They chatted about mundane news and local gossip: a guest disliked the room and wanted a refund; a family had driven all the way down to the shore only to learn of a crisis that required them to turn around; a crowd of drunken promgoers had ransacked the motel next door; the local convenience store now stocked vanilla-flavored coffee.
The scene shown couldn't be more mundane: low fields, a couple chatting, a church against high sky.
For a few minutes, we chatted about the mundane subjects that occupy hour after hour in fire camp or on mop-up duty: improvements in the tools of the trade, what brand of boots was currently in favor, how the season was shaping up for overtime and hazardous-duty pay.
The extraordinary triumph of the cellphone among India's poor stemmed from its ability to enable a most mundane human need, which is to chat with other people.
After a couple of minutes, two Chemistry students came in and momentarily we forgot that we were in a confined space with a celebrity, and just chatted between ourselves about mundane student things.
After a couple of minutes, two chemistry students came in, and momentarily, we forgot that we were in a confined space with a celebrity and just chatted between ourselves about mundane student things.
The other chat room conversation topics were painfully mundane.
Yet the imaginative universe Atwood has created in these books is huge, encompassing hidden Internet chat rooms, beekeeping, the survivors' outfits (mundane patterned bedsheets) and penises that glow blue to signal sexual readiness.
Instead, her photos illustrate her own curiosities about the lives of others, and feature mundane moments where people cook dinner, watch TV, and chat with friends.
