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In today’s world, particularly within our younger generation, it really does seem as if anyone can become famous, and I can’t help thinking Andy Warhol and his ‘15 minutes of the visionary future’ is surely coming back to haunt us.
Let’s start with reality television shows which encourages them and us, and proceeds to bombard the viewer with sometimes genuine potential, but equally potential useless talent, creating a voyeuristic, judge and jury mass of couch potatoes up and down every household in the world. And so what of the lucky contender/s whom eventually do win the show; are they now famous... and for how long?
Next glamour models, and footballers wives, and anybody’s girlfriend of anyone whose ever been photographed. Every day we are invited to gaze and yearn for the clothes they wear, buy the perfume they endorse, find out where they hang out, and who they are friends with… so are they famous, and if so exactly what for?
How about the music industry: all the singers, and bands; are they the real deal in terms of being famous? At least we know why they are on our radio, and played over and over on MTV.
And then of course there’s Hollywood... every actor, or actress who has ever appeared on film; now they must be ‘proper’ famous people... right?
Or are we advertising a world to our children that is becoming increasingly confused as to the difference between famous and celebrity? As adults, most of us do, or should know the actual reality is not about being famous or a celebrity, but the 'quality' of your fame that determines your status? See Andy was right!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against people seeking, or being famous, but it’s the level of fame that is beginning to annoy me. I want famous people to make me happy, take my mind off things, entertain me, inspire me, etc. However, I don’t want fame becoming almost a career option children of today think is quickly attainable, you can do ‘anything’ to get it, and it‘s an easy way to make money and get your face in the papers.
Some of you may read this and think; hang on… this woman writes a blog on Colin Farrell and yet here she is sounding off about people taking fame to the extreme?! (I'm guessing my daughter probably will). And so the answer to that is: maybe you're right? Maybe I too am being taken in by the whole fame game? Just because I consider him ’a famous person with talent’, and I believe this has been proven by his continued status within Hollywood... doesn't necessarily mean I've not succumbed to the world of fame and all it's starry-eyed dreams and riches... just that I've perhaps not realised?!
After all who am I to decide who should be considered a ’better’ or more ‘suitable’ class of a famous person tha
n another? I cannot have the right over what anybody else thinks, or chooses to do, or say, or admire, but can I not have the right as a human being to express my opinion... even if it is only to myself?!
Oh... I feel so much better now ; - )
WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF EVERY MOTHER WHOM DREADS THE DAY THEIR CHILD COMES HOME AND SAY'S: "I'VE DECIDED I WANT TO BE FAMOUS"!!!!!!!!!
If someone suffered from a multiple personality disorder and they threaten to kill themselves... would this be considered a hostage situation?
I can’t sleep, and I’m so annoyed! I hate it when this happens. I‘m not an insomniac; oh believe me you can trust me on that one! If anything I am quite the opposite. I can easily, and often do sleep for hours and hours at a time. But in fairness this is not just because I am a totally lazy mere mortal who cannot be bothered to do anything… well not all the time anyway. I suffer from an illness that requires medication and the less said about that the better, and you can trust me on that too - honest!
Now I can hear every single noise that I don’t want to, and even worse ones that probably don’t really exist except in my over-imaginative, and over-tired mind. My cat is freaking me out too, as she can’t settle. It’s a nightmare, we’re both tired - remember cats can always sleep, so like I said… freaking me out!
Right this minute, I‘m so tired, my eyes feel like spacers, they almost ache, and yet no sleep is releasing me from my red-eyed lap-top screen. I can’t stop smoking one cigarette after another, I feel like I’m giving Keith Richards a run for his money, in fact I’ll probably look like him later this morning!
Isn’t it funny when you’re a small child how you don’t have real concept of the meaning or action of not being able to sleep. You go about your very busy business of going to school during the day, and then the important ritual of playing after school followed perhaps with some television, maybe a bath, a fairy-tale story, and finally sleepy slumber… simple. People who stay awake all night are people such as those who work in a hospital, or within the police, or a security night-guard and of course Santa once a year.
So what do people do when they can’t sleep? Read a book, listen to the radio (quietly), meditate, or like me decide to write about it - like that’s really going to help?
Actually….
ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I'm not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
I'm only plucking pheasants
'Cause the pheasant plucker's late.
If nobody ever experienced jealously... would anybody ever need to be competitive?
To the crazy; normal is insane
To the rich; poor is irrelevant
To the famous; life is recognition
For the likes of you and me...
we're somewhere in-between!
Most depression is only anger - most anger, fear.
So does that mean if we fear anger - we will mostly be depressed, or, if we feel anger, we will feel fear - and this will most likely lead to us to depression?
Or, maybe - if we are suffering depression, we will no longer care whether we feel anger, and so therefore we have no need to fear anything because we are already too busy being depressed!?
Clearly Teddy has found his own way of dealing with depression!
More wonderfully non-useful advice given out to 'real' people from those whom have studied much, achieved many qualifications to prove so, and are allowed letters after their name. That's right... it's counselling time from the professionals.
Step One:
Start your response with the word "no". If not, you may end saying "yes", or "maybe", or "perhaps".
Step Two:
Speak in a firm, clear voice.
Step Three:
Don't apologise, qualify or be defensive about saying "no". Avoid excuses and long explanations.
Remember: You have the right to say "no".
Or alternatively....
Step One:
Do not start your response with the word "no". If not, you may end saying "OMG", or "s***", or "f***".
Step Two:
Speak in a polite, clear voice.
Step Three:
Do apologise, qualify or be defensive about saying "no". Do not avoid excuses and long explanations.
Remember: We are in a world recession!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
n another? I cannot have the right over what anybody else thinks, or chooses to do, or say, or admire, but can I not have the right as a human being to express my opinion... even if it is only to myself?!
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