Odds and Ends

The news has been jam packed with little stories that have stayed on my mind. And I don’t mean the usual trivial Lindsey or Paris updates. Here’s a quick run down on what has been on my mind.

It’s Time to Have a Baby

Not me. I still have a ways to go. I’m referring to the random (yet wanted and happy) pregnancies of Salma Hayak and now Halle Berry. Not taking anything away from their joy but every woman is familiar with the clicking biological clock and the ever-present message that you’re getting older and therefore better have a baby before your eggs and ovaries dry up. It’s kinda like Eddie Murphy and Warren Beatty taking a break from whoring around and deciding it’s time to settle down. With both woman looking at the other side of 40, that clock ticks loudly for all to hear. I know being a first time mom at 36. This may not seem old but in mommy years, I’m playing catch up.

There Goes the Neighborhood

I don’t know if Barbara Walters thought closely about putting two black women on The View panel. Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd (who was brilliant on Everyone Loves Raymond and Less Than Perfect) were inspired choices. Combined that are clever, witty and ten time less annoying that Rosie. I may have to start putting the sistas on my TiVo season pass.

Sweet Nectar of the Gods

Oprah is back! Yippee. By now, you all know I don’t want to be Oprah but want to be more Oprah-esque. She kicked off the season with my favorite smart ass David Letterman. I’ve been a fan from when he was on the other network. I even got my mother watching him. I adore his dry since of humor and warped mind. I also relate to his private reclusive nature. The show was insightful with Oprah pulling gems from the gap toothed talk show host in between his jokes and half answers. The last segment was reserved for the lackluster yet underwhelming performance by Lisa Marie Presley with papa Elvis. They sang In the Ghetto, which is one of my mother’s favorite Elvis songs. I could have done without the pairing but applaud the effort.

What’s on your mind today?

I'm Not Saying I'm Clairvoyant

But I can predict the future. I’m referring to Oprah’s recent guest Dina Matos McGreevey, the long -suffering wife of former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey/the gay American. You may remember the buzz a few years back when after being blackmailed by a male lover, McGreevey was shoved out of the closet. Who was the glassy-eyed blond with the nervous smile by his side? It was his mortified and obviously stunned wife.

I remember watching the show and thinking his story was interesting but everyone would want to hear from his wife. I knew Oprah would get the interview. Dina was out promoting her new book Silent Partner. I have to say her appearance was a huge disappointment. If her book reads like her interview, it will suck.

It’s obvious that she’s passed her shocked stage and slid into the bitter angry stage. I’m not saying she doesn’t have a right to be there. I probably would have slashed his clothes or caught his clothes on fire ala Angela Bassett in Waiting to Exhale. But she’s way too furious to tell her story objectively. She needs more time and prospective on the matter.

She portrayed herself as a victim and I don’t think she’s a victim. She’s a survivor. Her husband did a hurtful thing but she’s still taking the angle that she had no clue. She admits he was extremely secretive. Hushed conversations with his first wife? Throwing a secret party for Wife #1? Not meeting his child from the first marriage? Never visiting her in-laws house? Having his friend ask you if you’d accept a proposal from him if he asked?? This doesn’t make him gay but it does make him peculiar. She sounded like she was in the denial stage.

I’m not judging her but her story and memories didn’t seem 100%.

If you saw the Oprah or read the book, what are your thoughts?