Archive for November 20, 2007

Tuesday Trivia: The Nameless

1. His character is sometimes referred to by reviewers as “Jack” because of medical literature he reads.
Hint: “I haven’t been fucked like that since grade school.”
Solved by Evn (comment #21).

2. His character is referred to only by the instrument he plays, which is referenced as initials in the credits.
Solved by Melville (comment #2).

3. His character is referred to only by a foul insult, which is referenced as initials in the credits.
Hint: Of the foul nickname, the character played by Jack Black says “It’s a name that’s going to stick.”
Solved by Roberta (comment #28).

4. She is never named on-screen, even during her own wedding, but she is given a first name in the credits; film fans sometimes refer to her by first and last name, using the name from the novel.
Hint: Two Japanese actresses have important roles in this film. After filming began, they traded roles, because our (now nameless) actress didn’t speak English well enough to master her original role. These two actresses also appeared together the year before in a comedy by a very well-known director.
Solved by Roberta (comment #26).

5. She is referred to only as Mrs., never by a first name, although her husband’s previous wife is referred to by first name.
Solved by Roberta (comment #1).

6. It makes sense that this character is nameless; she is primarily the main character’s fantasy—even though she’s real, her role in the film is to be what he imagines a beautiful temptation to adultery should be like.
Solved by Melville (comment #2).

7. This character is nameless in her first movie, but not in its sequel. In the several instances of her name being spoken in the first movie, it is bleeped out.
Solved by Hazel (comment #3).

Apparently Women Don’t Know Anything About Dieting

I listen to news radio in the morning. Traffic, weather, you know. So from time to time I hear some outrageously stupid reporting.

Like this story on younger women dying of heart disease.

Heart experts aren’t sure what went wrong, but they think increasing rates of obesity and other risk factors are to blame.

The doctor interviewed on the radio suggested that perhaps women weren’t as aware of the risks, and weren’t paying as much attention to their diets.

Women. Weren’t paying as much attention. To their diets.

::headdesk::

Raise your hand if you think that could possibly be true. Anyone? Bueller?

Women pay constant attention to their diet. It’s unusual and remarkable for a woman not to pay attention to her diet.

Waaaaaay at the bottom of the article, there’s one smart statement:

The fact the male rate didn’t worsen may indicate doctors are more likely to suspect heart disease in men that age than in women, said the CDC’s Dr. Earl Ford, a study co-author.

Ya think? Ya think that maybe the fact that most women don’t even know that heart attack symptoms are different for women than for men. Because we aren’t educated. Because male symptoms are “person” symptoms. Because men are the default person. You know.

Or, it might be that too much dieting is causing the problem. There are cardiovascular risks to yo-yo dieting. Or it might be, um…anything other than women aren’t paying enough attention to their diets. Because really, that’s the stupidest thing I will hear today.

Glitter

Saturday I went to a birthday/costume party. Dressed as a fairy. So there was glitter involved.

Monday morning I arrive at work and someone says “There’s glitter in your hair.” Monday. Two days later.

Oy.

Then another person remarks on the glitter. Then another. My credibility is clearly shot. So anyway, I’m talking to the third person, and we’re joking around about it, and she says something about ‘What’s in that stuff, anyway?’ (Because it’s in my hair, eyebrows, bathroom sink…she figures probably my lungs as well.) And I said, ‘I dunno, probably carcinogens.’

And what it came down to was this: You know why you never see elderly fairies? That’s right. It’s the glitter. Fairy Lung.