It's everywhere, even in my reality TV escapes. The camera shot of David Cook's brother on AI yesterday brought me to tears. And even freakin' annoying Simon on The Real Housewives of NYC moved me when he talked about the death of his stepfather. The kids were watching AI with me yesterday and asked about David Cook's brother. They also know that Susan just passed away from cancer (and when we talked about that, H mentioned that the father of one of her classmates died of cancer), so I think it was natural for H to ask me, with a tinge of worry in her voice, "how do you get cancer?" I sort of sidestepped the question, but I think it makes sense to talk about it intelligently, but without creating needless panic.
I was pleasantly surprised by Mariah Carey. I figured she was just a dumb chanteuse, and was impressed that she actually wrote all those songs. She also seemed to give coherent, good advice to the singers.
Oh Alex and Simon. Alex, for somebody who fashions herself as an intellectual, cultured socialite, you would think you would know not to say "it's important to Simon and I." That's one of my biggest pet peeves--to me, it's the sign of someone who tries to appear smart because the "and I" construction is one of those things that was drilled in to you during grammar lessons, so the person goes to that as a knee-jerk reaction even though the "and me" construction is actually the correct one in certain usages. Oh Alex, way to shame that NU degree (in so many ways). Their kids were total nightmares. Who brings toddlers to a formal dinner party at a nice restaurant and then allows them to run amok? And Francois? Stick it. His whole "I'm too smart for you" at the child psychologist's office was so not charming. I was pretty amused to see that he will be attending a public school in Brooklyn--oh, the horrors.
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