colleenosaurus’ blog

After taking an IQ test in class today, I've decided that I'm going to get a Mensa membership and list it on my resume. People seem resistant to hire me for professional jobs despite my education, so maybe they'll hire me based on my logic and supposed ability to learn.

I was making the drive from San Diego to Fullerton this morning, letting my mind wander in some sort of intensely focused stupor, when I remembered this terrible movie I saw at least ten years ago about a girl who learns some sort of witchcraft spell and uses it to get a boy to fall in love with her. The movie was made sometime in the mid-80s I would guess and is memorable for two reasons: At some point a character in the film notes that if your ring finger is longer than your pointer finger, you are gay. I remember this part of the movie because my ring finger is, indeed, longer than my pointer finger. Yet, as far as I know, I'm not gay. The second memorable part of the movie comes when the girl is reciting the lines of the witchcraft spell in the school locker room when she thinks she's alone. I guess she had to practice saying it to make sure she got it right when it was time to unleash her powers on the boy she was in love with. Unfortunately, as she is saying the spell, another girl walks into the locker room and the main character has to explain the strange chant away by saying she is just singing the newest U2 song.

How did the film-makers know that U2 would be around for so long and that the movie, based on that one line, at least, would stand the test of time with teenagers who listen to rock music? Because of that one reference, the movie probably didn't seem dated until 2003, at the earliest. Congratulations, screenwriters of this movie I can't remember! I wish I possessed your foresight into future music trends!