The last month has been mostly working on getting the opera Hansel & Gretel up for Illumination Opera. It took all my waking hours, but now it is over and there is more music to learn, Christmas is almost upon us (Lessons and Carols Sunday - my favorite service of the year), and all the dreary house chores are still waiting for me. How I wish with all my heart that I was like Martha Stewart. I have suddenly realized that I have such a great imagination that I have imagined how nice the house could be so well that I don't feel like I actually have to DO anything to make it happen. It is pretty daunting anyway when you have to do it all yourself.
There are so many things to write about seriously, but I just can't today. Here's what I want to know now: Why is Jennifer Aniston in our face everywhere, everyday? She must have the greatest publicist on the face of the planet. I have not seen any indication this woman has any real talent at all. Other than having snagged Brad Pitt and having had the incredible good fortune to be on Friends, she has done nothing of merit that I know of, but she continues to be thrust in our faces. I sure wish the little boy in the Emperor's New Clothes would show up and point out (I started to say that she was naked, but apparently she just posed nude for GQ, so that would be pointing out the obvious) how little talent she has compared with thousands of other actresses. After World Peace, Ending Famine, etc., my wish would be for Editors all over the world to come to their senses in the new year and stop featuring JA or anyone else whose fame is just being famous. Don't tell me about how JA has become a great humanitarian because there are lots of people who have been walking the walk for a very long time who are more deserving of press.
That's my rant for the day.
Onward and upward
