so tonight on the daily show, jon was doing his typica mix and mash editing to make our new president, or 'jesus' as some people like to refer to him, look like a fool. so be it, i have no problem with this, people need to realize the guy isn't our savior just yet (not saying he might not be at one point but right now....nah not yet) and if the daily show is what does it, then thats fine. but he got to a clip where a reporter asked him about steroids in baseball. jon didnt show the response, but they had showed it the night before on sports center (my roommate watches it religiously). and for the first time im willing to admit, i liked his response, i really did. he commented on how he feels kids should see this as a sign that you cant take shortcuts to get what you want and that he wishes athletes like A-Rod were better role models to kids. during the mike and mike show, i caught that basketball announcer who does the ncaa tournament, his name escapes me, but he went off on this thing. he got pissed off, shouting about how rodriguez and phelps and other celebrities are disgusting role models and you know what, hes fucking right. this is the first time ive ever been happy with the way television has handled a celebrity issue. but really.
this is whats wrong with america.
the fact that over-paid entertainment acts like pacman jones or paris hilton can feel like they can do whatever they want and get away with it is disgusting. and what do kids see? its not like they're not going to see it on tv, cause with entertainment tonight or mtv news or e! its all thats ever on tv. we focus on celebrity fuck-ups and the coinciding celebrity get-off-the-hooks. so what kind of lesson is this teaching? its saying go do drugs, cheat your way through life, look at them, she went to jail for a day. big deal. fuck the media and im glad people got pissed off at a-rod and michael phelps. they should have better judgement.
now on a more personal note, i had a voicemail from my mom today saying my step-dads grandma (i suppose she'd be my great grandma) has cancer again. this is a sad thing, shes been dealing with it for over a year now and we all kind of thought she was getting better. i mean this is something you kind of see coming, everyone gets old and everyone passes away eventually, but the news she got disturbed me. apparently if she goes through kemo again she has 8-12 months to live, if she doesn't she has 3-6 months. how can someone say that to you? what in the fuck would you do? i wanted to call her and talk to her about this but i felt it would be too hard to do. how do you put time restraints on the biggest of life issues and then how do you handle it. in this situation, shes an elderly lady and shes struggled with kemo before, she feels like shit after she does it every time. so i want to know if she'd be worth doing it again. shes lived a long mostly-healthy life and i suppose that if i were in her situation it comes down to are you happy with what youve done in your life? i think that makes this decision the hardest, cause if you're not happy with your life then how do you say good bye to it? but if you are happy with it, then maybe its time to enjoy life and let things happen as they happen. enjoy life and dont struggle. you dont always have to go out fighting as long as you won the first 14 rounds.
i think this can be applied to every-day life now that i think about it, as a matter of a fact i did use this earlier today and i just pray to god the person i brought up to didnt see it as a sympathy card i was trying to play to win her over. but if you work at something for a long time that is a huge part of your life, i think its so much easier to let go when you can look back on it and smile. if you look back on it and smile, cry, get mad, and feel awkward all at once, then maybe its not time to hang it up, maybe you make that last push and hope that you can go the extra little bit and then quit with a smile on your face.
thanks for reading. jc.
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No, what's wrong with America is the fact that people will try to bring down someone like Michael Phelps because he smoked marijuana. What he does with his own time should not be of concern to anyone else. If Phelps had a beer in his hand, this wouldn't have even been a story. The problem here is not that the guy hit a bong, it's that we have fucked up, ignorant, corrupt laws here in America, and most people just go along with it. I could go out tonight and slam a bottle of vodka and eat seven cheeseburgers from McDonalds, destroying my body in the process, and people would laugh it off as me just being a college kid having a good time. But the second I light a harmless plant on fire and smoke it, I'm a terrible human being.
ReplyDeleteI'm sick of people blaming celebrities for being poor role models for their children. If you don't want your kid turning out to be a shithead, then throw out your fucking TV and be a role model yourself. The only thing disgusting here is that we even give any of our attention to celebrities. WE are the ones to blame for our own society. People will bitch and moan about how Paris Hilton is worthless, but if she walked down the street, they would still chase after her.