Egg on my/your face

I have started hearing the idiom, "egg on my [your] face" more and more often. I never really knew what it meant, but this morning I did a quick search on it to find the meaning and possible origin of the phrase.

I did find my answer. As for the meaning or implication:

It often implies that you have made a serious mistake, but more strictly it indicates that something you have done (or some turn of events) has left you looking extremely embarrassed or foolish.

About the phrase's history, the World Wide Words website, a site that traces word/phrase origins mentions a few possible roots:

It feels like one of those expressions that have been around for ever, but the evidence suggest that it’s an American expression from the middle of last century (its first known appearance was in an American television series about 1951). It’s possible, though, that it is somewhat older, though I haven’t been able to find it in my large collection of out-of-copyright e-texts, which suggests it is more recent than the 1920s.

I know of two possibilities for where it came from. My assumption to start with was that it was a comment on a minor social gaffe at a meal, when poor manners or sloppy eating left egg around your mouth. The late John Ciardi, however, suggested an origin in the lower and more rowdy kind of theatrical performance, in which an incompetent actor would have been pelted with eggs and forced off the stage.

The full origin can be found at the link above.

Also, if you recall the theme song of Frasier, there's a part where he sings about scrambled eggs being all over his face...so, I always find origins like this interesting.

Seeking Happily Ever After

I came across an interesting sounding documentary while looking at the Feministing blog today. I think I stumbled upon it somewhere else a few weeks ago, but I took some time to peruse the website today. Being an almost 30 single woman myself, it especially piqued my interest. From the Seeking Happily Ever After website's summary:

There are more single women in their 30s today (by choice) than at any other time in history, according to a recent US Census. Why now? Are women redefining happily ever after? Filmmakers Kerry David and Michelle Cove decided to find out. They went underneath the bubbly surface of Sex and the City to talk to hundreds of single women and find out what's really going on.

The documentary has interviews with single women over 30, discussing both their happiness and even their struggles with their position. No longer is the Cinderella story considered what every little girl wants.

They have a nice little preview video on YouTube:

Flashback

I have about 13,000 songs on my iPod and usually people are shocked to hear that, but I really love my music and listen to pretty much everything. I am probably what you would call a music geek.

So, occasionally a certain song will come up and my mind will automatically flashback to the time when the song meant a whole lot to me or was the soundtrack to whatever was going on in my life. Today that song was Here and Now by Letters to Cleo. This wasn't super popular, but reminds me of my high school years and just the whole atmosphere that was my life in the early 90s. These days I wish I had those problems I had then...back then I thought my petty little issues were going to be the end of my world, but now I'd love it if my only problems were how to get a certain guy friend to see me as more than that and wondering if I'd find a place to fit in. Anyway, today when this song came on I played it at least 3 times...it takes me right back to that place since, as I recall, I played it over and over when I was that age. I did find a video of it on YouTube. I love YouTube for having so many quirky videos like this easily available.



And eek! I found the video of Beavis & Butthead making fun of it. :) Their making fun of it was still funny to watch for someone that loved the song. Ah, the good ol' days when B&B was considered such a "dangerous" show. :)

Estelle Getty, RIP

I was sorry today to hear about the passing of Estelle Getty, best known for playing Sophia on the Golden Girls. She played such a great part on the show and, luckily, the show has become part of TV history and we will probably be able to enjoy reruns of Golden Girls for many years to come. So, here's to you, Estelle, and may you rest in peace knowing that you had such an important impact on the world.

Here are some great Sophia moments:

Larry Mendte melodrama

I have been following the story about Larry Mendte with a moderate amount of interest. I don't usually get into these types of Philadelphia stories that they beat into the ground, especially considering all the problems in this city that will take forever to resolve. Michael Nutter's doing a great job and I still say I'm so proud of our city for voting him in. But...my discussion about the troubles in Philadelphia can be put off for another blog.

Back to Larry Mendte, though...of all the newscasters in Philly, he's one that I've always felt a certain fondness towards, moreso since I officially moved here. Larry and his wife, Fox news anchor Dawn Stensland, live in Chestnut Hill and on several occasions I've seen him come into Starbucks. He's always seemed like a generally good guy. My friend H worked with him, too. After graduating college, she got a job at NBC-10 through an internship she had there, and told me about what a rough time she had with the majority of her co-workers at the station, including one of the weekend anchors that really treated her like crap. She said, though, of all the anchors there, Larry Mendte and John Bolaris were among the nicest ones. Larry always made people laugh and was always telling jokes about Dawn's absent-mindedness. So, knowing what I know of Larry and the fact he was a bright spot for my friend during one of her more difficult times, I was very disappointed to hear of these allegations against Larry. Now that Larry has been convicted and will likely be go behind bars for these charges, I'm still not going to be quick to jump down his throat. What he did was certainly wrong and he should get some punishment, but I hope he eventually comes out of this learning a good lesson and maybe gets back into the media in some form.

High Fidelity

Today I finally got around to watching High Fidelity all the way through. I generally like John Cusak and dig his characters. He played the brooding, introspective Rob here that recalls all his past relationships and wonders where everything went wrong. I really wasn't wild about the character of Laura, who he ended up getting into this spiral over, but I enjoyed following the story of him getting to this point.

I especially loved the record store Rob owned and he and his friends' obsession talking about music and talking so geekily about different artists. Jack Black gave a great performance, playing a wacky character he's generally good at playing. The general soundtrack to the film went along well with the whole story.

Latest celebrity crush

I haven't really had any wild celebrity crushes since Jared Leto, when he played Jordan Catalano on My So-Called Life.

from My So-Called Life in 1994

2008

I still think he's cute, but I generally like him better with maybe a little stubble and not overly greasy. I don't follow him, though, as much as I did in the years after My So-Called Life went off the air.

My latest celebrity crush, though, is on Jason Bateman. I was too young to have one of those crushes on him in the 80s when he was on silly shows like Silver Spoons or Valerie. He has gotten my attention recently after his great performance in Juno and in my rediscovery of Arrested Development. He's certainly one that has gotten better looking with age. I don't understand the hype about the young Jason Bateman, but he's really aged well. Besides his physical attractiveness, he always plays such great characters and really fits well into the roles he plays.

Jason Bateman then, with sister Justine:


Jason Bateman now: