It's not like me to moan (Husband don't pull that face) but there are two things that have bugged me this morning. Well, one thing bugged me last night and one thing bugged me this morning. This morning first...banana chips! Banana chips in muesli to be precise...why?! Seriously, why would you spoil a good wholesome no sugar muesli by putting sweetened banana chips in there? A small thing I know, but an irritation nevertheless – rather like the non-stop-flashing-LED-light phone by my bed irritated me a few weeks ago. In fact, that little moan did me the world of good as no sooner had I pressed 'PUBLISH' on Typepad, I grabbed my purse and headed to Argos for the cheapest non-LED-flashing phone – found one £2.88! Bargain!
As for the banana chips, I fish them out of my muesli every morning and I swear the productivity of my day depends entirely on whether I've missed one or not. So I've just emptied a brand new packet of muesli into the Tupperware container and fished out every flippin one...I somehow feel calmer and more in control strangely.
Now onto last night's irritation – Britain's Got Talent. Now I love this show, it brings back all sorts of memories of when I used to sing and dance on stage...never quite to the audiences that Susan Boyle attracts granted, but I did it nevertheless, and now, post retirement, as I lounge on the sofa with the dogs every Saturday night, I fill up when they do well and criticise the hell out of the ones who are rubbish (as you do!).
Last night, poor 10 year old Hollie Steel had a meltdown, the pressure just a little too much and she couldn't finish her song. Bless her heart, as she pleaded to be allowed to start again, there wasn't a dry eye in the house and when Simon Cowell stood up and decided that whatever it took, she'd be allowed a second stab at it, you can't tell me that every woman's beating heart around the country didn't do just a little flip at his heartfelt care about the little girls feelings.
Being on stage is nerve-racking, being on Britain's Got Talent performing to millions must be out-of-this-world-nerve-racking but I couldn't believe it, just minutes after the show went to a commercial break (clearly had some re-jigging to do!), there was 10 year old Hollie on News at Ten – bursting into tears in front of millions!
How dare they use that little girl in that manner! They then brought in a whole new news item on whether the pressure is finally too much for these little darlings to bear. Yes it may well be too much pressure, yes maybe age 10 is a tad too young, but who is News at Ten to take the tears of an innocent 10 year old and re-play her angst just to fill their air time before her eyes had even dried!
News at Ten shame on you, a little sensitivity wouldn't go amiss – if Hollie is in fact too young to take the pressure of performing to millions, then the pressure of knowing she was used as a pawn to add to your slow news day will surely have pushed her over the edge!
We'll soon see how she performs tonight in the final, bless her after that tear-jerker she was never NOT going into the final. Come on Hollie – gather all your courage up and sing your heart out – you could well top the lot!
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