Jan 06 2009
Redemption?
Fellow readers, Fat Spinsta has bloggers block. It is hard to come down from a spiritual experience like I had Saturday night. My every day work dramas just don’t compare. I need to write about something bigger. But what? So, I enlisted the help of my friend Tortfeazor. Tortfeazor, in addition to being a whiz at creating rap names that only lawyers find amusing, is one of my smartest and most well-read friends. He frequently defines words for me and picks my bookclub books so I seem smarter. In short, he is my Vince Lombardi. Impressed with my knowledge of famous coaches? Well, for the sake of full disclosure, I only know about this famous coach because Donna Martin used inspirational quotes from Vince Lombardi to help get Ray Pruit over his stage fright. I don’t remember if that was before or after he pushed her down the stairs - ha, best episode. Speaking of Ray Pruit, he is now appearing on what may become my favorite new show: Confessions of a Teen Idol on VH1 in which a handful of former teen “idols” (I use the term loosely since there is some random dude from Fame and Eric Neese from the Real World - which clearly means that VH1 adopts the same liberal interpretation of the term) try to recapture their “fame” and the show is produced by none other than Scott Baio. I mean if Fat Spinsta could think of this sort of genius she would not be toiling away at her current job. But, I digress. Tortfeazor, in his infinite wisdom, suggested that I blog about redemption. ”But Tortfeazor, I judge people extremely harshly and I rarely give them a second chance. What do I know about redemption?” ”Fat Spinsta, read this article. You will understand.” Well the article that Tortfeazor showed me was “Robots Not Roads: The Obama Stimulus Package Should Be Spent on Transformative Investments, Not Bridges and Buildings,” by Eliot Spitzer, appearing on January 5, 2009 in Slate Magazine. (The link for those of you interested is http://slate.msn.com/id/2207920/). After reading the article I g-chatted with Tortfeazor. ”Tortfeazor, I don’t understand. I disagree with Eliot Spitzer. I agree that it is important for us to remove our dependence on foreign oil and to devote significant resources towards the development of clean energy, but I think that with the economy in its current situation, his proposal seems a bit unrealistic. Plus, when I drove with my sister to get coffee the other day we hit all kinds of potholes.” ”No, you idiot. I didn’t show you the article because of its position on the economic bailout. I showed it to you because here you have Eliot Spitzer, the Fifth most hated governor, superceded in recent times by our own beloved governor, attacking the most respected man in our country. Talk about second chances.”Wow, Tortfeazor. You are so right. I mean how is it fair that Eliot Spitzer was able to bounce back after the prostitution scandal and get a sweet gig writing for Slate Magazine? Wait a second, that is not the point. The point is about redefining oneself. Eliot did it, my favorite girl Britney did it (you know, from Pop Princess to Pop Queen), the pregnant man did it (you know, from woman with a uterus to man with a uterus). Isn’t that the American way? Isn’t that the whole rationale behind making new years resolutions? Perhaps Tortfeazor thinks its time that I redefine myself? The only problem is that I already have one alterego (Fat Spinsta), if I assume any others I will become Sybill. I can’t take the risk. But kudos Mr. Spitzer. We can all learn a lot from you.
