1212 totally blonde

I saw the movie “Totally Blonde” (2001) about a brunette named Meg (played by Krista Allen; second pic) who has such bad luck with men that she decides to take the advice of a friend and try going blonde for awhile. She finds that when she dyes her hair, she attracts a different breed of men, who act dumb because they expect her to be ditzy. Hmmm ... now is this a commentary on the intelligence of blonde women or the stupidity of men? I’ll guess that it’s the latter, because us men are pigs. Or swine, as one female friend likes to put it. Which isn’t a totally bad thing since the mother of another female friend wants her to find a nice pig (year of the pig, that is).

Meg meets a nightclub owner named Van (played by Michael Buble, who should stick to singing; third pic) and becomes friends with him, because she’s not looking for his “type”. Van, on the other hand, is really attracted to Meg, but falls into the “friend mode” since that’s the only way he can be near to her. Trouble ensues when he steps out and expresses his true feelings, and Meg turns him down.

This reminded me of a friend of mine that I’ll call Kitty. I met Kitty years ago through some of the various Asian organizations to which we belonged. Kitty is Asian and very beautiful, but prefers to date non-Asian men. We began a friendship and ended up hanging out together when she was between relationships. I was really attracted to her, but played the “friend” because it was the only way I could be near her.

One day, I slipped up and said something out of context. Kitty confronted me about my true feelings, and I told her the truth. She told me that she only liked me as a friend, and that my true feelings made her uncomfortable. She stopped speaking with me for over a year.

Our paths crossed a few years later and we re-started the friendship. My feelings for Kitty hadn’t changed, but this time I buried them deep. I wasn’t going to slip-up again. My best friend, Ching (fourth pic), says that I have a character flaw of chasing after unattainable women. She told me to let go because watching me follow Kitty like a lovesick puppy was “making her sick”. Hmmm ... kinda like the drama at church last weekend (see 12/08 blog)? Kitty is still a friend, but she attends a church in one of the Beach cities, so I don’t see her as often as I used to.

Anyways, back to the movie. In the end, Meg discovers that being brunette or blonde doesn’t matter, as long as the love is true. There’s a great scene involving a Polaroid camera (fifth pic) that .... well, you need to see it yourself. The DVD also includes a collection of blonde jokes.

If you’re blonde and you need me to explain this blog, email me.