{"id":4134,"date":"2021-03-06T15:17:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sighinide.com\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2021-03-06T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T21:17:39","slug":"the-history-of-me-part-xvii-legally-blonde-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sighinide.com\/?p=4134","title":{"rendered":"The History of Me, Part XVII: Legally Blonde Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230; do I even need to bother explaining this one?<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I guess so, at least somewhat, but it isn&#8217;t like everyone isn&#8217;t already familiar with all this at this point.  I mean, just watch the movies again and keep me vaguely in mind somewhere while you watch and it will become extremely obvious.  I mean, just keep in mind that I was in college during the time <em>Legally Blonde<\/em> was made (and when the book was written), and just watch for all the typical symbols and remember the state of Reese Witherspoon&#8217;s relationship to me at the time and it&#8217;s like&#8230; yeah, this one is super, super obvious.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, at least <em>now <\/em>it is, lol.  I do remember the first time I watched the movie.  I was utterly stunned at how&#8230; <em>me <\/em>it was.  I mean, the whole thing.  I was kinda floored, honestly.  I was so stunned that I bought the book and read it (maybe the only guy in the history of the world to do so, lol).  I was however kinda not&#8230; putting things together, I mean not fully, and I remember now when watching it that my mind was actively preventing me, I think, from understanding certain things.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I was like&#8230; is&#8230; that what I <em>think <\/em>it is?  But then I was like&#8230; no?  I mean, it <em>couldn&#8217;t <\/em>be.  I mean, because that wouldn&#8217;t make sense, you know.  You know?  You know.  I mean, I saw the sequel too, and there was like a ton of stuff in there as well.  I think that scene of Elle Woods studying the book on politics was in the sequel.  I mean, you know.<\/p>\n<p>Um&#8230; well, just watch this summary, I guess.  Legally Blonde: Elle Woods and the Philosophy of a Blonde.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yNxs5UQEIt4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Go to 7:40.  Note how the camera zooms in on the book, which has a byline that starts &#8220;Explained by Tom&#8230;&#8221; and notice the wedding ring on Reese&#8217;s finger.  Like&#8230; yeah.  I mean, I like <em>saw <\/em>this stuff, I really did, I think, but it was like&#8230; I mean&#8230; you know.  I was like, it <em>couldn&#8217;t <\/em>be, right?  So I didn&#8217;t think it was.<\/p>\n<p>But yeah, this one is super, super obvious.  I mean I just saw the video I posted here as well as the accompying video by the same channel about the history of the &#8220;dumb blonde&#8221; trope and wow, I&#8217;m honestly thinking now that <em>Legally Blonde<\/em> might be more drenched in&#8230; uhm&#8230; &#8220;Tom-ness&#8221; than maybe any other franchise I&#8217;ve ever seen.  I mean, it&#8217;s just&#8230; soooooo, uhm, <em>there<\/em>.  You know?  You know.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, even reading the stuff I&#8217;m writing here and comparing it to Elle Woods is like&#8230; wow.  It&#8217;s kinda unreal, yeah?<\/p>\n<p>Come to think of it, watching a movie about you and <em>not realizing that it&#8217;s about you at all<\/em> is frankly probably the blondest thing that has ever happened to anybody, ever, in history.  I mean, how could I not <em>see <\/em>this, back then?  I mean I <em>did<\/em>, but&#8230; somehow, my mind refused to process what it was picking up.  Or maybe the processing was done by one of my alternate personalities, somehow, and I just wasn&#8217;t aware of it.  But&#8230; yeah.  Wow, what a trip, lol.<\/p>\n<p>I think now that Bruiser (Elle&#8217;s doggie) is probably a symbol for myself, in the same way that my girlfriends today use their dogs as symbols for me in various ways (see: Hale, Lucy, amongst others).  <\/p>\n<p>I mean, it&#8217;s like&#8230; oh yeah, I can reallllly see it.  Like, wow.  Very very strongly, and the more I type the more obvious it gets.  Wowwwwwwww.  Wow.  Oh yeah; yup.  I&#8217;m Elle Woods.  Holy Jeebus.<\/p>\n<p>Or at least&#8230; not Elle Woods, but her inspo.  Whaaat even the fuck?  I mean, wooowwwww.  Yup, though.  Yup, defo, there&#8217;s no question.  <\/p>\n<p>Wow.<\/p>\n<p>Wow.<\/p>\n<p>Uhm&#8230; yeah, I mean though, it&#8217;s all there.<\/p>\n<p>Even in the book it was there, honestly, though in different ways.  I really wish I would have kept it.  Darn.  I really could use a re-read of that right now.  Maybe I can check it out online somewhere, from a library or something.  Google books doesn&#8217;t give me much of a sample in this case.  I mean, not enough to do a thorough study on.<\/p>\n<p>But yeah, Reese and I.  I suppose that this was our project together back then, as I was working through my college years.  I mean, watching the youtube videos I talked about, I was really struck at how familiar many of Elle&#8217;s social interactions were to some of the ones I had back then.  I mean, I just chalked that up to, you know, coincidence, you know, like a large train of shocking coincidences, but, you know, maybe that wasn&#8217;t it, you know.<\/p>\n<p>You know.<\/p>\n<p>lollll.  Oh man, this is crazysauce.  <\/p>\n<p>lol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230; do I even need to bother explaining this one? I mean, I guess so, at least somewhat, but it isn&#8217;t like everyone isn&#8217;t already familiar with all this at this point. I mean, just watch the movies again and keep me vaguely in mind somewhere while you watch and it will become extremely obvious. 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