Things that make me go hmmmm...(part 2)

Today I had to run some errands for the production company. I was zipping up and down the streets and avenues of NYC like I owned the place, I don't however...I think Donald Trump does. Along the way some things caught my eye/s.

Octo-mum - this is the story of the woman in California who has just given birth to octuplets, in addition to the six other kids she already has! Maybe it is the comic book geek within but I was disappointed when I found out the truth because I thought that there was a women out there with eight limbs, which I thought was cool. Like Doctor Octopus from Spiderman. Or a normal octopus.

Gladiator shoes - walking past a shoe store window I saw those god awful strappy shoes that have become the trend. If I had walked into Prada or Ralph Lauren four years ago and said "gladiator shoes, think about it" I would have been escorted out of the fashion show. Who convinced the manufacturers that skinny girls out there wanted to dress up like Spartacus? And what is worse is that they do! They do want to look like a roman centurion. I hear togas are the must wear item in '09.

What does change smell like? - walking past some street merchants selling knock off cologne and perfume (think Huge Buss and Kevin Kline No 1) I saw one scent with President Obama emblazoned across the box with The Stars and Stripes in the background. It was called Change. I imagine that this smells like a mixture of new puppy, fresh laundry and unicorn farts. I bet that Republicans are hoping it quite quickly begins to smell like disappointment and "I told you so".

Multiple-personality disorder issues - seeing a poster for Toni Collette's new show, The United States of Tara, about a mother with multiple personality disorder, made me think it must be very difficult to plan ahead with this illness. Like with laundry, if you don't know who is turning up tomorrow how do you know what clothes need to be washed? Does one personality know about the other ones? Does they operate on a roster system? Logistically this must be very hard on all concerned. In Tara one of the personalities is male, does the husband still get to have sex with his wife who is still, by the laws of science, a vagina club member? This must be very taxing. I think that multiple-personality disorder sufferers would make Wife Swap more interesting.