I wonder why it is that, whenever I am somewhere and get an idea for a rant that I am not near a computer where I can post said rant? Then, by the time I am able to sit down and write, well, it just doesn't seem all that important any more. Just one of those little quirks of life, I guess. That or I just am not dedicated to being pissed off about something for long enough to write about it much less actually DO anything about it.
One thing I found humorous and a tribute to American entertainment was the news announcements about Brittany Spears' 16 year old sister being pregnant. Must have been a slow news day because I was sitting in front of the TV in the lunch room here at school reading a book and heard it announced like 15 or 20 times in the 30 minutes I was there. And, really, lets think about this. No one really cares about what that tramp Brittany is up to these days. She has proved herself to be crazed with her celebrity and getting deranged as that celebrity leaves her. Each new episode is another degrading, downward turn in her life. As with so many people in the past, they just can't handle the notoriety of being famous. I know its horrible but, sometimes, I just wish that they would do take the big leap and take themselves out. Unfortunately, Brittany will probably be with us for at least another decade, giving us something to shake our heads about and thanking our lucky stars that "That ain't my life!"
I have a REAL hard time with people who can't handle the pressures of being famous. I mean, I know it has to be rough going out into public and having adoring fans following you around or disturbing a family outting. That would realy suck. But, hey, that is the price of fame, right? You don't like it, move to a little town in Idaho and get outta Hollywood. I remember a story told to me by some friends who meet Orlando Bloom. Nick and Lynn own the Leatherhead back home in Louisiville, KY. Orlando shows up, out of the blue and unannounced. He was in town filming the movie, Elizabethtown. Now, Nick probably wouldn't have known him from Adam but Lynn did. I'm sure that she gave him her usual grand welcome to the store that she gives every customer but was able to call him by name. Now, these folks are really "down home" and don't put on aires though they are on first name basis with a lot of famous folks. So, Orlando hung out for a while and ordered some dog collars for Oprah whose show he was to appear on in the near future. I'm sure that Nick was his usual attentive but gruff self that would make the Pope feel like he's just a next door neighbor. So, I'm not sure if it was then or when he came to pick up the collars but, apparently, someone saw him go into the shop. When he tried to leave, Bardstown Road was packed with people. He was very genial. He stopped and talked to the fans and was really kuhl. Apparently, one young lady was so taken with him that, when he stopped and talked to her, she burst into tears and fainted. It must have taken him forever to get out of there. Now, that is really kuhl for all of his fans and it makes me think that Orlando is a really kuhl guy. Unlike some other celebs that snub their fans.
Then you have the celebs that really think they have a responsibility or the right to tell us how to vote or how to live when they are so disconnected from what real life is all about. They act like they are above us all and above the law and then want to preach to us about how to live our lives, who to vote for, and all kinds of other shit. I don't know. I don't think that anyone who would name their band after their grandmother's psychedelic jelly and freely admits to the use of drugs should be telling me ANYTHING about how to live. Yes, I like Pearl Jam's music but I just want them to keep their hands on their instruments, their heads on their lyrics and their opinions to themselves.
Oh, something else that recently anoyed me was the Waterboard torture crap. I saw were people are having protests about our government torturing people. At heart, I am against people being tortured. I am against anyone taking away the rights of anyone else. I am against mistreatment of people in any way shape or form. I am also against people protesting, though. What do these people think that this will accomplish? And then you have the restards that want to protest having Christ in Christmas, the Ten Commandments in the Courthouse, and whatever else that they can whine about. Why aren't they running over to areas where our own people are being tortured and killed and protesting there? I'd like to see some of these holier-than-thou assholes run over to Iraq and protest the beheading of innocent people for the perceived crimes of a nation. I mean, what the hell? Terrorists are the lowest form of cowards and scum anyway. They have perverted the religion that they do these attrocities so that they feel better about their acts. They claim to kill in the name of their god and his prophet. Sound familiar? I mean, come on, you can't still be pissed off about the Crusades! It was almost 1000 years ago. And, yet, these people act just like the Christians when they sacked Jerusalem. The only difference is that those psychos travelled by ship, horse and foot through extreme conditions and then FACED their enemies and allowed them to fight for their cause. The jihad-extremists won't allow anyone to fight man-to-man. They kill from a distance or they send in a suicide bomber to just take human life. I don't know if they read the book the same way but the Old Testament, which is a part of their religion, still says THOU SHALT NOT KILL! So, I have some sympathy for those that are being tortured, it isn't proving anything. Look at the Spanish Inquisition. They proved that torture can elicit any response that you want to hear.
Alright, my thoughts are all over the place, today. I should be doing school work. I just can't get into it lately. I'm exhausted all the time. I failed my first test yesterday. I really tried to study it but there is just so much information packed into these later chapters that I am getting overwhelmed. I need my up-coming vacation SO bad. I've been half-heartedly looking forward to this ski season and now I don't even want that to start up until I get back. Normally, I'm praying for snow and wanting more and more and more powder. This year, I don't want it to snow any more until I get back from Scottsdale. Once I'm back and my head is back in the right place I think I will be ready to deal, again. For now, though, I want it to STOP! I want everything to slow down so I can sleep for more than 4 or 5 horus. I want to be able to eat without feeling nauseous. I don't want my eyes to feel like they are full of sand or dried out. I want to spend time with Holly and maye do something fun! And I've only been going back to school for 2 months, now. LOL! Hopefully, the schedule change will make things better after the holidays. Until then... life sucks.
