{"id":1025,"date":"2008-12-30T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2008-12-30T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T05:01:00","slug":"im-only-anti-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/im-only-anti-work\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Only Anti-Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reading gorgeous blogger Miss Karen’s I’m Not Anti-Social, Just Short-Sighted<\/a> blog has caused the Officer Krupke song from West Side Story<\/a> to become permanently lodged in my head. I sing it to myself every time I read her blog.<\/p>\n

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A clip from the movie version of West Side Story
Miss Karen’s line comes at 4:35<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Damn you, Miss Karen! Look at her, pretending to be all innocent here.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Secretly plotting her next show-tune attack.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

I am intrigued by the guy in the movie clip who says, “Hey sergeant! Come on, quick, we got a 10-13.” You barely see the dude’s face. I wonder if that was the highlight of his acting career. That would be okay with me. I’d love to have the opportunity to facelessly say, “We got a 10-13” on Law & Order someday. That’s my new life dream. Well, while I’m on set I’d like to get my picture taken with Sam Waterston’s eyebrows<\/a>. I might as well dream big.<\/p>\n

When I first saw the movie version of West Side Story, I fell madly in love with the character of Anita, played by Rita Moreno. Behold her sassy short hairdo; tight, low-cut bodice; and swirly skirt as she sings “America.”<\/p>\n

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“I like the island Manhattan.”<\/span><\/span>
Me too, Anita!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was very flattered when 20-something years later, my friend Charles Nolan<\/a> called me “Anita” while I was having a sassy moment.<\/p>\n

A bilingual version of West Side Story<\/a> is coming to Broadway next year so that’s on my must-see list. Frankly I don’t care what language it’s sung in, but anyone who changes Anita’s hot hairdo will feel my wrath. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading gorgeous blogger Miss Karen’s I’m Not Anti-Social, Just Short-Sighted blog has caused the Officer Krupke song from West Side Story to become permanently lodged in my head. I sing it to myself every time I read her blog. A clip from the movie version of West Side StoryMiss Karen’s line comes at 4:35 Damn…<\/p>\n

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