[Society - Celebrities] Rich celebrities sound like they are high

I was watching an analysing-the-movies type show this weekend and noticed something. When interviewed, the celebrities would talk about the film, the characters, the story, the metaphores, etc. in a very "deep" way. They would wax philosophical about this and that. Now normally, I would just ignore what they were saying because I really don't like those kinds of "deep thoughts". Don't get me wrong, I've been known to ponder the universe myself, but I reserve that activity to when I actually know what I'm talking about and when I have something profound enough to make it worth doing.

However, this time I did not just ignore them. I listend closely. By the time it was over, I could not help but think two thoughts.

First, the celebrities sounded a lot like pot-heads who suddenly get a brilliant idea, "Woah! That was deep!". You know what I mean, they think they have suddenly hit on something that could change life, but in reality (and in sobriety) is really just a glab.

Second, I realised that a LOT of celebrities talk like this; in fact they are almost exclusive in that right. Why is that? Because actors have a better education than most people? Because that is part of an actors training? Because they really are better, more sophisticated, classier people than everbody else? No. It's because they are rich. That's right, celeberities have more money than most people, as a result, they have less stress, less pressure, less work. When I say less work, I mean things that everone else does like cook and take out the trash because they have servants to do those things. Yes, yes, I know not all actors have servants and not all actors are rich, but I am talking in general. I always talk in general. Anyway, because they have less worries, they have more free time. They have time to just sit around and think about stuff where normal people do not. Normal people are busy trying to stay alive so they do not have the chance to think about things like that, otherwise they could do so as well.

Well that's it for now. I've probably offended some people and I try to keep the number of people that I offend per day as low as possible (well at least I say that I try).

[Education] The Lowering of Career Standards

As I sit here and watch television, I cannot help but notice the increase in education advertisments. There are now a lot of commercials trying to get people to go to this college, that institute, or whatever. I remember long time ago there were only a small handful of these "lesser institues of higher learning" of which the main one was DeVry. These days there seems to be dozens. This is not such a bad thing since these places allow for people who cannot afford the time or money of a full University education to get some post secondary. The problem however is that I find that I am noticing a trend toward lowered career standards. That is, I find that these places try to promote people getting "careers" in positions that are rather lowly compared to real careers. They entice people with fancy names into positions like "sanitation engineer" or "maintenance technician". I'll admit that some of these jobs are pretty fun, like film animator, but a lot of them are mroe like support staff. For example, I keep seeing all these new medical ads where they show some happy person with their new job which is even lower than a nurse.

Instead of people—and society in general—reaching and thriving for higher and better careers and education, it seems that they are going for the lowest common denominator; whatever is available here and now.

[Media - Celebrities] Celebrities Who Lose Weight Are Not That Special

I just saw a (repeat) article on the Discovery Channel about how Brad Pitt sculpted his body for Troy. The fitness professional they had on said pretty much EXACTLY what I figured out a few days ago.

People see these celebrities who lose a bunch of weight for a movie and they think Wow!. They figure that because the celebrity lost a lot of weight, and is rich and famous, combined with the fact that they themselves have had such difficulty losing weight, that the celebrity must have used a personal trainer, expensive equipment, liposuction, and a fancy up–scale gym. While it may—and probably does—happen a lot, it is not always the case by any means. In fact a lot of celebrities lose weight exactly the same way that "normal" people do.

So, why did they manage to drop 40 pounds when you are still struggling to lose 5? As the guy said, MOTIVATION. Here's the long and short of it: You want to lose weight, the celebrity needs to lose weight; it's their job.

Most people who try to lose weight just want to do so because they feel unattractive and want to shape up. They only want to do it. The celebrity who loses weight for the film HAS to lose weight or they do not get the part. They are not doing so because they want to but because it is a job requirement. Think about all the difficult things that you would never want to do but do anyway—and complete successfully—because it's part of the job. It's the same thing. There is also another category of people who lose a lot of weight because they have to; the people who do it for medical reasons. I have recently seen several celebrities (there are plenty of "normal" people who fall into this category as well, I just don't know any), who lost a lot of weight because their health was failing.


So, what is the moral of this story? It is that while a lot of celebrities do use their fame and fortune to lose weight, they are not required to do it. You too can lose a lot of weight simply by forcing yourself to do so. Just stick to it and keep yourself motivated. I know that sounds lame and even impossible, but just find something that you really, really, really want where it requires that you MUST lose weight. If you can get yourself thinking about losing weight in terms of NEED to rather than WANT to like the others do, then you will lose a lot of weight in no time. (Hey, I did and I've already lost more than 30 pounds putting me over 60% of the way to my goal.)


(I plan on soon writing an article on how to lose weight relatively easily.)