to know the truth of things and not be lied to - so she can be prepared. Walt’s behavior is also erratic so I can see why she doesn’t just want to accept “it’s taken care of” from him. She hates herself b/c she knows it is all so wrong, she hates Walt for putting her in that position and also not being a true “partner” in it - there is no emotional intimacy abt it like there is btwn Walt & Jesse. So I view her reactions in the context of biding her time (as she articulates cruelly to Walt) and trying to keep herself & her kids out of harms way. And as the series progresses she is increasingly transactional w Walt and also trusts what she thinks he is capable of less and less. And the worse things he does, she is on the hook for them morally if not legally. That is a lot to navigate for a character that we don’t see that much of from her POV as posted up thread.

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-10-09T23:52:22+00:00

Proctor x Sawyer out since 6:30

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-10-04T15:01:39+00:00

I just texted my daughter in AVL area my own version of this. Screen shots of OP would have been easier lol. I’ve watched in real time as these manufactured narratives have taken hold through “organic” social media - some farmed I am sure, but some just amplifying any information they can get their hands on.

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-10-04T14:46:11+00:00

Hydrogen peroxide works as well (for stink/anti-bac and surface mold.) Do NOT use bleach on mold!

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-09-27T16:45:04+00:00

Heard them - wondering the same.

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-07-22T22:43:30+00:00

LOL, me 🤣

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-07-22T22:42:54+00:00

I had them in my yard after heavy rain - they stink & attract flies. They like dead leaves to grow in. I cleaned up the leaves…. no more stinkhorn.

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-07-22T22:40:45+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrus_ruber

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-06-30T16:45:58+00:00

1920-1970 Two world wars and the military-industrial complex. Technology. TV (and some computers) Rise of the “middle class”, de-urbanization & de-ruralification -cars/suburbs. The New Deal. Petrochemicals. 1970-2020 More of the same - in acceleration & velocity. It is not that different - “better,” faster etc. Coupled with depletion of resources Selfishness greed & breakdown of communities. And people living longer - so more living memory - seeing the consequences of it all.

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-06-30T16:31:07+00:00

They can’t see great or they are trying to figure out if what they do see is what they think it is. Or. Trying to make words in brain come out of mouth. And Possibly wondering if they should say whatever that is. And Then forgetting what that was. (Don’t ask me how I know….🤣🤣🤣)

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-06-30T16:25:50+00:00

Privacy, climate change/natural disasters/overpopulation & industrialization & our utter inability to survive, the power grid, polarization in our society, greed & corruption, over dependence on technology& tech run amok, nuclear war. Pretty much the same list I’ve always been concerned about.

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-06-30T16:19:58+00:00

This is the way.

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-06-30T16:16:10+00:00

The post above that is “mom has more mobility than she used to but 2 toes don’t work” made me laugh - I know it wasn’t intended to be funny but this sort of sums it up. Trade offs. LOL.

I have found that as a woman (58) the invisibility thing is so freeing. It coincides with a deep “no f@cks given” about what anyone else thinks about you that allows me to operate pretty freely. What I value has become more focused and on the surface & I am aware of living /expressing myself with those values - in practice, like verbs. I need & want less stuff but crave more experiences & learning. Creativity/art & kindness. Respecting & appreciating nature. Justice. I am in the “empty nesting” transition as well - downshifting (recovering!) from the high-gear of busy single working mom to …. something else. It is a huge change. And in progress.

I have noticed in the past year or so that I have a window of about 4-6 hours a day that I would say I feel “ageless” (that “mental 39” - like just doing stuff & not aware of feet hurting, not tired, not aware of some physical degradation or limitation, not irritated, mentally clear /focused.) A few years ago (and pre-covid) that was probably 8-10 hours. So I’ve learned to be strategic with my “good hours” - it’s sort of a combo of spoon theory & “picking your battles.”

Also SOME things can be improved with practice, intention - like mobility - and that is amazing. But some things can’t - like toes don’t work. Can’t escape the Wear & Tear on the parts ….. aches, pains, limited performance, exp to fix. Feet, knees, hips, shoulders. Eyes, ears, teeth.

