Finding Rosie

I read a snippet in the paper this morning about Rosie O'Donnell suing some tabloid because they claimed she was breaking up with her partner, Kelli Carpenter. The article also noted that Kelli Carpenter recently had her name changed to Kelli O'Donnell.

I was and am a huge fan of Rosie, but Kelli changing her name seemed a bit odd to me since I had also read somewhere in the past that sometimes it was a struggle for her to maintain her own identity as the partner of such a high profile person. But I digress...

Reading this simply made me think of Rosie, and reflect on how she has absolutely and totally removed herself from (or has fallen from) the spotlight since she left her show. Thus, my thoughts of her reminded me of her interesting yet bizarre book, Find Me. How ironic the title is right now, as Rosie is nowhere to be found.

I won't give away the premise of the book, but I will say that my emotions once I reached the end of the book are hard to describe -- I was intrigued, yet stunned that Rosie was so open and yet so gullible about the strange relationship that she became entwined in.

As a fan, I hope that Rosie has found happiness.

Six Degrees Feet of Separation....

Too weird. They mentioned "Trading Spaces" on Six Feet Under (another of my obsessions) tonight. How cute is Kathy Bates in her guest starring role as the earthy shoplifter? It crossed my mind that she and Ruth may become more than just friends....

Yeah baby, Opera Babes!

Perhaps it's due to my incessant and constant watching of MSNBC war coverage, but this morning I saw a portion of an infomercial that struck me as kind of bizarre -- for a CD called Opera Babes.

In looking at their website, it appears that either I live in a paper bag, or these gals are currently a British Phenom. According to Opera Babe Karen, "Why shouldn't people look good and do opera? We haven't tried to cultivate a sexy image, we are just being ourselves - normal girls."

Watch (and listen) for the Opera Babes media tour of the US in May.