| Like our fascination in watching an ant (or the entire | | | | think about the freedom of anonymity you have |
| anthill for that matter) squirm when we angle the | | | | now, you can pick your nose in public if you want to, |
| magnifying glass just so at the sun, so too goes our | | | | you may get a few stares but 'the event' will not be |
| fascination with celebrity. As the latest installment of | | | | recorded and picked over (pun intended, Ha!) for time |
| American Idol shows, the average man just wants to | | | | immemorial. |
| be acknowledged and what better way than | | | | But why are we so fascinated? Does our fascination |
| becoming a 'star'. A lot of us dream of it, very few | | | | help us to feel better about ourselves? Or is it |
| of us attain it and for those lucky (or unlucky | | | | sparked by envy? For whatever reasons celebrity |
| depending on your perspective) to be under the | | | | news and gossip is big business and with the latest |
| magnifying glass of celebrity the rewards seem to be | | | | news being available at our fingertips everyone and |
| great. | | | | their grandmothers has a blog about one celebrity or |
| Not having ever been a celebrity myself, although I | | | | other. Many of us readily denounce gossiping in our |
| am somewhat of a 'big cheese' in my home town | | | | daily lives yet feed our guilty pleasure by logging on |
| (smugly buffs nails on shirt), I must say that being a | | | | to the latest 'most hated celebrity' blogs to see the |
| celebrity doesn't seem all bad. I would take the | | | | latest snide comments about this or that person. |
| money and the gift bags and the free things and | | | | Our celebrities have become like that poor fried ant. |
| umm did I say money? ... Yeah, I would greatly enjoy | | | | We feel superior as we sit at our desks and look |
| the perks of 'celebrityhood' (or is it celebritydom?) | | | | with pity or scorn at the latest young celebrity to |
| any day but how many of us could live up to that | | | | end up in jail or forget their panties or fall flat on their |
| scrutiny? | | | | face drunk. But alas fame and celebrity are |
| To have your every move recorded, your | | | | synonymous and as Newton said for every action |
| relationships scrutinized, your smallest slip-up or | | | | there is an equal and opposite reaction so too the |
| shortcoming discussed by millions (for those of us | | | | money and perks cause curiosity and the paparazzi. |
| with large families we already get a taste of this ... | | | | Now ... since it's been more than an hour since I |
| Thanks Mom!). Now I know some of you are thinking | | | | checked that blog, I'm now off to see what Britney |
| the money and perks would balance this out but | | | | is up to. |
