I suppose it’s difficult to be ‘in the loop’ if you don’t watch TV and only communicate and socialize with small children and their mamas. When facebook statuses started reflecting joy over David Cook last week, I had to fess up that the name didn’t even ring a bell.
With all the Sex in the City hype, I decided on opening night to pop down to the cinema and pick up a couple of tickets. The ticket kid rolled her eyes when I said “wow, really, sold out? Even the 10:20pm show?” It was like I lived on another planet.
Since I’ve only ever seen show re-runs, I have some knowledge gaps. I don’t know why Charlotte got divorced or who Carrie dated first – was Aidan before or after Burger? I did get tickets for last night and observed that movie-goers felt compelled to dress as cast members. I must have missed the memo suggesting cargo pants and Mabel’s Labels t-shirts were a no-go. Are we supposed to just know this??
I was recently in NYC for a sort of swanky event that was attended by a few celebs and media types. When someone entered the room, you could feel a buzz. That was my cue to grab the nearest b-lister and ask “and that would be….?” On one occasion I said “hmmm, he looks familiar” but it turned out to be a celeb’s personal assistant.
In an effort to connect to the happenings outside the mama world, I decided that turning on the TV once in a while would be a great start. Turns out, I still don’t know what’s happening on Grey’s Anatomy or any reality shows, but do manage to catch old Law and Order re-runs playing late night…..you know, when Ben Stone was the Assistant DA, long before Jack McCoy’s time. Ah, the good ol’ L&O days…..before Chris Noth was Big.
Seems for now there is a disconnect between those things going on in the outside world, and those going on in my world. You will all agree when I say we can celebrate that pop culture has NOTHING on mama culture! Well, that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.
(and the picture is of me with Zack Levi, star of “Chuck”. Didn’t know who he was, but did know that he was hunka hunka!)
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