Alright, the original title of this blog was RIP but how morbid? Several thoughts, none of which are in any order of preference...
The day started with Oscar nominations - hooray for Juno! Brilliant script, terrific acting. As for the backstory? The tunes, baby the tunes. The NY Times reported the story on it yesterday and how movie soundtracks haven't hit it big since the mid to late 90s and here are kitschy new tunes...
Heath Ledger's passing...so sad. Which leaves me to this: would you rather be able to take stock of your life and stare death in the face or simply fade into black? (Now I know what you're thinking: Vic, how morbid! How gloomy! How glum! Oh wait - if you're Tom Cruise it would be "How Glib!" but wait that's right that's only if he's calling you dimwitted - LOL - and btw, how much do we think Katie had plastic surgery at some point? I do! I do! Her stylist rocks though...)
I don't like going there but if we must, we must. Be sure to tell everyone you love that you LOVE 'em and throw in some hugs and kisses while you're at it.
Now back to our regularly scheduled blog about minor things...after all aren't life and love the only things that truly matter?
I'm a huge fan of The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. HUGE! I'm very big even on personal time making sure it's ROI: the most bang for your buck. Is it scintillating conversations with amazingly fantastical (yes, I so made that word up!) ambitious people? Of course! So imagine my delight to discover this show a few months ago which inspires and embraces the entrepreneurial spirit.
Emme was on it tonight. I read about her recent diagnosis of cancer in a recent issue of People Magazine. She has tenacity and spirit! Go Emme, go! For a show which sometimes moves me to create synopsis on my myspace blogs (didja ever wonder if there should be a plural like synopsi? Like alumnus and alumni? ha! Okay maybe not but....) tonight it was kind of introspective. And while I am not a big fan of the new segments and A-listers, sometimes it's more fun pulling for the underdog or little engine that could, well I couldn't help but wonder.
Isn't it through life's struggles when we see we're the most resilient? The most triumphant? You see who your true friends are and what people are really made of? Just babbling when I should be blogging....ha!
So I'm looking at an apartment earlier in the week, one in my 'hood but *slighty* bigger if you call 100 sq feet and MAJOR closet space bigger (I do! I do!) and the woman was telling me how she had a spare phone which was great during the blackout. Um, hello random flashback circa 2003 (I'm thinking it was '03?) Just like the other woman selling another apartment gave wayyyyyyy too much information (TMI lady, TMI!) regarding why the apartment was refinished with new hardwood floors. Do I really need to know the former resident passed away and had deteriorating health in a wheelchair which scuffed the floors and had handrails on the walls? Methinks NO in all caps! Is this a stream of consciousness or what....Gawd, sometimes (translation: always and forever) I really love to write.
So the Giants won the penant (or whatever they call it in football land...). Whoopdee. Blah-di-dah! The only reason why I'm half-smiling? Well, whatever Superbowl par-tay I end up going to will be fandangalicious. Do I hope they win and beat the undefeated Patriots? You bet! Do I care? Um, quite honestly, not really...
...22 days til pitchers and catchers report to spring training! Baseball diamonds...bring on the bling!
