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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

This was a staggering work of genius. From the buns to the shit coffee joke

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appleton king's avatar

you got the hair for the buns but it wont translate to podcast

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E. Sjule's avatar

true space buns have the sonic power to transcend space, time, and podcasts.

I believe there is still hope for Alex's future bun moment.

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appleton king's avatar

ok

lets just hope

he limits it to hair 😉😊

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E. Sjule's avatar

thank you so much Alex!!! Your comment made me feel WAY COOLER than I felt making the video. 🙏

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Chelsea's avatar

As cute as an adorable little bear cub! So fun to see/hear you in this format, too. Looking forward to this series!

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E. Sjule's avatar

thank you Chelsea <3333. There shall be more chaos coming your way-- just you wait!

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Sabrina Y. Smith's avatar

Also the cat fake squeeze moment was VERY relatable! 😻

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E. Sjule's avatar

cuteness rage is a TRUE PHENOMENON!

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Lauren Spicer's avatar

HA this made me UNREASONABLY happy, many laughs were emitted, thank you for your genius, your buns, and your general existence. 🫶

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E. Sjule's avatar

awwwwWWWW, thank you Lauren <3333

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Gérard Mclean's avatar

Absolutely no comment on the cute buns. Literally, not even gonna mention the cute buns. Never even noticed the cute buns. Cute buns? What are you talking?

But we’re not gonna mention the Papasan chair? Seriously, that thing is just hanging in the corner and nobody is gonna say anything? I thought all of the Papasan chairs were thrown out in the Great Furniture Cleanse of 1992. Did you illegally curb mine that one? Did you file off the serial number so it couldn’t be traced?

We need a whole hostage video on the provenance of the Papasan chair.

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E. Sjule's avatar

Ahhhh, my precious papasan (or what some consider a graduated bean bag chair).

I have kind of a love/hate relationship with it because it's quite comfortable, but it also often jolts into position changes under my weight, which at this stage of pregnancy makes me want to throw it out the window.

Please do not alert the authorities on me though (papasan protective services), as much as it makes it angry at times, I do also love it.

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Gérard Mclean's avatar

Ah, yes, there is that unpredictable jolt where you just never know which way it’s going to lurch when you lower yourself into it... especially with the semi-unbalanced condition known as pregnancy... but while that latter condition will pass, never get complacent with the former. The chair is always waiting, lurking to pistol whip you onto the cloud the moment you lose your focus. It’s a love/hate chair.

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E. Sjule's avatar

HAHA, it truly is a love/hate chair. Kind of like those sour patch kids commercials.

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Stephanie Vu's avatar

Buns 10/10 😍

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E. Sjule's avatar

Theeeeenk youuuuuu Vuuuuuuuuu <3

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Tami Carey's avatar

Five stars for the adorable hair buns and party of two for finding new short form ways and alternative mediums to post due to an untenable process. All around A+

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E. Sjule's avatar

thank you so much, Tami!

I cannot lie, the video was fun to make and now I have a whole new host of ideas I can realize on this platform! *contemplates future media empire*

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Lisa Verlo's avatar

Love the buns! Hugs to your cat! Keep the coffee crap coming.

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E. Sjule's avatar

Thank you Lisa! I will absolutely hug my cat for you!

Also, so glad to hear you're on-board for the merciless flow of coffee-crap I have to give.

If Substack comments allowed images I would include a 2-part cycle illustration from coffee to crap on on here rn.

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appleton king's avatar

im not sure where dobrenko comes up with this stuff but very addictive from the princess leiah (sp.?) vibe ie waiting for storm trooper entrance to fact the cat NEVER MOVED until the intrusion of animal melodrama (thought it might be a prop) and yes coffee as an emetic ...like even the smell of fresh brew makes one want to shit goose poop hey you started it ha

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E. Sjule's avatar

sometimes I've wondered if a mere sniff of coffee could send my bum to the races.

It is possible! I know a singular sip has done the job before!

where are all the scientists when you really need them? Probably trying to resolve global crises or something stupid like that.

Me crafting an email to M.I.T. rn:

"DO COFFEE FUMES PRODUCE PEWPS?!"

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appleton king's avatar

theres a reason the akwesasne er whatever

people never had skid marks on their undergarments until.like Coronado packed coffeee beans in from s. america

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Dekera Greene Rodriguez's avatar

Genius! Super cute buns!

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E. Sjule's avatar

thank you so much Dekera! 8:D

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Diego Velasco's avatar

Glad to see how you keep trying new things to express yourself. It’s all part of the creative process. Excited to see the next one.

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E. Sjule's avatar

I'm so glad you liked it, Diego!

I had seen some other creators make some videos recently and was pleasantly surprised by how much they entertained me despite Substack being more of a text-based platform.

So here we are! B)

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Sabrina Y. Smith's avatar

Most adorable buns a skeleton has ever worn!

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E. Sjule's avatar

Thank you so much Kenshō!

Man, I really need to sport these buns more often.

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Bob, the Free Radical's avatar

Question Everything!

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WHY?

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anyhow(?) are you aware of the fact that the 4th amendment is routinely violated at every airport in the U.S.A. ?

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E. Sjule's avatar

not to be totally ignorant but I just had to google the 4th amendment and... WELP, YEAH, that sounds about right!

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Bob, the Free Radical's avatar

Thank you very much for taking the time to look it up

countless people have simply dismissed my comments as the work of a "conspiracy freak" and therefore not worthy of consideration.

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R.W.W. Greene (He/Him/His)'s avatar

I have that same papasan chair. My cat loves it.

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E. Sjule's avatar

My last cat was obsessed with the papasan. I used to call it her throne.

My current cat is surprisingly ambivalent and I am SHOCKED.

It seems perfect for a cat.

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Summer Noel's avatar

I actually spit all over my laptop from laughing so hard at how you air-squeezed your cat from how much you love them. That is literally me in every sense—mentally, spiritually, physically, etc. (I'm going home right now to squeeze my own cat). Also, LOVE the buns.

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E. Sjule's avatar

Thank you so much Summer!!! Haha, I am SO GLAD you enjoyed me pantomiming assault on my cat! I've always had way too much rage for how much I love my pets, hahaha.

It's a good rage though, it makes me so stupid-happy!

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Ben Smith's avatar

Pure, unbridled genius. And a touch of existential horror as we all reflected on a small skeleton being inside your regular-sized skeleton. Life is beautiful but also, sometimes, spooky

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E. Sjule's avatar

Haha, thank you, Ben! I agree, the wonders of life are often wrapped up in the horrors (me= the wonder, the tiny skeleton inside me= the horror).

Wait that visual is reversed. God dammit.

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