Oct 21, 2009
Bossy Saw Something So Ridiculous She Has To Interrupt Her Regularly Scheduled Depression.
When last we saw Bossy she was meditating on her life, behind closed eyelids, while snoring. Hello Bossy’s feet!
And before leaving the subject entirely, Bossy thinks there’s something to this idea of giving oneself a few days to consider life, without the usual guilt that you should be doing something else.
Many interesting things reveal when you allow yourself to be quiet. For instance, the sound of acorns. Hitting the roof. Above your head. A few every other second. Sister mercy where did all of these acorns come from this year and what’s going to prevent Bossy from drowning in them as she wades through her overrun front yard and maybe now would be a good time to go downstairs and watch Aunt Oprah?
And this is when Bossy saw the ridiculous thing.
The show featured five women who contracted HIV from the same guy, who was busy purposefully infecting a handful of other women at the same time, and bless all of their hearts what a terrible thing. Except.
Oprah was all, “Clearly HIV is still a taboo subject and so the women today have chosen to disguise themselves.”
Shall we?
Who was the joker producer who let these poor women go on international TV like that when they’re worried about their identities being revealed?
It takes a lot more than a wig to hide one’s identity.
Yeah, shouldn’t they have cloaked them under dim lights and added some prosthetics? And maybe done that voicebox thingie like Geraldo used to do?
I recommend cutting the family ties with Aunt Oprah for a quick fix to remedy some depression symptoms.
Or it could be that I am just not a fan. She depresses me. And then angers me. And then I love her. And then I hate her. And then I think she is ridiculous. And then I think she is an idiot. – And then I feel all manic depressive.
And then I just stop watching her. Like 6 years ago.
KEEP BELIEVING
With her millions, that’s the best Oprah has to offer in sheilding their identities?
i AGREE! I watched that show yesterday and thought it was ridiculous that anyone thought they were disguised in anyway! My heart goes out to those ladies for numerous reasons….one being that they will most certainly be “shunned” by people in their community who recognized them. What a shame!
–>Nothing like letting your “tiny” secret out on a television show watched Around the World. Next thing you know, these ladies will start a BLOG and be as big as Bossy!
http://www.WebSavyMom.com
Did they at least win a car?? Also I think the first woman is the wife from Everybody Loves Raymond.
what happened to the shadows and spooky voice modulation thing?
you know, if I had AIDS? I’d be fighting the good fight to unstigmatize it. Not hiding behind a wig. I’d be all like “MY NAME IS LORA AND I’M A GOOD PERSON WHO HAS AIDS. GOOD PEOPLE GET AIDS.”
Not “my name is flora and i’m a terrible fornicating sinner who is being punished with a horrible disease and i’m so ashamed and embarrassed about it that i can only go on oprah in a costume.”
But that’s just me. I’m sort of loud and proud like that.
Poor things.
It makes me take pity on them, and that’s mean.
i totally didn’t recognize you, bossy, or YOU, bossy’s daughter.
not at all.
who ARE those emo chicks???
Lora, I second that emotion.
Goodness, I’d recognize that Bossy anywhere. She’s the one from The Email!
Angie @ KEEP BELIEVING: Finally! Another who has given up on the baloney that is Ms. Oprah. I managed to quit that 10 years ago and have not looked back once. If her show ever reveals anything that crazy or juicy, it gets leaked days before. Not worth supporting that zombie group-think. JMO.
Oh, and the disguises on the women who put their faith in O and her staff protecting their identities? Criminal.
Lora: RIGHT ON!
Really? Those were disguises?
xox your clueless non-Oprah watcher
I want a wig. So I can disquise myself, drive over to my ex wifes house and SMACK her…kick her shin and she’ll never know who I am! Bahahaha
Were these the same women that were on Dateline (or one of those type shows) recently? Were they disguised then? Now I’m really confused.
(I have to add tho – loving these “centered” comments Bossy!)
Glad to see there are other people so over Oprah. And who the hell would go on TV and confess to a gazillion people they have aids in the worst disguises ever? (Is aids supposed to be capitalized?) And what is the motivation to do that? I’ve often wondered where the talkshows dig these people up and am beginning to suspect………..actors! No real people, actors. I mean, come on, wouldn’t you think that somehow, somewhere you would run into one of these people with such convoluted stories?
