Gripe. Gripe!
Today's entry is a Gripe, partly. What is up with celebrities? And I shy from saying "all celebrities", but really, you get some really, really anal stars these days, whose stardom have gone irretrievably to their bloated heads, and begin to foster the general belief that they belong to a higher station of life than the rest of the non-star "plebs", and therefore are entitled to special "demands" that would normally not be tolerated by any normal human being. But because they're stars, oh, that's all right. That's the worst bit, really - that their egoistical, demanding, better-than-thou attitudes are tolerated, condoned and indeed encouraged by the blindly obsequeious worshipping masses. It's disgusting. For a great article on it, go here. Here are some choice picks:
Jennifer Lopez
1. Insists on no eye contact from the lesser mortals.
2. Insists on being chaffeured in a black limo...
3. ...with only male drivers.
4. The path she is to walk during public appearances must be sprayed with scent of gardenia.
Mariah Carey
Quote of the day: "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
Can anyone spell "moron"?
Britney Spears
Insists on a daily mocha latte from the LA Coffee Bean store (not any other Coffee Bean store, oh no...), even when she's not in LA. It must be flown to her. Daily.
Seriously. Throw us mortals some scraps of dignity here, will you? Why do people even stand for this?
[06:37AM Update] All right, so aspects of the article may be suspect. But still.