who I want to be when I grow up
A well-dressed, well-sauced socialite with a equally well-sauced husband, who trade witty repartee like it’s going to be prohibited shortly, accompanied by the darlinglist dog in all of Hollywood while solving mysteries with aplomb.
We watched the Thin Man last night, and I want to be Nora when I grow up. Liam, you can be Nick (and don’t tell me being a booze-soaked private detective doesn’t appeal to you - it’s only your lifelong dream). Should I remind you that Dame Maggie Smith and David Niven parodied them in Murder By Death? Wouldn’t you like to be parodied by David Niven when you grow up?
I find the Fox Terrier especially dreamy. That little dog was twice a co-star of Cary Grant and is regularly an answer in the New York Times crosswords. That’s pretty much the finest pedigree there is as far as I’m concerned. When we finally live in a place where we can get a dog, I think I want one.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:48 am
It has of course forever been my dream to be a booze-soaked private eye. Though I would have to more of a West Coast, hip-flask-in-holster, Tracer Bullet type of gumshoe who doesn’t have time to get tied down to any one dame, so I don’t know that you’d approve. There’d be eight slugs in me, one lead, the rest bourbon.
Oh, and that dog bit Myrna Loy during filming apparently.
And you would totally win on the parody side, as we both know that I think Maggie Smith is the funniest part of that movie. After Peter Sellers.
June 13th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Well, isn’t this a happy medium then? You get to be a sloshed detective, and I get to be by your side. And we’d both be too drunk to notice the occasional indiscretion. Everybody wins!
And that dogs just fiesty. We both know how much I like fiesty.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Oh, god, totally! The Thin Man is one of my favourite films of all time - and yes, I’d love to be Nora when I grow up! ;)
June 13th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Good to see you around and about Vanda, and congratulations on the Boing-Boinging!