It's a distinct possibility that I did given that I spent much of Will's seduction of Sue hiding my face at the cringe-wonder of it all, but I completely did not understand the confrontation/problem between Mercedes and Quinn in last night's episode of Glee, "Funk." Mercedes thinks that Quinn cannot bring the funk because she's not black? And then Quinn sings "It's a Man's World," which is offensive to Mercedes because Quinn's not black? And then Quinn apologizes for thinking she might have insight into being marginalized because she's pregnant, which is not the same as being black?

Am I getting that right? I feel like there was some interstitial scene that I missed where Quinn literally compared the two (and did anyone else feel like the characters were being extra-super literal last night?) instead of saying that she, too, has both soul and anger and an interest in expressing those feelings through song. Because otherwise that's every episode, and I'm not seeing the disconnect. Upshot, Quinn is moving in with Mercedes.

Also on the plus side, I actually enjoyed seeing Terri last night. She's had little screen time since the spring return, but the writers seem to have a clearer idea of how to use her in a way that isn't shallow and offensive. But the maddest props naturally go to any use of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, which Finn apparently found by "typing funk into the iTunes."

A few weeks ago, I decided to turn on iTunes Genius. Sure, it sends information back to Apple and its sole purpose is to sell me more music, but, hey, I like playlists. I like it when someone else curates them for me while I write or clean or throw a one-woman dance party. My first mix was based on The Temptations' "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." While it was only 13 songs, it was pretty good mix. I doubt I would have thought to throw Flo Rida in with the Marvelettes.

At first it seemed like the only drawback was Genius' refusal to base mixes on certain songs. Cat Power's "Half of You" could appear in a mix, but it doesn't contain enough information to be the starting point. When this happens, I get a little pop up asking me to update Genius. Apparently someday these updates will magically produce a mix based on one of the rejected songs, but I'm not holding my breath. 

This weekend, however, I came to realize the real problem with Genius. Every single mix I have created contains at least one Ben Folds song. At first I assumed that this meant that I have a disproportionate number of Ben Folds songs available. Turns out I have only four Ben Folds songs. 4. Yet one, if not all four, song appears in each mix. They are completely middle of the road in terms of ratings and play count, so I am left to wonder what Folds has done to deserve such Genius prominence. Does he have compromising pictures of Steve Jobs with a giraffe and a jar of pickles?