I think I’ll start with something positive for a change (yeah, that’ll last).. Last week I went to see Cirque de Soleil. Wow! It is amazzzing! Absolutely incredible, I haven’t been so entertained since ,. I can’t think of anyone I know who wouldn’t enjoy it, Everyone should see it. The first act was synchronized trapeze artists and I didn’t think they would be able to top that. Then every act that followed was more impressive than the last. If I had to pick a favorite it would be “the flying man,” a man who flies (hence the name) around the tent with a giant rubber band attached to him. That doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it was really incredibly graceful and beautiful. The most entertaining act on a different scale was the 15-year-old boneless girl who did “manipulation.” What this girl could do with hula hoops.. it was freakish! I’m pretty sure no one in the cast has a spine - and I have my doubts that they have stomachs since most of them look like they weigh 89 pounds, all muscle, they can’t possibly eat. It was all so cool, I didn’t even mind the French-ness. It totally exceeded my expectations. I will definitely go again.
Now back to our regularly scheduled program (aka, bitching). I turned on the news for 5 minutes the other day in about the middle of the broadcast and here’s what I got out of it: SaveMartha.com! This is unfathomable to me! Martha Stewart supporters have joined forces to come to her aid. Martha Stewart has more money than god and these drones are selling frickin’ t-shirts and hats to “Save Martha.” Hello?!, psycho soccer moms, it’s called insider trading and it’s illegal! If she needs help let her beg borrow or steal from her friends at Imclone. Maybe she could take up a collection from those kids making sheets for her in Malaysia for 7 cents a day. They are getting international attention, it’s borderline repulsive. This is their worthy cause? Aren’t there children starving somewhere? You know who should be really upset? The CEO of MCI. Who’s coming to his rescue? Poor guy. But seriously, the daily disgusting displays of greed, are almost too much to take. But I hope the people behind the Save Martha movement are well-rewarded for their efforts, god forbid they have no one to show them how to fold a damn napkin come thanksgiving.
The other little tidbit of news was from South Africa. The South African version of Sesame Street is introducing a new character on the show, a muppet who has HIV. He will be subjected to ridicule and discrimination to show children that sort of behavior is wrong in the country that has the highest rate of infection in the world. I have nothing to say about this. I just thought it warranted mentioning I was raised on Sesame Street and as an adult am still in denial about Bert & Ernie’s sexual orientation. They are not gay! [Not that there would be anything wrong with that, I just refuse to think of them as sexual beings.] This seems utterly surreal. At this point I had to change the channel.
I watched “Vanilla Sky” last night - no idea why. As it turns out he was actually cryogenically frozen thru the whole confusing part, it’s all in his popsicle head. If anybody was reading this who has not seen it who intends to see it, don’t be mad. I just did you a huge favor. I have to thank my friend, Kathy, for spoiling the twist for me. Everybody I heard talk about it had hated it because they were confused the whole time then the ending was ridiculous. I was actually able to watch it without getting frustrated, I just entertained myself trying to figure out at what point he died, and of course making fun of Penelope who sounds like a latino munchkin (making fun of Cameron Diaz is just too easy). So now you know and should you choose to you can watch it and not be pissed off.