If you've ever read Grey Matter, the blog written by Shonda Rhimes and her Grey's Anatomy writing staff, you know that Rhimes likes to reveal quite a bit of her inner geek. When she talks about her characters, she does so with the zeal of a teenager, albeit a teenager who works in the A/V club and wishes she were one of the cheerleaders who was dating the football captain.So it's refreshing to see Rhimes gushing over something other than Meredith Grey's romantic choices or Derek Shepherd's McDreaminess. Over on the funny pop culture blog A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago, she live-blogs the National Spelling Bee, which aired its final round last night.
Among the funnily nerdy observations is the following: "I've just noticed that Joseph Henares forgets to move his arms when he walks and I love him for it. He's the perfect Bee competitor. His word is 'triticale' which is an amphidiploid hybrid between wheat and rye. I don't know why anyone would want to eat a hybrid between wheat and rye but Joseph spells it flawlessly and heads back to his seat, arms frozen."
Ah, the fact that she knows what the word "amphidiploid" means tells me that either she studied too much as a kid or her grasp of English is way better than mine. Anyway, it's a refreshingly funny look at the Bee from a TV super-producer who isn't above admitting she watches it while drinking red wine in her flannel PJs.
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6-01-2007 @ 12:10PM
Anita said...
OK, you're right, that is the cutest blog ever proved by the following line: "Pretty Girl Caroline Rouse has been ousted with 'cyclazocine'. Go home to your gorgeous face and happy life and leave the rest of us alone!!! Okay, sorry. Too intense. But come on…you are not allowed to have EVERYTHING in life, are you?"
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6-01-2007 @ 12:25PM
Duane said...
Well, one of the questions that kids could ask was "Could I please have the definition", so I'm sure that's where she learned what it meant.
I have to admit, having watched the bee last night I can't see at all what the fuss is about. I wanted to claw my eyes out. I turned it off only to have my wife come in the room and say "The spelling bee is on tonight, turn it on!"
Child after child repeating the same mantra: "Definition? Could you please use it in a sentence? Country of origin? Does it have any other pronunciations? Part of speech? Does it have any other definitions?" The only ones I felt bad for were the ones who asked for etymology, only to be told "Unknown."
And then the kid that wins, during his interview, says "What, am I supposed to like spelling more now, or something?" Charming.
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