Survivor 17 - Gabon

After watching Season 1 of Survivor, I decided I would not watch the show any more. I figured I didn't really need to watch a TV show to find bad attitudes and backstabbing. I guess I lied. When a good friend of mine applied for the show and did not get on, I figured I had better become a fan in case she applied again and did get on.

I watched Season 15 and decided it wasn't as bad as it was that first season. I watched Season 16 and was so upset at the outcome when Parvoti won the million dollars, that I AGAIN swore I'd never watch another one. (I can't bring myself to watch American Idol either -- Simon is much too pompous for me.) It bothers me a lot to see people publicly humiliated. I can find that too if I just look around. So this brings me to Survivor 17 - Gabon...

When I'm making Roman shades, 75% of the work is hand stitching, which can become quite boring. I said ah, what the heck, I might as well watch Survivor 17. I know I'm a little late, but I just got done watching the reunion show.

Randy - I didn't like him at all. And Randy, it was NOT a million dollar cookie -- you never would have voted for Sugar even before the cookie episode. As bitter and angry as Randy is, I get the feeling he must have been cheated on by a woman and hasn't yet gotten over it. It was nice, though, to see he invited 6 strangers to the reunion show. Even if he only did it because he lost his best friend, his dog, and didn't have any friends of his own.

Corrine - If I could have jumped into the screen and personally strangled Corrine, I would have. She was pompous, arrogant and mean. I can see why she wouldn't have many friends. It looked to me like she was very jealous of Sugar (and with good reason I'd say).

Sugar - Generally speaking, I loved Sugar. I did not, however, like it when she could not stop laughing at Randy when he used the fake idol. It's that public humiliation thing. It looked to me like Sugar played an admirable game (aside from the cookie and laughing at the idol) and is probably able to live with the choices she made. I would like to know why noone voted for her. I did get the feeling the producers portrayed her differently than she really was. (I must admit, I did think the cookie thing was pretty funny.)

I have to wonder if Sugar had brought Corrine and Randy to the final three with her if she would have won. Did everyone there dislike them as much as I?

What did you think of Season 17?

...and here I am, addicted to Season 18.....

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

Oops, sorry about that, I really was not yelling. Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day! Hope you are able to enjoy a corned beef and cabbage meal today. If you need help in how to cook it check this out How to Cook Corned Beef . And remember, corned beef can be enjoyed any day of the year, not just today. Cook it this weekend, if you didn't have a chance to cook it today. You should be able to find it on sale just about anywhere.

Threw Shoe at President Bush....

Just saw this Twittered by CNN Breaking News (cnnbrk) "Muntadher al-Zaidi, the man who threw his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush, is jailed for three years." Yikes! I don't think it is nice to do something like that to anyone, especially the President of the United States, but come-on, three years? That seems a little stiff to me. I would think a shoe-throwing incident would only yield about a one-year prison term.

Speaker Pelosi - G5

Is anyone else out there upset by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's hypocritical comments about G5 jets not being available for her (and others) for the Memorial Day weekend????

Cover of Oprah...

Happened to see a twitter message by Nandoism regarding the new Oprah magazine coming out this month. You can see it at Oprah.com or at Nandoism's website . Nandoism's blog is about Oprah sharing the cover. I think it is great that she decided to share the cover with our first lady.

I know I'm not a fashion queen, but I feel the need to comment. Michelle Obama looks absolutely stunning and classy! Oprah, however, hmmm ..... how shall I say it. The dress looks like a Donna-Reed-What-Can-I-Do-For-You-Honey Dress. It's not the most flattering clothing I've seen her wear. I know that type of dress is "in style", but we can't always trust those who set the standards! Oprah is a beautiful woman and I am dissapointed that it doesn't show on that cover.

Katie Couric, VP Biden, and there's the white guy comment

I was glad to get up this AM and be able to find online, Katie Couric's lame comment, "and there's the white guy". When I heard it last night, I found it very disturbing, but I couldn't quite figure out why. After thinking about it this morning, I think it was not what was said, but more about the tone and laughs that came after. I felt the laughs and tone were not poking fun at our white Vice-President Biden. I felt they were poking fun at an African-American president and a female speaker of the house. In case you didn't see it, Katie said, "Nice to see a little diversity for a change, we have an African-American president, a female speaker of the house and there's the white guy, Bob, hahahaha", with the camera on Joe Biden. It was almost said as if there should have been white guys in those other positions?
You can find a clip at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/24/katie-couric-on-biden-the_n_169695.html if you happened to miss it.
And here, just yesterday, I naively said I didn't believe things were always about race. Today it's looking like it's not only about race but about gender, too. Am I the only one who thinks this comment was not about "the white guy", Vice-President Biden?
I wonder how would this have gone over if Imus had said it? I would love to hear your thoughts....

NY Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author to Dead Primate

I just can't hold it in any longer....I wrote this comment in reply to "Mr. Dreadful" who was commenting on Sam Stein's article "New York Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author To Dead Primate" in the Huffington Post who was commenting on the New York Post's chimp cartoon (boy that was long).
My comment below, is in response to this comment in the Huffington by Mr. Dreadful.

Bravo, Mr. Dreadful! My translation of this cartoon is that the chimp relates more to the stimulus bill itself than any person or race. To me it infers that the bill was written in panic (maybe by crazed lunatics) to save the economy. If I were going to relate the chimp in this cartoon to people, it would be the Democrats. As reported in this paper, Nancy Pelosi commented in regards to Republicans not voting for the stimulus package, "We won the election, we wrote the bill." A little pompous, I"d say.
And yes, I totally agree with you, what does it say about those people who saw this as a racial issue? I might be naïve, but I don"t think things are always about race or black and white...and speaking of Al Sharpton, isn't he the one who wanted the innocent Duke boys hung and has still not apologized almost two years after the charges were dropped?


Things I maybe should have added to the post: In my mind African-Americans are NOT synonymous with monkeys. I do realize, however that this cartoon could have been hurtful to some people and maybe the NY Post should have been a little more sensitive to racial stereotypes. However, it upsets me that I need to be sensitive to racial undertones because of narrow-minded bigots. If those people did not exist, maybe no one would have to worry any more about any comments ever being racial slurs or cartoons like this being offensive.