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Tagged as: Entertainment, Read-It
Apr
30
How many people do you know who are more interested and involved in the lives of celebrities than in the lives of those around them? Too many? Yeah, me too.
Who Are They?
In the realm of entertainment, there are actors, musicians, athletes, and people who are nothing else except somehow rich. They all come together at events, walk around the same streets that we do, and have lives that occasionally defy soap operas in their outrageousness. But why are there people who don’t personally know the celebrities interested in them at all? Is it because they seem to belong to a higher social caste than we? Is it because they are prettier, richer, and more talented than us? Is it because they do things that we wouldn’t even dream of doing?
My Thoughts
Really I just don’t know why us common folk are interested in them. All I know is that I see people all over the place who are far more interested in celebrities (who they do not know) than in their friends and family (who they do know). Something doesn’t seem right about that does it?
I really don’t think that celebrities are that interesting. I respect their talent, and I’m definitely not opposed to entertainment. But I don’t care what kind of a drink they ordered at Starbucks last Wednesday or who was seen schmoozing with who at the hot club in Las Vegas. Nor do I care to use any of my brain to remember any other unnecessarily small fact about them. What kind of a world do we live in where we know the favorite candy of a star and don’t even know what is really going on with the guy right next to us?
It’s time to stop immersing ourselves in others’ lives and time to start living our own! (Or at least immerse yourself in someone’s life who knows that you exist. Who knows, something worthwhile might even come out of it.)
Tagged as: Advertisement, Entertainment, Read-It
Jun
05
Do any of you read magazines anymore? Does anyone? Well I do. Sometimes anyways.
I’ve been noticing things about the advertisements in magazines. Well I guess depending on the magazine that you are reading, things are different. However, with some of the magazines that I’ve recently read, the thing that I don’t understand is why advertisers would even want their advertisements placed in the back. Do people even look at them (I know that I don’t)? Is their respective business increased as a result of being placed amongst many other advertisements? I just don’t get it.
Are they scared that if they stop advertising, that their business will decrease? It seems to me that it’s hard to justify the cost of placing such a poorly placed advertisement. Well, the poorly placed is just my opinion. Stuck in the nether pages with other random advertisements is not exactly a place that readers like to peruse carefully if you ask me.
I think that some of the best advertisements are those that give you something simply by looking. Well I am still talking about magazine advertisements so this does not apply to other advertisements. In any case, have you read those advertisements that give you some useful information and/or organize what they’re selling so that it’s very appealing. On the one hand, I like these because they’re useful to me. On the other hand I have to take it all with a grain of salt because it is still an advertisement.
In any case, I don’t think that I’m ever going to be someone who will advertise in a magazine. But then again, I guess that’s why I don’t make my living in the areas of fashion, car parts, or male enhancement gimmicks.
Tagged as: Entertainment, Mac
Jun
01
There is a Big Mac enthusiast and then there is a big Mac enthusiast.
Super Size Me is so interesting because you see how crazy the whole culture behind McDonald’s is.
Fans of Apple are interesting because they are such fanatics. And so much media follows their every move.
Tagged as: Entertainment, Life
May
30
In the extras for the movie Spanglish, there is a deleted scene in which the mother prays with the daughter before they come to the U.S and says
Please God, only let the bad things change me
Interesting thought, isn’t it? You probably have to think about that for a little to even understand it. Well I did anyways. I definitely thought it was interesting when I first saw it.
And then this morning I thought it was even more interesting as I was perusing the newspaper with my breakfast. I saw an article about Lindsey Lohan’s outrageous behavior. Now granted, I do not know what Miss Lohan was like before she became famous, but I do know that it seems like more often than not, people are corrupted by success. If you don’t know about this particular case, she was basically caught driving drunk as well as with a substance, possibly cocaine.
In any case whether it be a star athlete getting a big head or a rock star falling into drugs or anything else, it’s fairly safe to say that power and success can definitely corrupt.
I am not a big believer on following the lives of other people (especially “stars”). Still, one can’t help but see that very often their world will get turned upside down and become less and less likable as their “star power” increases. It’s a shame that it’s so.
I guess Spanglish has content that’s deeper than you’d think. Maybe it’d be wise to heed the advice.
Tagged as: Contests, Entertainment
May
29
Check out the Silver Surfer Contest page.
There are 3 contests including one that you can enter in every 24 hours.
There is a contest for a home screening of the movie with 100 of your friends. Hopefully you have 100 friends. If not, who cares, you will after you win this contest.
There is a contest to fly you and 3 of your friends to London for the screening. Hopefully you have 3 friends who are willing to accept free stuff. Else I am very sad for you. Or your friends do not know a fun time when it hits them in the noggin’.
The last contest is an instant win game with assorted prizes. It takes 2 minutes each day. I know that you have 2 minutes to spare, else you would not be reading blogs. 
Why wouldn’t you check it out?