celebrity

i find the world around me so amazing, even when i want desperately to change it. so much is wrong with this world, and i say "amazing" hesitantly. liken it to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone when Mr. Olivander says that Voldemort has done "great things... terrible, but great." what he means is that just because Voldemort did crazy, insane, horrible things to people does not mean he wasn't an evil genius of sorts. his accomplishments, though inhumane, were "great," meaning huge. so this world, to me, is like Voldemort in a sense. terrible, but great. the greatest, and sometimes most terrible thing, is technology. technology has brought us texting, calling, facebook, constant connections with others. for me, it has given me a place to write when i don't feel like sitting down to a paper diary. it has given me and countless others blogs so that we can get our words across oceans without publishers or any 3rd party trying to cash in on it or make it something it's not. technology has given ways for rapists and criminals to find their victims with ease. technology has given boyfriends and girlfriends reasons to not be romantic (ie sending letters [which i still do sometimes, but i wish i did it more] and surprises in the snail mail, which worked just fine for people in other centuries). it has made wars easier, yet it has made it easier to make friends and help others ( like by organizing food drives, blood drives, etc). and then here comes the kooky part... anyone can be a "celebrity."

if, at this very moment, i uploaded a video (on youtube) of me talking/singing/staring straight ahead, there is a chance that someone will find this video and like it/hate it. said person will send it to someone else, and this will keep happening until my video ends up on "The Soup" or another similar show and then all of the sudden my video will be given thousands of hits a day. voila, i am internet famous. now all i have to do is upload videos on a regular basis that display either a wonderful talent (such as the talent of kelly clarkson) or a huge lack thereof (like william hung). i do believe that one day, there will be no such thing as celebrities. because if EVERYONE is one, then there are none.

oh well, those are my thoughts this morning.