Life In A Nutshell

Alot has gone on since the last time I blogged.

Heath Ledger has left us in a blink of an eye.
Britney Spears is once again hospitialized in a successful intervention by her parents.
Nicole and Christina both had their babies adding to the ever growing roster of celebrity babies.
and in a surprising twist the Giants won the superbowl!

The saddest of these events is of course the passing of Heath Ledger. Heath was a gentle and humble man who successfully lived his life outside the trappings of Hollywood until his recent split with Michelle Williams.

Losing Michelle seemed to open up the can of worms that would lead to the eventual loss of a bright and shining star.

There are many sad elements to this tale of tradgedy but some stick out more than others - top shelf being a beautiful two year old named Matilda Rose who will never get the opportunity to know her father and Michelle Williams who will never get the opportunity to marry the love of her life.

I know that Michelle and Heath had broken up - but many couples do and find their way eventually back to each other given time to work through the issues -they never got that time.

The news reports their break-up as happening last year, which makes it sound so long ago, but the reality is it was only in September, a mere four months prior.

Think back to your last break- up and the four month mark of it and you will probably remember as I do that it was still very fresh and very painful to see that person who was no where near expunged from your heart, never mind your life.

And on top of that they had the common bond of a daughter.

The next level of tradgedy in this would be that a man who loved his family and his daughter with an unbridled passion had to die alone and lonely. It is a sad ending to a very lovely man.

His roster of work is ecletic and brillant and painful to watch right now but given time that and his daughter are where his legacy lie and where the world will truly remember him.

I was touched deeply by his death as were many and I hope he is at peace - I know he is watching over his daughter and family keeping them as close in his heart in death as he did in life.

Britany, gosh what can you say about her that hasn't already been said.

I feel for her and believe she is truly ill and not really in control of her actions.

I don't feel you can be this much of a trainwreck in a calculated move for publicity.

I think it's ashame and to be honest a little weird, the people that she trusts in her inner circle while she systematically shuts out her family.

It's hard to say where things with Britany went so wrong - in a perfect world she would have never cheated on Justin and they would be happily married with babies by now, but alas this is not a perfect world.

She chose the darker path and as a result has paid the consequences in spades.

I don't want to say that Britany is selfish, I think she's really just never been taught not to be.

I think her life of "yes people" was a serious detriment to her and that she's had no grounding in the reality of a world where you can't have everything you want.

Where money doesn't buy happiness.

Because I think that's all Britany really wants is to be happy again like she was with Justin.

To have a life where the people surrounding her are truly her friends and not "soul suckers" who are out to better their standing in life by sponging off a mentally sick pop star.

Britany has far too many opportunists in her life to ever live a normal one.

Thankfully her parents have finally stepped in and said enough is enough.

In better news Christina Aguilera had her baby boy Max Liron Bratman and Nicole Richie and Joel Madden gave birth to a baby girl Harlow Winter Kate Madden.

Congratulations to them both!

Their seems to be a huge baby wave sweeping the Hollywood nation now as births are happening and pending.

We still have the impending offspring of Jennifer Lopez, Haley Berry and Jessica Alba to await and the more recently announced Gwen Stefani.

Not to mention the rumored speculation of Angelina Jolie being preggers with twins!

If this turns out to be true and not just anothe rumor that would bring the Pitt-Jolie brood up to six, which is a healthy number by any standards, but on top of that it is also rumored that Brad and Angie are planning yet another adoption before the end of the year.

Seven kids....seriously?

Well more power to them because I have only one and it sometimes feels like a very monumental task to keep him happy and thriving.

Okay I am not a big football never have been and probably never will be, but yesterdays Superbowl upset was exciting!

To see the underdog come out victorious is the thing that dreams are made of, but I have to admit is was sad to see Tom Brady so close to a pretty huge accomplishment of winning four superbowls, something that would have rank him among some of the greats, only to lose it so close to the end of the game.

That's the kind of thing that sticks with you in the regrets and disappointment departments.

On the flip side Eli Manning must be walking on cloud nine - maybe even above it!

In all fairness both sides played a great game and deserve that recognition, whoever was going to come out on the losing end of that game had nothing to be ashamed of.

I suspect a great deal of money probably changed hands in betting pools too and that the people who picked the Giants to win and got heckled for it ended up getting the last laugh as well as the huge wad of cash for winning with an underdog team.

This week should be challanging with hubby home. He's starting to drop heavy hints about the job thing now and I'm starting to feel backed into a corner to get a job outside the house.

I just know it's a big mistake though -

I know somehow, somewhere I will be able to make my writing goal work for me if I just had more time.

I am a writer - I love to write.