fame

"But something had definitely had to channge." -Page 248

This book was mainly about 4 girls and their very own reality tv show. Jane is the main girl of the show because she is the one with the most drama-filled life. She hangs out with this guy named Braden, then she hooks up with his bestfriend the one and only Jesse Edwards. Things are getting complicated. It gets worse when he bestfriend Scarlett isn't even happy for her. Also, Madison just wants to crush Jane and get her spotlight, but how will she do that without truly embarressing her?... Soon, a certain picture is the talk of everybody and also the cover photo of Goosip.

Students from my school went to a play at the Wilson Theater on 52nd and Broadway. The play was called "Jersey Boys," and most of the other people in the audience seemed very elderly. I think these people came to see the play because the Jersey Boys were popular in the 60s, and I think some of them grew up listen to the Jersey Boys so they thought it would be great to see a play about them. The speaker in the play was Frankie Villi. He was the storyteller, and in the beginning, we saw his brother Tommy. One of the thing Frankie says is:

“Us Jersey Boys never let our brothers down.”

As seen in the news for the last week, famous singer Whitney Houston died last saturday. The whole world is mourning the loss of a great singer. Her family is mourning the loss of someone they love. But yesterday at the dinner table my sister brought up an interesting point. She was talking about how she saw this thing on this site about how in the same week a particular solider had died over in Iraq but no one knows except his family, they didn't do multiple tributes to him at the Grammy's, and his funeral will not make the front page.

What is it like to be famous? My name is Talia, and I want fame. I want to know what the price I'll pay for becoming famous. Is it like America in that it sucks because there is so much controversy, but is worth it because there is no place like it? Am I ready to face it? Will my image be who I am and no more then I want to be? Will I ever be satisfied if I don't reach fame, and what will I do to get there? Will I risk it all to be famous? Is it what I see on TV or will it be more than I expected? What is the price of fame ?What is the true meaning of being famous? All I can do to answer these questions is speculate.

I love the idea of being famous. Although I don't fully understand the risk, I still want as much fame as I can handle, and then more. I understand that magazines and TV talk shows and spectators will have there opinions and ideas of who I am and try their hardest to test my strength and faith in my music talents, but that is okay. I'm ready.

Though no other deaths in the last 6 years warranted a moment of silence at my school, Michael Jackson's death apparently did.  I was annoyed.  I grew up with Jackson's music, hulla hooped to "ABC, 123" and still own Thriller on LP.  Still I wondered about silently eulogizing a man who struggled with his race (yet wrote a song called "Don't Matter if Your Black or White"), admittedly shared a bed with non-related children, dangled his child over a balcony, etc

How do you feel about that?

Links of interest:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rutten27-2009jun27,...