Giggling with the stars

I found out this morning that Monica Seles will be featured in the new season of Dancing With The Stars. Later today, I leaned that she'd retired this week. I thought she'd actually retired by now. Franny told me that she'd been training for a comeback. I wonder if she decided to retire the moment she got the TV offer. Besides being my all-time favorite tennis player, I've always thought she'd make a great pop culture presence and it might be fun watching the non-tennis watching world take to her if she makes a good showing. What's upsetting about all of this is that I feel compelled to watch Dancing With The Stars. Enjoyer of musicals and dancing that I am, I've tried to watch it and found I couldn't last a whole season.

This is sort of a boring post because I can't muster enough enthusiasm to say much more about that TV show. I'm sad that Monica is retiring but I felt for a while that her heart was no longer in it, even though she'd had some amazing moments in later years. I'm glad she'll be back in the spotlight in some way. I've posted this under, among other things, Patron Saints. Does she qualify, Franny?

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[verbosefranny]

Monica used to say she loved Madonna and wanted to be like her and be a pop culture presence like her and more than a tennis player. Granted she was young and it was before she was attacked which I think really fucks up the psyche cuz I don't think Andy Warhol was ever the same nor as interesting after being shot and well Monica Seles was never the same after that attack. I don't blame any of these people when random violence happens like i can't imagine--I'd curl up in a cave for the rest of my life so I think good for her that she's on dancing with the stars. Tho I have to say I think that if John McEnroe can't make a go of it as a talk show host or game show host or whatever, then I'm not sure about Monica's chances. But my thing is I can't remember the name of the guy who is on after Letterman but that guy is the most inane and stupid host--Monica would be better than him any day. What I'd love to see is Anna Kournakova on Celebrity Apprentice--I don't know why but everyone always said she couldn't play tennis but she had a great business sense--i'd love to see that business sense put to the test.