Middle of the night musings

There is not much on TV these days. It seems every time I turn it on there's a new ridiculous reality show. They sure seem to chose, in the best of cases, the most uninteresting, self-centered and emotionally retarded people, leaving dull, vapid lives. First it was the spectacularly depressing gated-community blondes from the Real Housewives of Orange County. Then the sad wanna bes from the New York season. Now there's the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Grown women in petty fights, flaunting their terrible taste and god awful table manners. Depressing. There's I love money, Rock of Love, Charm School, The Girls Next Door. Basically a bunch of seriously dysfunctional train wrecks, most of them absolutely illiterate. It's not that I only want to see fascinating social documentaries, it's that I would welcome more compelling characters. I am a voyeuse, always have been, and I used to love reality shows. I was a big fan of MTV's Real World, back when it was something more than just the token perfectionist Asian, the token gay, the token angry black man or woman, the token stupid middle American, all pumped, all naked in a hot tub. Now it's so predictable, so boring. And I won't even go into The Pick Up Artist. I don't know who decided this imbecile had something worth teaching, but whoever it was needs to have his/her head examined.

I am also tired of the celebrity blogs. There is only so much I can handle of David Duchovny's sexual addiction, Brit Brit Cheeto addiction, SamRo and HoHan's escapades, etc. etc. etc. etc. For the record, I think Vadje looks like a mean old junkie and I couldn't care less about her divorce. Who in their right mind could have married her in the first place?

So after all this crap, I find it extremely refreshing to stumble upon a well written, inspiring blog from an genuine human being. Here it is. Enjoy it.

Anyway, now that I pronounced my deep statement for the week, let me tell you that ... OMG!!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!!!!!!! I saw Tom Cruise on Friday!!!!!! Live!!!!! And he is GORGEOUS!!!!!

I was at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, already comfortably seated, ready for my Arthur Miller cry fest, when I looked to my left and saw somebody who looked like Oprah walking to her seat, more or less on my row, but in the middle of the orchestra. I looked really hard and saw Gayle, so I knew it was Oprah. And then TA DAN!!! Tommy Boy himself! Flashing his trademark grin. I did my best to play it cool. Not like those tourists from NJ or Ohio, all dressed up like they were going to a funeral (it's very easy to tell who's not from NY on Broadway), who were hanging from the mezzanine straining to see them.

I could marry that man! I don't give a damn if he believes in little green monsters. I don't find his faith any more or any less far-fetched than the more mainstream ones and if he does everything with the same intensity he puts in that dazzling smile, Katie must be a very satisfied woman.

And now I gotta go back to my text (thankfully, I should be done in an hour or so).