The Bee is Back

Soooooo, I haven't been so good about the blogging.  I know, I know.  A friend reminded me at lunch today that there actually are people who read this.  Who knew?  (BTW, hello to my one fan in NC.)

To be honest, I have been a little uninspired as of late.  Bad news is ubiquitous at this point.  The economy is bad, job losses are at an all time high, etc., etc., etc.  I don't need to tell you.  You have seen the reports.  It is just all overwhelming.  I have been trying to limit the amount of news that I watch without becoming completely uninformed.  Instead I have been doing a lot of reading, watching a lot of movies and checking up on the pop culture world.  Here is what I have found:

• Oprah is still kind of crazy.  I admit it.  I watched Best Life Week last week.  Guess what?  We got to all hear--in detail--how Oprah feels about her weight gain, how people around Oprah feel about her weight gain and how total strangers feel about Oprah's weight gain.  (To add my two cents, I don't care about Oprah's weight gain.)  We also learned more about Oprah's thyroid condition than I ever cared to know, that Oprah thinks that she can be our spiritual advisor and that Suze Orman thinks that we will all be on our way to financial security if we stop eating in restaurants for one month.  (If that sounds confusing, don't worry, the shows didn't help to clarify.  At least you saved some time by reading the synopsis rather than watching for an hour every day.)  I did not watch the sex-themed show at the end of the week because I was so traumatized by the sex show where Oprah had a middle-aged couple on talking about their sexual dysfunction.  These people have teenage children, and they showed their faces and used their real names.  Those poor kids.
• The Golden Globes actually rewarded the people who deserved to be rewarded this year.  It was great to see the smaller, more independent film Slumdog Millionaire win.  There was an embarrassment of riches to choose from in film this year.  Of course, there was the fashion to review as well.  My Best of the Best?  Kate Winslet looked stunning (STUNNING), and Sandra Bullock's dress was elegant.  My Worst of the Worst?  J. Lo's dress was hideous.  (Shapeless gold lame?  No gracias.)  Eva Mendes's hair was a sloppy rat's nest.  The true Worst of the Worst, though, was Renee Zelwigger with both a terrible dress and terrible hair.  It was truly surprising.  She normally looks so lovely.  Sunday night she looked like she was dragged through a bush backwards on the way to the ceremony.  Renee, don't just fire your stylist.  Shoot her.
• J. Lo isn't wearing her wedding ring.  I haven't heard the full scoop on this one yet.  She arrived at the Globes with her hubby, but that ring was conspicuously absent.
• Brad Pitt and Kate Blanchett are two supernaturally attractive people--as well as two amazingly talented people.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was one of my favorite movies in an fantastic season.  What could have been a three hour gimmick was a wonderfully engaging story.

There is more, but if I write about it now, I will not have anything else to blog about this week.  If you like the blog--or even if you don't--please comment.  Let me know what you like and what you don't.  Knowing that there are readers out there can definitely supply inspiration when it is hard to find elsewhere.