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November 09, 2008

SCENE FROM A MARRIAGE

Me: (Watching The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants on TV this afternoon.)

He: What time do you wanna get going?

Me: (Not taking eyes off screen. Getting teary-eyed but trying to hide it. A bit embarrassed about crying over a teen flick.) Around 3? I'll just finish this and then we can go.

He: (Glancing at the TV to see what I'm watching.) BLAKE LIVELY!!! (he says it the same way Gene Wilder exclaimed "It's Alive!" to Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein.) What an annoying name.

Me: (Still not taking moist eyes off the screen.) Every time I hear her name I think "Rock Lobster."

He: That's Amber Tamblyn. (Pause.) And that's Alexis Bledel, the one from that chatty show you like so much.

Me: (At this point I'm staring at him. He knows who Amber Tamblyn is???)

He: (Sees the incredulous expression on my face and realizes what he's been saying.) What? Will you please stop leaving your magazines in the bathroom? I know WAY too much about these things I shouldn't know anything about! (Turns around and starts walking away.)

Me: (Eyes back on TV.) And America Ferrera is from what show?

He: (Without a pause or breaking his step.) Ugly Betty.


Posted at 11:58 PM in Love/Relationships, Movie, Television |

Comments

christina

Haha! That's great!

Posted by: christina | November 10, 2008 at 06:15 PM

ana5678

I don't get the Blake LIvely - Rock Lobster association but I so love your husband! He's hilarious! Hope I get to meet him soon. Btw, I loved that "chatty show" too and I miss it dearly.

Posted by: ana5678 | November 10, 2008 at 06:53 PM

Gigi

Ana - No rational association there -- just the way both roll off my tongue. (Say it: Blake Lively/Rock Lobster. No? Oh well...) I have all the DVDs of the show, thanks to my sister. One weekend, I'm going to do my chatty-show marathon and drive the hubby nuts!

Posted by: Gigi | November 10, 2008 at 07:13 PM

ana5678

Gigi, come to think of it, don't our online chats sometimes sound like "chatty show" dialogue? I must confess I have the entire 7 seasons of the show too. I even sing the theme song to myself from time to time. Where you lead...

Posted by: ana5678 | November 10, 2008 at 11:10 PM

iggy

Hee! That's just like the time when I was watching Tommy Hilfiger's The Cut and my husband saw one contestant, Deanna, and goes "So you like the Betsey Johnson wannabe with the Versace knock-off designs?"

Posted by: iggy | November 11, 2008 at 04:53 AM

Gigi

Ana5678 - Yes, they do! I can't wait to actually hear ourselves when we finally get together. :)

Iggy - OK your husband is clearly in his own league. Even some (many) of my girlfriends wouldn't be able to get his references. Amazing!

Posted by: Gigi | November 18, 2008 at 06:17 PM

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    I don't have to understand Korean to love this song, although I think it's about a person who was in a rocky relationship that ended but still feels deeply for her former lover and is feeling lonely tonight. "You're like a little star that's far away from me and keeps disappearing." I suppose the title -- Pluto used to be known as the ninth planet from the sun but now isn't even considered one -- might provide a bit more context to the song's meaning. Spotify
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