hannah in iowa

i really enjoyed this interview with the director of the iowa writer's workshop that hannah got into during the season finale.

The most shocking twist of Sunday’s season-three finale wasn’t Hannah’s acceptance, after years of artistic floundering, but the notion that Season Four of the world’s Brooklynest show might take place in Iowa, at what Hannah’s friend Marnie calls “like, the best MFA program in the world.” A University of Iowa spokesman says the school denied HBO’s request to film Girls episodes there, but the location could easily be faked, and the presence of an Iowa workshop alum on the writing staff — Sarah Heyward, who wrote “really good short stories about adolescent girls” in Chang’s workshop — ensures at least a modicum of authenticity. Based on conversations with Chang and several Girls-friendly alumni, here’s what we might expect of Hannah’s heartland sojourn. (via)

spoiler alert retroactive.

a match made in the bowels of hell

Michele Bachmann has a last-minute TV ad up in Iowa in which she compares herself to Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, who will play in his first career playoff game this weekend, despite the fact he only completed six passes last week and was unquestionably the worst quarterback over the last month of the regular season. The ad mentions none of that, choosing instead to note that Bachmann and Tebow both have "no baggage" and that "like Tebow, she keeps fighting and she just keeps winning votes." (via) 

no compromise! no flip-flops!

in the end, it looks like that ad didn't work. i'm predicting the same fate for tim teabag in the NFL caucuses.

UPDATE : the "iowa incident"

yesterday, joel did some investigative reporting into the act of terrorism that took place at the tennessee alumni bar this past weekend (never forget).

today, an inside source provided us with a post made on the iowa alumni's facebook page:

One quick note - anyone feeling the need to leave the bar and go cause trouble across the street at Traffic's Tennessee gamewatch should not feel the need to return to Opal. In fact, you won't be allowed back in. Let's just please have a good time together and not disrupt another group's gamewatch or try to vandalize their property. It's not funny. It's embarrassing and classless.

looks like most of those hawkeyes have got their beaks on straight. good luck to them against pitt this weekend. and GO VOLS!