20 Celebrity Ass Kiss

Once Upon A Time
One time many years ago, when Dave was somebody else's boyfriend, we had a conversation in which he made the claim that if there were two people who were exactly the same except one was a celebrity and one was not, the celebrity would be the more worthwhile person. A lot about Dave was upsetting back then, but even back then, my 23 year old self was shocked by such a sickening claim.

Pros
Wow, what about a celebrity would make him better than an average person? I guess celebrities tend to have more money, get more free stuff. But is that something to judge a person by?

Celebrities have more people recognize them. Well, try sitting around with one and holding a meaningful conversation. With 50 interruptions.

Cons
Oh, and what if you get a celebrity who buys into himself being a celebrity? Well then your worth becomes a lot less since you are not one. This is not a pleasant feeling to experience. Especially when it is someone you were once very close with. And somehow their business is much more important than your pathetic business. I was on the phone with one of these types once, long distance, and he interrupted our conversation because he had to get another call, it was long distance. Yeah, I am supposed to understand about your important life but actually, you are just rude!

There is also something really wrong with you if you don't judge someone by their celebrity importance. Normally a person would judge somebody by if they were kind, or interesting, or truthful, or did what they said they would do. But somehow there is something wrong with you if you don't just think a person is great due to his celebrity. If you expect a person to fill the rules you have for everyone else in your mind, you are weird, crazy, a bitch!

Priceless
Sure I often admire the work of art a person has created or been a part of but nothing, NOTHING! in my mind says that that person is worth any more to my life than the cost of said artwork. Yes I believe in buying it! The album, the painting, the movie. BUT how much is that person worth to me? The cost of the cd 16.99. The cost of the movie 19.99. That is not the same as the cost of an important friendship, one moment of truthful pure understanding, a bunch of great laughs between you and someone you love. Those things are priceless. And my loyalty lies with those things. Not with the most famous person I have last met.

Prejudiced
I have even claimed that celebrities get negative points on the scale of things. Because they, for me, have to prove they aren't just self absorbed jerks that expect you to kiss their asses. I suppose this is prejudiced of me. But why are we required to love these people just because they are more well-known than we are?

And so and so. I am so lucky! Because I have met people with celebrity who have overcome my prejudices. It's not their job or anything, but many people who make something of themselves are people who shine. People who have so much energy they are exploding. People who are loyal and brave. Think of a trait. Maybe full of truth, maybe full of beauty. I am so blessed to know these ones.

Accusation
But I am also surrounded by the tricky horror of how celebrity affects people. Even for the celebrity. Isn't there usually some humility between people that so and so might not really like them for some reason? Or that perhaps you would get to know a person before assuming some sort of connection? But with celebrities, people throw themselves at a person, don't know them other than for their celebrity. Perhaps that celebrity sleeps with them, or whatever. Then the person gets upset that the celebrity used them. Hmm. How about the person throwing themselves at someone without even knowing what they are like just because they are famous? How demeaning really.

And the celebrity then can't really tell the difference between a real friend or love and just someone using them. I don't care to be at the end of the accusation. And I don't want to make the accusation.

The End
So here we sit in the middle of nowhere and Dave has quite changed his tune from when he was 22. People of celebrity who make it out here, are generally a strong breed. And a joy to know. But if there were two exact same copies of a person, just one was and one was not a celebrity, I would always choose the non celebrity

any

time.

July 27, 2005