few pennys for my thoughts

It's been awhile. When things flood your mind, you forget about the little things. Hopefully my mind unfolds soon(if that is even a word) so I can start remembering the little things, like writing down my thoughts.

Lately I have noticed that every time a celebrity dies, it gets on the news. I start to wonder what the big deal is. Yes, lets be shocked and sad over it, but the truth it, they are human just like us. It is not some strange wonder that they got sick or severely injured themselves or died, because it happens to everyone. Someone in some country dies every day, and yet that doesn't make the news. What's so important that a celebrity has to make the news for their deaths? Just because they are on TV does not mean that they are some non human thing that can never die or get sick. Now I know, its good to be kept up to date on these things and when the public finds out, there is always an out poor of sympathy(ie Micheal Jackson and the Different Strokes guy) and for the family members and friends related to these people, I am sure they appreciate it. But would any "normal" person want a death or illness to be spread all over the media? That is a pretty private thing, I know I wouldn't want the world to hear if I died or got sick or anyone I knew was that way. Someone dies every day in the world and that doesn't make the news. Someone gets divorced and some one has relationship/marriage trouble and it doesn't get the media. But as soon as a famous person has that happened, it's all over the news. I applaud Sandra Bullock for hiding during her break up with Jesse Jones and for hiding her newly adobpted baby boy, she knows how to keep her life private.

Onto other more pleasant things. Since I have moved here to California, I have come in contact with some pretty generous people. It is amazing how people can really reach out to you in time of need! I will never forget when the fires in the San Bernardino Mountains kicked me off and sent me searching for a place to stay for two weeks. I will never forget it because that is when I met one of the most generous people I know! How often is it when a person that you don't even know opens their home to you for that long of time? I stayed in a hotel for a few days until it got expensive, and with my dads amazing social networking skills, he found someone that was willing to open their home to me! For some people, it is a big step to let a stranger into your house, you don't know them, don't know what they are like, what they will do, how things will go, and you let them into your house at the risk that it could end up bad or that it could be totally great. On my end, it worked out extremely well and I became friends with the girl who let me into her house! Then there is my boss, who has taken me in like her own daughter. I moved out of my house at the beginning of June because I was done with my living situation, wasn't happy there and needed a place to crash before I go to Wisconsin. Some people are really private about their living space, but then there are some people who just open up their arms and let you in. I am very thankful for people like that who I have met in my past. Hospitality is a great asset to have!

It has taken me awhile to write this entry, I'll start it then get interrupted and not get back to it until weeks later, so I am here finishing it. I don't want to dis's something that a lot of people like, but I feel the need to speak. I will get it out here right now, I don't get the hype with the show Glee? Hasn't there been enough singing/performing shows? First there's American Idol, then the whole High School Musical thing, the new version of the movie Fame, more talent shows, blah blah blah. I love music, but I find this a little much. I find this a little much, because it shows talent but no creativity. You take someone else's song and you turn it into your own. No one has created their own songs yet and that is what makes me sad. When I hear an original song, I want it to stay original, I don't want anyone to turn it into their own, it kind of takes away the glory of the original performer, the whole feel of when you first hear the song. Just a second ago, I heard the Glee cast sing the Lady Gaga song "Bad Romance", and it saddened me. Such a unique song was song by a chorus of people and it just took away the whole uniqueness of the song away. Maybe its just the age of the group, all young people who all have the same sound, belting out tunes. Sure they are good, but we have all heard it before, so there is nothing new about it.
I have to say, I have seen the show once, so I am sure there is more to it than the music, and maybe that is why they like it. But every time the show comes out, a CD comes out with its music and then there's the touring and so forth, same old act just like the other talent shows. I'd like to see a performance show that goes above and beyond what we have all seen before, then it would get my interest. But for now, I will continue to be saddened by our young peoples creativity and hope something new comes along.
Once again, i am sorry if I offending anyone who is a fan, maybe if the music wasn't played so much at Borders I'd be more interested.