Holy cow, everyone, I am so close to finishing up these projects, I can't believe it. I'm really going to do it. I'm really going to finish. I could cry. No. Wait. Stop. Too tired to cry. Need all my strength to keep my eyes open to complete my list before midnight on December 31. There will be time for tears after the New Year. My advice to you is to buy stock in Kleenex. I think I'll plow through countless boxes of tissue once this is all over, driving stock prices through the roof. Wait, does that count as insider training? (I think there's a "Living Martha" joke in there, somewhere).
Today marked a milestone: I have completed the last of my reading and all the movies I need to see in the theatre/home. I love reading and films, but I don't think I'll ever be able to sit down for more than 30 minutes at a time ever again. My butt keeps falling asleep. Nothing to solve this problem is listed on Oprah.com, but common sense says get off my booty and go for a walk.
I might have finally killed my VCR. It did not record Oprah this morning. I walked into the living room, mentally-prepped to watch the rerun about the world's tiniest dog (which, believe it or not, I'd prefer to see than Marley & Me, which I found painful). My VCR, however, looked like death warmed over. It was barely breathing, wouldn't rewind or play. I could see its life was flashing before its eyes. And it's totally my fault. I wish you could all see my Himalayan piles of VHS tapes of Oprah.
Hindsight Point #1: I should have gotten a DVR at the beginning of this year. (Or at any point during the year when I thought, "Why on earth am I still using these antiquated tapes?") I will have to watch the show tonight at 11pm. So, while you are cuddled up warmly in your beds this evening, please send me your best thoughts. I'll be watching Oprah, shivering on my couch just like the world's tiniest dog.
Ok folks. No more time for gab. I have to stock my shelves with beans before I head out to work. Yes, that's on my to-do list. I'm not making it up. I'm also touching up my gray roots tonight with my Oprah-approved hair-dye. Oh, I almost forgot - yikes! - I've also got to do my daily meditation - argh! - didn't get that done this morning as I was finishing Inconvenient Truth. Can you believe I've sunk so low? I'm shoe-horning meditation into my insane day. Nothing says rest, quiet and focus like doing an imitation of a chicken with its head cut off for several weeks straight.
Can I get an "OMmmmm?"
PS. Sorry for the inocuous post. I don't have a single deep thought in my head. I tried to come up with something meaningful, but all I could think about was how much I have a hankering for a hardboiled egg. Isn't that nice? I tried to come up with heartfelt thoughts about being a person shackled by the pressures of the media in my life, and instead, I kept wondering if I'd eat the egg plain or make egg salad. I've hit a new low. Living Oprah = De-volution.
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I think this is the best time of year to let your mind go a little bit blank. I never got out of my pajamas today and I'm in denial about the fact that I never sent the Christmas cards this year. I think I might send out Valentines with our kid's photos instead.
Interesting question about if Oprah would make a good friend. I voted, but I'm not totally sure about my choice.
Hi LO, and Hi iamsusie! I'm glad for susie's comment...since all I can do tonight is let my mind go blank. I'm going nuts. No one around to talk to!
anyway....LO, I'm surprised you didn't write about the canceled memoir, "angel at the fence." the author, H. Rosenblat, has been on Oprah twice, and she called it "the greatest love story ever told on this show," and...surprise! it's a bit of a hoax. he made up how he met his wife, and now the memoir has been canceled, blah blah blah, etc. etc.
i look forward to your take on this!
happy new year and congrats.
Susie, I just took off my pajamas for the first time today because I have to go to work! I can totally relate. I think Valentine's cards with your kids' pics are a fab idea.
EB, OMG. I can't believe I didn't mention it either. See what I mean? BLANK as a new chalkboard. I'll write on that tomorrow. OY!
xoLO
OMmmmmm.
Waking up this morning in my hometown of Chicago, I figured I'd get a 9AM fix of Oprah (it's the only time she should be on as far as I am concerned). I lost interest pretty freaking fast. Dogs dancing? Dogs being freakishly small? I don't think so. Sorry you have to watch it tonight. Bad, VCR, bad!
Hello LO,
I've never commented on your blog before, but I actually started reading it a few months ago. In the first few days, I had devoured about seven months worth, I think. I think you're a really entertaining writer; I like hearing your perspective on things. Anyway, I was glad to read that you will be continuing the blog next year! Good luck to you, and congratulations on the end being so near!!!
Jen
Maybe you've discovered the purpose behind "Living Oprah"--to remove all deep thoughts from your head! Ta-dahhh. You are now an empty vessel.
Oh, this had me laughing out loud, because this Christmas I fulfilled an Oprah instruction from seval years ago! It was a favourite things episode and she said we MUST get TiVo! Well, I have patiently waited ever since for it to be released in Australia and it has finally! And I LOVE it, jus as O said I would. Pity she didn't tell you to get one this year!
You....can....do....it!!!
End...just...in....sight.....must....hold......on.
My thoughts are with you, Tasmanian DeviLO. :)
Hang in there LO! It's just a matter of hours now...We're all sending good vibes, and, if this was a race, we'd be handing out cups of water to you and cheering you on!
Really, you didn't care for Marley and Me--Is it kind of a bust, or was it more that it's just not fun watching 8 pre-Oprah-prescribed movies in a row? I read the book and just loved it, but I wasn't sure how Hollywood would treat it on the big screen... (They often mess stuff up and change things too much).
