Why does their personal life matter so much??

Don't get me started on the media, they are EVIL. EVIL I tell ya lol. Although I suppose I'm kind of glad they are doing coverage of Michael Jackson, only because I'm interested. I don't want to hear crap though, I'm looking for info about the autopsy and then just.. remembrances I guess.

I know this is going to sound mean but in light of those two things, it seems like a lot of people are very lazy. If there's something you hate about yourself, why doesn't someone CHANGE IT? I was a very shy teenager, to the point where it hindered me. I got sick of it so I did something, I enrolled in a speech class where I'd have to stand up in front of people, I enrolled in a drama class, where I'd have to act in front of people and do productions. I put myself out of my comfort zone and made myself well... bulldoze through it. Because of this, I am a different person today. I will approach almost anybody, facilitate introductions, host things, try to help someone who is lost, etc. However, it didn't just HAPPEN. It took time and effort and a desire. I feel a lot of people want things instantly. They want to get thin instantly, get rich instantly, get good at something instantly, etc. It doesn't work that way. Some people are just born with a certain talent, other people really WANT IT so they work hard to learn something and become skilled. There are some people I am not fond of certainly because it seems like they've wasted something, but if they actually have talent, I won't begrudge them that.

that doesn't sound mean, it sounds true. I believe some people are truly lazy or they just don't care. It's funny you mention shyness. When I was a teenager I was so shy I would have panic attacks. It SUCKED! Took lots of effort and failures to become the mildly crazy and outgoing girl I am today.

LOL! I didn't follow the OJ Simpson stuff either but the boyfriend I had at the time... his mom was GLUED to the tv during that whole thing. This was before tivo I think too so that's all she literally did, which is funny in retrospect. I didn't pay attention to Clinton either, honestly the only reason it bothers me about MJ is because I like the music and I don't think what kind of person he is or was has any bearing on the significance of the music.

Jealousy bites. As a tool to help someone be motivated to improve themselves, maybe it can be good but in general, what a lousy emotion/reason people have for shifty attitudes and actions. Perception really does rule the roost, people believe untruths more often than truths because it's how they see something, not how it really is. I'm sure I'm guilty of that too but I try to back off from it when I know I don't really KNOW the person or I'm outside of the situation - although when it's someone you actually know but you're outside the situation, sometimes you can see it more clearly.

I'd never want to be one either. Any mention of 'rich or famous?' I'd choose rich without anybody knowing about it. I would seriously threaten the life of some reporter or camera hound who I caught stalking any of my family members or asking friends about me - and you know people like that follow/stalk and question friends or family members of celebrities all the time. It's creepy. Then the same reporters and magazines make fun of said celebrities for punching out cameramen or ranting in public, but seriously who wouldn't try to protect themselves from intrusion? LOL! I've even laughed from time to time but then the thought occurred to me - what if that was ME? yeah, I'd be crazy angry too! It would have been wiser to completely keep her daughter away from all that. Things happen. Her daughter was still a minor I think, why couldn't she have just said NO about anybody mentioning/filming her? It became all about 'her pregnant daughter' because it was allowed to happen, I don't know how exactly but I do think parents have rights to say no filming of their kids or no mentioning their names/activities, etc, don't they? I just try to put myself in their shoes and either way, I don't come up with anything approaching reasonable justification for some of the things people assume or blame on them. I do know though that if it was me and happening to me, I'd just go on with my life and do whatever I was going to do and the comments, gossip, issues OTHER people have - be damned. Whatever. I wouldn't let it affect me or change anything I did because what are other people in the scheme of life? No influence at all if that's what you choose them to be. The mistake is when celebrities allow it to become personal and affect their lives negatively and influence at all what they do.

One thing people can do is not let the gossip or false news affect what they do, but that's why I mentioned Sarah Palin. It doesn't matter what people say or have said, her actions present one thing and it's hard to see it any other way. I'm not sure if it has to do with other people at all but it looks that way after all the crap she has been through. I wish people did not play the gender or race card in politics, I don't care what gender or race someone is, and neither should be counted as far as ABILTY TO DO THE JOB and stance on issues. Whatever happens in their personal life shouldn't even be mentioned, because again, people tack THAT onto how they feel the candidate will do their job. It has nothing to do with the job tyvm.

I think they deserve a break. Whether or not I agree with whatever either of them did is beside the point. It doesn't change the existence or value of talent, does it? Not to me. I would never want to be famous, NEVER. I can just imagine running over a paparrazzi person with my car and then where would I be? Fighting a jail sentence because I didn't want the idiot stalking my daughter? LOL! Some of the stuff they do looks ridiculous to us but we don't always know what caused them to snap, do we? I think it is even worse to stick your family into the spotlight to get it off of you, when instead you could get it directed completely AWAY from all of you if you try hard enough! I always think of the fact that these people have families too, at some point in their lives they were just normal folks, it bugs me when they get put up so high on a pedestal it's almost like people start thinking they aren't even human.