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Why do filmmakers insist on telling stories all out of order? I rented La Vie en Rose because I've heard such great things about the actress's performance (she's supposedly a front-runner for the Oscar). And while her performance was indeed impressive, I had a terrible time trying to follow the story. I almost feel like you have to know the woman's life story in advance if you want to understand the film. And speaking of which, can we go ahead and call a moratorium on all these bio pics? It's gotten to where you're practically guaranteed an Oscar if you play a tortured artist.
In other, completely unrelated news, the authors of this study on the use of the word "pop" versus "soda" reached the conclusion that "People who say 'Pop' are much, much cooler." (I say "soda," even though I live in a part of the country where most people use "coke" for all soft drinks.)
Also unrelated, but worth talking about just the same, is an article I read recently about the germiest places in the home. Number one on the list? Your kitchen sink. Yes, even germier than the bathroom. How's that suit ya? But the one that really got me was the laundry room. They said that the term "clean clothes" is actually a misnomer. Turns out that all underwear has a certain amount of feces in it (the article actually quoted the amount), that continues to live on your clothes and in your washer. Gross, right? It said that you should wash your underwear separately in hot water (and with bleach, if it's white) after which you should run an empty cycle with hot water and bleach to kill the germs in the washer. Like I have time to add ANOTHER load of laundry to my schedule. I figure if I'm wearing clothes with microscopic feces on them, I've been doing so for more than 40 years so I'm not gonna start worrying about it now. But that's just me. You do with this information as you like.
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I also say soda although everyone in the part of the country where I currently live says "coke" and then specifies the flavor, ie; sprite, dr pepper etc. Crazy! Ahem, not me, them!
Excuse me while I puke a little in the back of my throat. And am grateful that Mr. Hot does the laundry. At least I'm not down there breathing in the fumes or whatever.
And I'm a pop girl myself.
I almost never hear people say "soda." In Canada we say "pop."
I used to work in a lingerie store with this germaphobic girl. She apparently washes her underwear (at least the first time, I'm not sure if it's every time) 3 times. Once just regular detergent. Then with bleach. And then a third time with somethign else... I think she called it "pink stuff." Suddenly I don't think she's quite as crazy as I thought she was.
I'm a soda-sayer myself, in a land of "What flavor Coke do you want?"
The residual feces is almost certainly germ-free after a run in the dryer. And if it's not? So what...those are the same germs we already pooped out! (And that's what I'll keep telling myself after 5 years of cloth diapering my kids...imagine all that poo in my laundry machines!)
And worst case scenario? It's probably just enough to innoculate us so we're immune to the bugs.
Oh, and for the survey, I say Coke or pop, depending on if I'm in Tennessee or Michigan.
After reading this I have half a mind to find and forward that article to my boss who makes Monk look normal.
However, first thing on my agenda tonight - run an empty cyle in the washer with bleach and on hot.
I also say soda. And I'm way cool.
"figure if I'm wearing clothes with microscopic feces on them, I've been doing so for more than 40 years so I'm not gonna start worrying about it now. But that's just me. You do with this information as you like."
ROFL!!!!
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