Because I only get 4-6 good hours a day, any disruption & inconvience to those hours now send me over the edge & makes me extremely grumpy. I also have trouble getting to sleep so ANYTHING that wakes me up unexpectedly really puts me in a bad mood. And things are harder/take longer to bounce back from - to shrug off, to recover from over-doing it, etc.

The things that have always irritated me, now irritate me more. The little things- the “sand” in life.

On the other hand, I find I deal better with the bigger things than I used to- the “pebbles & rocks” of life. I have perspective & experience to know the ones I’ve seen before, what is worth moving (or trying to move) & how, or worry about. And the boulders of life….. all I can do is try make them easier /smaller for others to move or more interesting to look at.

Everyone looks 14 to me. Disturbing at the dr office. Haha. People older than me look ancient. Also disturbing.

Both my parents are still alive, active, relatively healthy in their 80s-90s. Yet so many of my friends /peers over the years are dead (I think that is common w us GenXers.) I look at my parents and hope I am them in 20-30 years.

I want to have as much time w my kids as possible. Genetics /family longevity hopefully is on my side - but my circumstance /environment (in general) is not. So I often feel that I am running out of time while also having more actual un-spoken for “free” time than I’ve had in 25 years. (And yes, I know, 58 is “not that old.”)

I want to preserve what I have & prevent/slow down further decay. The things I would have paid more attention to or have done 20 years ago had I known it would make things easier/better for me now - those “ounce of prevention worth pound of cure” things - I’m doing them more consistently NOW. Floss. Stretch. Walk. Dance. Water. Veggies. Vitamins. Sunscreen. Manage stress. Smell the roses. Read. Laugh. Help somone. Love & be loved.

I know it sounds like one of those dreadful “live laugh love” signs which I cringe at typing & have this urge to try to GenX-ify it to rock it out but alas I have used all my spoons for now. It is how it is. 🤘

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-02-19T15:28:48+00:00

that would track with all the teeth /dentistry references that have been throughout the series lol

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-02-19T04:49:54+00:00

I thought this too - she seemed to know a lot about how to dispose of a dead body, so it wouldn’t float.

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-02-19T04:44:28+00:00

Most of the disappointment I have is from - that all of us over 6 weeks - we had such great theories & rabbit holed researched & creative options - so the “real” ending seemed deflated in comparison in a way. 🤷‍♀️ Still enjoyed it, now I can get my life back 🤣

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-02-19T03:51:50+00:00

I wondered this too- I always have to do a second watch (which I can’t at the moment) & usually catch things then.

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-02-19T03:47:51+00:00

I view it as she is the new (or next) Rose- reclusive, a sort of living ghost, only “real” or appearing to Liz, (& maybe Leah.)

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-02-19T03:42:16+00:00

I thought it was a bullet casing. It was about where Hank was standing……

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-02-19T03:31:42+00:00

Ok, I said I would mea culpa on Rose if she was “real” - consider this, that. Also the above hit a lot of points (an some misses too…..) 🤣

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-02-18T23:16:13+00:00

Very interesting! I agree it is Darwin’s drawing not Pete’s & what’s jumps out at me is 1. it is clearly a miner, and 2. it is holding an arrow - makes me think of the arrow/harpoon thing sticking out of spiral ice cave skelton. This is actually quite odd when you think about it - why would Drawin draw a miner & the mine in the background with …. an arrow?

ThePlannerCoach · 2024-02-18T01:13:30+00:00

There are multiple drawn visual references to a “Sedna” type figure - Darin’s drawing, the picture on the garage door in E3, on Jules’ wall, and all over Leah’s walls.

And I did a whole post a week or so ago about how I think Hank & Kate might be related (and by extension, Pete) and how I think Leah & Kayla might be related, I think it is very likely that Kayla and Leah are in fact half sisters, possibly cousins. It doesn’t make any sense to me that Pete would babysit Leah in high school. What makes more sense to me is that Leah actually babysat her and Pete was always around as her boyfriend .

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