Oprah makes me so very tired.
Great shot of Flossy and Flossy, Jr!
the eyeshadow really helps to complete the disguise
Heeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyy-uuuuuuuuhhhhhh! Bossy gets to watch Aunt Oprah while in the midst of taking to bed and deeply pondering the meaning of life? You didn’t say THAT was part of the deal! Now I REALLY want to take to bed just like Bossy!
I think my neighbor have this too!! She walks around with hair like this!!!
AIDS is capitalized,Lizzy, because it is an abbreviation.
Manic Mommy I think the second one looks like a young Doris Roberts (Raymond’s mom)!
It makes me sad that people think they have to disguise themselves because they have AIDS. I was hoping we were over that.
i like oprah because she thinks all of her guests are full of wisdom. any guest can say whatever – and then oprah is all “a-ha moment!” and then the crowd cheers. and i bet that person feels pretty special.
I don’t watch Oprah anymore. For what ever reason these women decide to do this, I have to say Oprah probably does it for ratings. Nothing redeeming in this except maybe Bossy coming out of her funk!!
you may remember this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAc4q1YqdOU
“Clearly HIV is still a taboo subject”
This kind of made me hit the roof. WTF? HIV and AIDS should not be a taboo subject and if anyone has a bully pulpit that they should use to help de-taboo it, it is Aunt Oprah. Yet there she is continuing the enabling of making this disease something we are supposed to be afraid of, so more people will be reluctant to talk about it, more people will ignore symptoms and avoid treatment for fear of being outed, and more people will consequently contract it and get ill and potentially die. Good work, Oprah.
did oprah put the MAN’S face on teevee?
Those are the saddest excuses for disguises ever.
Post 16 Lizzy,
AIDS is capitalized because it is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
I just hope (didn’t watch show) that these women are hooked up with the AIDS community. There are a lot of support groups, phone lines, etc. out there. And a lot of people who won’t judge and want to help. (I used to work in the field, so I can guarantee this.) If they ever want to put their Lora on (waving at Lora) a lot of places and people who could use their help! The AIDS crisis isn’t over, the media just got bored with it.
And, IMO, people will feel as though they don’t have to hide an AIDS diagnosis when this country has proven it isn’t homophobic and wants to treat every citizen equally.
Until then, nope.
I thought #2 was Rosanne Barr.
I’m still not convinced #1 isn’t Bossy herself…..
Why didn’t any of these women look into a mirror before leaving the dressing room and say. “You know, I’m not really comfortable with how recognizable I am right now”
Aunt Oprah is one of those relations who sweeps into your mother’s house on Thanksgiving and gives really bad advice to all the nieces and nephews…she makes me want to take to my bed!
Don’t any of you Oprah watchers have day jobs?
And cheers, David. good bully pulpit for you, just smaller.
Ummmm. Yup. Poor things. Yet another salient lesson in the ‘if it’s not on, it’s not on’ department.
If depression is what is keeping Bossy in bed, then I highly recommend cutting all daytime television out of your diet. Seriously. Nothing is more depressing in the world – its a conspiracy to keep people watching because they become depressed and then they need to lie down and then they become housebound and then they are RIGHT THERE to watch some more daytime TV. Vicious cycle.
Hoping Bossy feels up to rising and shining real soon.
Hugs
BB
What David said.
You should have stayed in bed with the sun dapploes and skipped Oprah. I’d rather stay in bed and read than watch any of those shows.
*dapples* I really must stop being in such a hurry to post!
Wow. All the comments are centered.
(This is me fixating on something other than the fact that I am in a deep, funky depression and want to lie in bed and listen to the acorns).
I wonder how they all found out it was the same guy? HE should be on national TV. On his knees. Okay, that wasn’t very centered.
And yes, if they didn’t want their identities disclosed those “disguises” are nothing short of ridiculous.
Can’t stomach Oprah and haven’t watched since my university days when she lost a gazillion pounds on the liquid diet. ( And then gained them all back and more so.) I find her so patronizing and self serving.
Those women and the focus of the show should have been HONEST and screw the ‘hidden identities’ (oh puleeze.) Much like I feel about depression. The more people are open and honest about it the more people will seek help and screw the stygma associated.
Then people like my brother will not suffer in silence and die by their own hand.