Oprah Notes

Seeing as how Oprah is on at 4 pm, and I don’t have a VCR or Tivo/DVR, I rarely watch Miss O. But sometimes, I am home. Sometimes, I am sick. So since so many people like Kate and Natasha and Siobhan all blab on about how great Oprah is, I decided to watch it the other week.

I wondered, how much could Oprah have changed? I mean, as a kid, I was watching Oprah from the beginning. I’ve seen fat Oprah, and then skinny Oprah when she wheeled out those bags a little red wagon to symbolize her weight loss. And then back again. And back again.

But I was watching an episode which was about Oprah’s favorite things. And this is when I decided, isn’t this a little gratuitous and self-aggrandizing? I mean, do people really care about what Oprah’s favorite pajamas are(see pic)?

The answer being a two parter. I don’t, but people do.

Because I’m a forgiving and adventurous soul though, I watched. And I was told that would cry before the hour was out. I did not cry. I did not even get close to being weepy. I did not even get excited about the free stuff. It was fine really. I still like Oprah. I just don’t see how she has taken over the world. Maybe I need to watch more to figure it out.

But I thought I’d mention two more things:

— Did people really see this thing about KG donating all this money to build a house a month for two years for the Angel Network for peeps hit by Katrina? How cool is KG????? 24 houses! Scoop Jackson on ESPN.com scooped me to this fact.

— Did everyone see the thing on The Smoking Gun about this James Frey dude and his fraudulent book A Million Little Pieces? This was an Oprah Book Of The Month book. I am waiting now for Oprah to respond to this. Oprah watchers, you know who you are, keep me informed!