I've changed the name of this blog from My first attempt, to Brain Drain Pan (it sounded funny) and will now see how I feel about I. Am, don't forget to notice the dot. :-)

How am I feeling today one might ask....just got thru watching "Starting Over"....what a hokey graduation Layne had to endure. I'll have to think about the symbolism of it all....when she kissed her own hand, it occured to me that she might have been given a symbol that best represented her stay in the starting over house and used it. It looked weird and it felt weird. And Tess has now been asked to leave the starting over house. Despite all my frustrations watching her in the last few weeks, I must admit I did feel sorry for her. I really hope the "show" provided a means for her to have some kind of closure and more psychotherapy. Why couldn't she get it. What was she unable to integrate into her behavior. Did she really get a pay off for not graduating and holding on to all of her issues. Yep it was sad to watch her pack her belongings and not have her look up at the camera. And why did the show decide to follow her to the last moment of her getting into the limo. Did they want us to see something? Did they want her to see something? All along I kept thinking Tess was on the show not to resolve her life issues but to become a television star and the way she acted demonstrated to me that she might have felt "acting" out was good television.....Wrong! Tess. It's sad that she was not able to use all the talent in the life coaches and therapy sessions.
In fact this season seems odd. Some of the cast members on the show have deep wounds and seem to need more than the show can offer them. I'm certain there is criteria the show uses when they decide on whom to cast for the show, and it appears that the next season will have a different format. I do like this show. It really helps me get in touch with areas in my life I have forgotten to revisit, mostly out of self-preservation perhaps.