Hang in there! You only have approximately 39 hours to go! Then you'll get your OM moment. :)
american girl, i know - it was BRUTALLY dull! and i had seen it earlier in the year. ARGH!
jen, i'm thrilled you came out of lurkdom to drop me such a nice note. thanks for being so thoughtful!
pixielated, LOL.
yvettedownunder, oh cool, you like it? you'd recommend it? somehow, i'm very intimidated by it.
seb, you consistently crack me up and make me feel like a million bucks. oh - and i wanted to let you know that i'm not holding the movie Australia against you. it's not your fault that Baz made the longest movie EVER, maaaaaate!
melissa, it's just really stiff and boring, i think. my understanding, from people who read the book, is that the novel is really charming and lovely and fun and melancholy (or should i say melan-collie? get it? collie? cuz it's a dog movie? omg, i'm overtired). but the movie just flattens it out. it feels like a sit-com at first, then a TV movie-of-the-week. BUT...keep in mind...i'm not a dog-person, so that might have been a detriment in my enjoyment.
have a great day!
xo
LO
Oh, LO, I'm starting to get a little melancholy myself now that we're close to the end and you'll be leaving us!
Took everyone to see M & M on Xmas day. Yes, I said Xmas day. It's a tradition that my family chooses the movie to see together. We are movie people. I thought it was okay. Pulled at the heartstrings alot but I love dogs.
What I really loved was the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Was it on your list to see?
LO, I'm pulling for you! I should have sent you sacks of beans in the mail for Christmas! Is that why you were initially anonymous?
Gawker has a hilarious take on the memoir drama - and how it seems Oprah is the fulcrum around which these phony writers revolve. Does that metaphor make sense?
I took my family to see Marley and Me on Sunday, and we all cried our eyes out. I read the book, and the movie does alter a fairly important scene from the book, which I really don't understand. My 13 year old son objected to all the marital PDA's, but he was wiping his eyes at the end, too.
We saw Marley and Me with our kids. I thought it was wrongly marketed as a family comedy romp. That couple had lots of sex, although they were married so I guess it's okay. Not long into the movie you realize the dog is doomed and the whole things sort of drags until the melancholy ending. Also the dad isn't very involved with his kids although he is obviously supposed to be a family man. Jennifer Anniston is really cute.
1 - Happy Belated!! Sorry this is late but being a Dec baby myself I hope you understand the chaos that comes with it!
2 - I love the pictures you've posted. So festive!
3 - OK...please elaborate on the movies you saw in the theatre. I saw 7 pounds over the weekend. I know you mentioned American Girl and Marley and Me, but I can't remember if you saw this one. I would love your thoughts (Mine: So disappointing).
4 - Less than two days. What will you do with your free time!? Congrats :)
I just feel the need to put this out there:
I have saved EVERY single O magazine since her first issue with Camille Cosby. I had them displayed and hung on a special rack in my bedroom with Oprah's face peeking out from every issue. I often would pick one out to read before bed. Well, today, as the new year approaches, and with new beginnings in front of me, I decided to donate them to a woman's shelter. I am feeling guilty, but mostly very free and cleansed.
Forgive me Oprah for I have sinned....
Betty
you're getting close! i hope you have a nice vacation scheduled - or at least a couple of good massages and a long hot bath. you deserve it. your blog continues to be fascinating, and i'm glad you're continuing next year, though i hope it won't be as stressful for you. and happy birthday!
beth (red-headed linguist)
i voted "no" on your poll this week because, based on reading your blog, it sounds like oprah is pretty out of touch with the way most people live. she would probably make a good friend to other celebrities, but i think it would be tough for an average person to feel she was a good friend (what, your fridge is empty? have your butler call trotter's and get them to send over a steak dinner . . . ). ok, maybe she's not that out of touch, and i think she's a good person, but i'm not sure she'd be a good friend for an average person.
beth (red-headed linguist)
LO, have you liked any of the movies that Oprah has recommended? The movies that have opened in the past few weeks have gotten pretty lukewarm reviews, except for Frost/Nixon and some of the more artsy films (Wendy and Lucy, Slumdog Millionaire). Oh, and I've heard that Valkyrie is good.
I could never see Marley and Me; I'm too much of a crybaby. My mother soon learned NEVER to take me to sad animal movies (i.e. ALL animal movies) when I was inconsolable at the end of King Kong (at about age 3). I loved that big ape!
How awful that the Rosenblats lied about their story and that the publishers and movie makers and Oprah didn’t figure it out. So sad.
Some Holocaust love stories are true. The NY Times featured a story about the famous comic book artists Stan Lee and Neal Adams and a story they were publicizing.
The story is about Dina Gottliebova Babbitt who was a 19 year old art student at Auschwitz. There she was asked by the Jewish head of the children's camp to paint something to cheer them up. Dina painted a mural of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and in the end, Dina's art became the reason for her salvation.
Painting the mural for the children caused Dina to be taken in front of Dr. Mengele, the Angel of Death. She thought she was going to be gassed, but she bravely stood up to Mengele and he decided to make her his portrait painter, saving herself and her mother from the gas chamber.
After the war, Dina applied for a job to be an animator and the person interviewing her turned out to be the man who created Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs for the movie. They fell in love and got married. Show White saved Dina's life twice!
Wow, I didn't realize that you were using a VCR to tape the episodes!
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