Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Dear CNN International

Dear CNN,

Thank you for giving Becky Anderson and Paula Hancocks something else to do. Yes, Becky hosts Global Office, but seeing her in Pakistan confirms that somewhere in her usually-formal demeanor, is a thriving field reporter who can rough it out. And Paula Hancocks, she really likes the color pink, doesn't she?

I like Robyn Curnow. I do. But her move to hosting MainSail only means one thing, and that's Liz George has moved on. I have always adored Liz, she has that great personality that translates well even when she's being a talking head. I'm not a fan of sailing, but I toiled through MainSail for any dose of Liz, because she can brighten anyone's day with her enthusiasm, even for sailing. The fact that she was getting a great tan was another point of amusement for myself. It will take a while, but I'm sure I'll move on and accept Robyn Curnow as MainSail host. After all, sometimes when they do that instant-replacement trick on TV or film, people accept it. So I'll try, and maybe in time that tiny voice will shut up from calling her a Liz George replacement.

Please tell Hala to stop wearing yesterday's outfit. The white buttons, the distracting belt buckle... Please tell Hala she usually a much better dresser. But I still adore her, anyway. And please also tell her to get more frames for her specs, as those bulky ones sometimes gets distracting. Pretty eyes, though.

Oh, and CNN: thank you for not overplaying Christiane Amanpour's interview with Bashar Al-Assad to death.



Now that that's out of the way:
Speaking of Liz and Hala (and please get the segue, or...), Liz has declared on the dotorg that she might be shutting down part of the fansite, the gallery. Which is fine, considering she has her photobucket account anyway. Although... what about all those other pix that aren't on photobucket? But, heck, if it's too tedious and not fun anymore, by all means stop. OR, Liz, you can just stop updating the page, but keep it online anyway. You can just update photobucket as you wish. How's that?

Eye on the Middle East. Hee.

3 comments:

c. said...

Yeah I'm gonna shut it down but the pictures will all stay since I don't have to pay for my webspace. So I'm gonna put up an announcement on the page soon. The Interview an articles section will stay open!

cheers, Liz

Anonymous said...

Hey guys do you happen to know if she is Muslim or not?

Anonymous said...

Of course she is Muslim and her family from Syria. But what has this to do with her pleasant personality??? Anyhow, in Syria you find a lot of people with such a pleasant personality, especially in Aleppo.