Celebrity Culture

i don't know what i am going to post today.

You see, i could go the serious blogger route, and post about the straits times errant reporting, or about how legislation for overseas paedophiles will just remain that, legislation (because proving beyond the shadow of doubt for sex tourists is quite hard for the prosecution), or how the crazy horse cabaret in Singapore (Clarke Quay) is good for the arts, but i doubt it would be a serious winner. But then again, Singapore Ink is doing a good job of that.

Or i could blog entertainment news, like Kylie getting cancer (God bless ya Kylie), or how LINDA LIOW IS SO CHIO! (S'pore slang for pwetty), or how Vonzell should have stayed in AI 4 instead of Carrie (and Bo shall win it anyway).

Or should i go down the xiaxue or sillycelle route and act dumb, bimbotic (in my case, himbotic), and occassionally flame someone on my blog. Wait i've already done that.

So, there are 3 tiers of bloggers. First tier are the supreme beings of the blogosphere (even i didn't coin that world, some one put in websters please). Like mrbrown, xiaxue (i don't even know where she gets her readers from), Singapore Ink , and even Young Republic
Or even gssq.

Now, with the exception of xiaxue, the remaining powerbloggers tend to post more on media alternatives, giving comments and forum ideas that would never ever in my lifetime be seen on the straits times forum. (unless of course, you are Catherine Lim. Bless her and that article on political liberalisation)

Then there's the 2nd tiers, like miyagi, adri, lawyer wannabe etc etc who are less well known (at least by me) but i do pop by occassionally do look at their views, and because their prose is mucho better than mine. (okay, maybe not the miyagi singlish)

and 3rd tiers are my friends and the thousands of other blogs out there that live a sad existance. Even though they do post on serious and imaginative topics, (like Jesse) and even our class blog!

But then again, 3rd tiers usually post about their mundane lives that no one gives a fuck about. (today i went shopping, and i bought 7 skirts, 6 white tops, 5 pink dresses, 4 bras from victoria's secrets, 3 thongs from triumph, 2 pairs of shoes, and 1 makeup kit from SKII.) [do not ask me why i know so much about feminine products. i am strictly male]

I guess out society today is suffering from a celebrity drawback. like okay, enough about Fann Wong and Christopher ALREADY. they've been together for so fucking long, my mama gave birth to my younger brother. (yo mama)

and whatabout the papparazzi and the chasing of Diana, and all those photos of Kournikova, Sharporova, Abramovich, i-don't-give-a-fuck-ova (notice the russian link), and of course, the numerous celebrity news and gossips on MTV.

enough says the populace. So we elevate civilians to pop culture "celebrity" status with the advent of reality TV! Bring forth the Survivors, the Amazing race couples (Which incidentally, are the same in the recently concluded race which i didn't watch), the Apprentices, the next-top-models, the eyes-for-guys (or gays), and of course, our favourite idols from all over the world (Timbuktoo Idol, anyone?)

And so, Xiaxue is born. So is Taufik and Sly. Problem is, once they become celebrities, they start acting celebrity-like (you know, sunglasses add that extra cool factor, torn jeans, handsigns that say oh i am sooo cool)

Maybe i'm just sore that i'm not a celebrity

joking. So what is it with celebrities?

Do they get LAID more?
Do they EARN more?
or is it just like the dark side of the force, power begets power, and hunger for fame is innate.

I don't know. Maybe it's the universal need for acceptance by society that drives the celebrity culture (Britney anyone?)

of course, i already thought of my oh-so-cool celebrity name. Once i get into the hall of fame (whether by being extremely good, or extremely bad), my name shall officially become a hip-hop sounding one (no more lip jin for me)

I shall be known as el-Jay.

Or lan jiao.


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