Death (I think) of an icon...

I've been sitting here, thinking, no, it can't be over, no way can it be over...but I read it today in the newspaper, the end of an icon, who inspired us, made us laugh and made us feel better in the sense that we are not alone. She's even had two books that have been made into movies...with Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, no less! Of course, I'm talking about Bridget Jones.

I first met her when I read her first book, "Bridget Jones's Diary". It was here, that I got to know someone who wasn't afraid to be herself. Who did do mistakes, but learnt from them. Someone who had her good points and bad points who had bad hair days and had body image issues (like most women do). Who got into awkward situations that the rest of us could understand. The next book followed, then the two movies.

It was then I learnt that the Bridget Jones saga began in a newspaper column...determined to find out what happened after the books ended...I tried to find the column. And I did! In the Saturday Age. But today, it said at the bottom of the column, that its the last entry. Noooo! Well, it kind of made sense, as she's given birth to a son. The thirty something singleton has pretty much gone, moved on. I need to move on as well, but I'm going to have a quiet moment of relection, to the woman who's story cheered me up, made me laugh and realise that yes, my embarassing situation could've been much worse.

*Quiet moment of reflection*

On a much brighter note, the this rookie huntress of material posessions has found something she has been searching for for a while....an "Angel" CD with music from the TV series. Yes!! I've been looking for one for ages ever since I learnt that there were Buffy CD's. She has searched and searched and finally found it :)

Next on her list....the question....to succumb or not to the seductive music transmitter...the iPod...