{"id":6378,"date":"2010-07-20T19:56:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T23:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=6378"},"modified":"2011-08-31T20:23:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T00:23:23","slug":"what-wendy-wore-christopher-cross-and-a-cougar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/what-wendy-wore-christopher-cross-and-a-cougar\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Christopher Cross &#038; a Cougar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember how I asked you to guess whether or not I got the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/feathers-water-looking-glass-and-an-imaginary-pig\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean-Charles de Castelbajac sailor outfit<\/a>? It was a trick question! I got a navy blue version of the white pants I was wearing in the picture and a different nautical-themed top. So, yes, I got a head-to-toe outfit, but it wasn&#8217;t the one I showed you.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tinypic.com?ref=9k05y9\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/i32.tinypic.com\/9k05y9.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Image and video hosting by TinyPic\" width=\"460\" height=\"614\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feeling nautical in Mallorca.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The sailor outfit has caused the song <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sailing_(Christopher_Cross_song)\" target=\"_blank\">Sailing by Christopher Cross<\/a> to be stuck in my head. This is unfortunate, because I&#8217;ve hated that song for 30 years.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VMkIuKXwmlU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VMkIuKXwmlU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m more partial to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Cross\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Cross<\/a>&#8216;s theme song for the 1981 movie <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_(film)\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NDYAXKM828U&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NDYAXKM828U&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The movie starred<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/having-wank\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Dudley Moore<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/life-is-not-cabaret-stop-calling-me-old-chum\/\" target=\"_blank\">Liza Minnelli<\/a>. I saw this movie when it first came out and again on TV recently and every second of it is as perfect as I remembered. I&#8217;m appalled that <a href=\"http:\/\/moviesblog.mtv.com\/2009\/03\/16\/russell-brands-arthur-remake-will-honor-boozy-original-with-new-york-setting-burt-bacharach-tunes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Brand is starring in a remake<\/a>. I like Russell fine, despite his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/My-Booky-Wook-Russell-Brand\/dp\/0340936150\" target=\"_blank\">tedious autobiography<\/a> (WTF? How can you be so boring when you&#8217;ve been a bulimic, a junkie, a sex addict and a stand-up comic?), but he&#8217;s never going to deliver lines like, &#8220;Are you a hooker? I forgot! I just thought I was doing great with you!&#8221; with Dudley Moore&#8217;s charm.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zH3tG5t9cN0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zH3tG5t9cN0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It cheers me up to remember that the full name of Family Guy&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Griffin\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Griffin<\/a> is &#8220;Christopher Cross Griffin.&#8221; The name was mentioned in an episode that I saw with my stepchildren, who were like, &#8220;Who the fuck is Christopher Cross?&#8221; That&#8217;s what you get, real Christopher Cross, for bothering me with that Sailing song!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6381\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Griffin\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6381\" title=\"chrisgriffin\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/chrisgriffin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christopher Cross Griffin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never read my 2009 post on <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/having-wank\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dudley Moore<\/a>, do it now. Not only will you learn about a great comedian, you&#8217;ll find out which Law &amp; Order guy gives me <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Derek_and_Clive_Get_the_Horn\">the horn<\/a>. Speaking of the horn, I am so loving Mallorca. It&#8217;s beautiful here, of course, but more importantly, a 16-year-old English kid chatted me up at the pool with, &#8220;Hey gorgeous! Wot&#8217;s yer name?&#8221;, then invited me to &#8220;pop down to the bar.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samantha_Jones_(Sex_and_the_City)\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Jones<\/a> ain&#8217;t got NOTHING on me! Bow down to WendyB, queen of the cougars. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember how I asked you to guess whether or not I got the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac sailor outfit? It was a trick question! I got a navy blue version of the white pants I was wearing in the picture and a different nautical-themed top. 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