Amanda Knox is finally free and back in the USA today so you can expect to be seeing a lot of her at the supermarket checkout stand, as well as books by her and about her, movies about her and all the talk show hosts groveling at her feet. (Piers Morgan must be peeing in his pants to get an interview with her, not to mention the ladies of The View, which reminds me, how and when did Whoopie Goldberg get so fat--did she swallow Billy Crystal whole?) As for poor Casey Anthony, who also got away with murder not too long ago, she is now all but forgotten by the greedy public.These days it is so hard to stay in the news, just ask Gabby Giffords. Now it's all Amanda, all the time, especially since Chris Christie will not be running for president and the boring race between Romney and Obama is hardly tabloid-worthy. But tabloids aside, you should check out Brian Keller, my cousin who writes a blog that is the funniest thing in the world. Really, it's much funnier than The Onion or SNL these days. I envy his ability to completely ignore punctuation and just go the stream-of-consciousness route, a la James Joyce of "Ulysses" fame, that highly-touted but little-read tome that is still required reading for college lit majors.
Brian, already a full-grown adult, has just started law school but really he is an advertising creative director-slash genius. (Of course like many geniuses, at least the ones in my family, he is unknown by most people who all think Lady Gaga is an original, not realizing that she got her whole act and much of her wardrobe from Madonna's Goodwill pile.) Sadly, Brian remains out of the tabloids, in part because he has never been in jail and certainly never killed anyone-- even though I have begged him to kill one certain person, he knows who I mean, and no it is NOT Keith Olbermann. Just one measly murder, or even manslaughter or accidental death, and you would have heard of Brian Keller by now, he is certainly much funnier than Amanda Knox and is also quite good-looking, if you ask me. Find him at http://briankellerwriter.wordpress.com/
The people who read tabloids are the same type of people who slow down to see an accident on the road. Really nothing much on the news interests me. Funny or otherwise. Entertainers and sport figures are all overpaid and spoiled. Government is run by idiots in Congress (not the President). And in my opinion, most jokes of a "humorous nature" are poking fun at one of the "above mentioned", which is sad just the same.
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My husband is an incurable rubbernecker when it comes to car accidents, but he has no interest in tabloids or entertainers, etc. Otherwise, I agree with everything you said!
Deletemochi that mixed breed sure is cute and why would brian WANT to be more famous anyway what is so good about famous because i sure don't wanna be.
ReplyDeleteThat dog is freaky and I agree, the thought of fame is sickening to me.
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