I just read that Rosie O'Donnell is being fired from the TV program "The View" and will be leaving in June. That's 6 weeks away. To be honest, I haven't watched the show in the year she has been on mainly because I work and my company would frown if I watched TV all day. I know Rosie has been outspoken and has gotten in a few verbal brawls with other celebrities, and I am sure being unemployed isn't going to put her in the unemployment line or the poor house.
What I am wondering, however, how come celebrities who get fired or give notice that they are leaving as Katie Couric did, get to stay on a while. When the civilian population gets fired, they are usually given a few hours to clean out their desks and some companies require that the fired employee is escorted out the building. Even employees who are leaving on their own are usually only given a week. Companies do this so that the employees won't talk to other employees. If one is being fired, one might not have the best opinion of their employers and if one is leaving voluntarily, there is obbviously a reason they are changing jobs so why would the company want them around?
Celebrities on the other hand get to stay on just like Rosie and Katie (she stayed 3 more months). How will Rosie act in front of the audience the next 6 weeks knowing she has been axed? What's she going to do? Will she rave about how happy she is that she will get some vacation time or how wonderful Barbara Walters is for firing her? Maybe she will take advantage of the extra air time to appeal to the members of the audience to give her a job. You know "anyone can rent a comedian for the day". I just don't understand the firing concept of the show business industry!!!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
COUNTING THE DAYS
It seems all the 5 cousins are counting days right now. One of my cousins works for the school board and she is counting days until summer vacation and the other cousin and her hubby are going to Ireland in June so she too is counting days.
By co-incidence, I am also counting days. I also have a trip planned in June (no, not to Ireland) and I will be spending time with my brother whom I haven't seen in about 4 years. He and I will meet with some friends in Iowa and spend a week with them checking out houses and towns since we plan to retire there in two years. I am assuming that my brother is also counting the days until he too is on vacation.
The last of the 5 cousins is in the process of moving at the end of April so she too is counting days until the move is completed.
When it dawned on me that all of us were counting days, I was in shock. What happens when all this wishing is over and life returns to the normal every day occurance. We will be a grumpy pack of cousins that's what will happen. At least we will all be in the same mood at the same time!! Isn't that something to forward to in September???
By co-incidence, I am also counting days. I also have a trip planned in June (no, not to Ireland) and I will be spending time with my brother whom I haven't seen in about 4 years. He and I will meet with some friends in Iowa and spend a week with them checking out houses and towns since we plan to retire there in two years. I am assuming that my brother is also counting the days until he too is on vacation.
The last of the 5 cousins is in the process of moving at the end of April so she too is counting days until the move is completed.
When it dawned on me that all of us were counting days, I was in shock. What happens when all this wishing is over and life returns to the normal every day occurance. We will be a grumpy pack of cousins that's what will happen. At least we will all be in the same mood at the same time!! Isn't that something to forward to in September???
Monday, April 9, 2007
SPRING FEVER - CALIFORNIA VERSION
I grew up in Montreal, Canada! Although I have lived in southern California over 40 years, I still get spring fever. Not quite as severe as I did in Canada but enough to recognize the symptoms.
As long as I have lived in California, people still ask me what I miss most about Canada. My answer has always been the same. The wonderful aroma of lilacs. People who grew up in southern California cannot understand how important lilacs are to the weary winter mind. After 5 long months of cabin fever, nothing signals spring like the smell of lilacs in the air even though they only last about 3 to 5 weeks, it's absolutely worth the wait. Lilacs need super cold to bloom and southern California weather makes growing lilacs almost impossible. Dedicated growers put 25 lbs of ice on the roots each night for about 4 months and even then, the color might be right but the aroma is very faint
Last week I attended a Moose function in Santa Barbara. Decorating the main table was a vase filled with REAL lilacs. At first I wasn't sure they were real but as I approached the table, the unmistakeable aroma hit my nose and I about passed out. I picked up the vase and stuck my entire face into the blooms. I was in shock. I couldn't imagine how lilacs magically appeared in Southern California. Not only real lilacs but lilacs with the full blossom aroma.
The member who brought them explained that the temperature in the Santa Barbara area this year was so cold that only a small amount of ice was required and her entire bush was filled with the best smelling flowers rather than the few sprigs she usually gets. I was in absolute heaven. I didn't care who was in the room. I sat the vase in front of me the entire evening. I need not have worried about competitionm, since the other attendees had all grown up in southern California and had no idea why these little purple flowers were so important, I had no competition trying to take the vase away from me. Kathy even let me take them home after the Moose function. They only lived 2 days but by that time, I had worn them out.
Now my spring fever is at a maximum level. My lilac sinuses have been opened and they are telling my brain that after 40 years, it's truly spring. This might be the best spring I enjoy since I moved to California. The aroma was exactly what my mind thought had been missing. It's officially spring in California.
As long as I have lived in California, people still ask me what I miss most about Canada. My answer has always been the same. The wonderful aroma of lilacs. People who grew up in southern California cannot understand how important lilacs are to the weary winter mind. After 5 long months of cabin fever, nothing signals spring like the smell of lilacs in the air even though they only last about 3 to 5 weeks, it's absolutely worth the wait. Lilacs need super cold to bloom and southern California weather makes growing lilacs almost impossible. Dedicated growers put 25 lbs of ice on the roots each night for about 4 months and even then, the color might be right but the aroma is very faint
Last week I attended a Moose function in Santa Barbara. Decorating the main table was a vase filled with REAL lilacs. At first I wasn't sure they were real but as I approached the table, the unmistakeable aroma hit my nose and I about passed out. I picked up the vase and stuck my entire face into the blooms. I was in shock. I couldn't imagine how lilacs magically appeared in Southern California. Not only real lilacs but lilacs with the full blossom aroma.
The member who brought them explained that the temperature in the Santa Barbara area this year was so cold that only a small amount of ice was required and her entire bush was filled with the best smelling flowers rather than the few sprigs she usually gets. I was in absolute heaven. I didn't care who was in the room. I sat the vase in front of me the entire evening. I need not have worried about competitionm, since the other attendees had all grown up in southern California and had no idea why these little purple flowers were so important, I had no competition trying to take the vase away from me. Kathy even let me take them home after the Moose function. They only lived 2 days but by that time, I had worn them out.
Now my spring fever is at a maximum level. My lilac sinuses have been opened and they are telling my brain that after 40 years, it's truly spring. This might be the best spring I enjoy since I moved to California. The aroma was exactly what my mind thought had been missing. It's officially spring in California.
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