As a fan of the TV shows, “The Bachelor” and “Bachelor Pad” it
is with sadness to hear that one of the contestants on those shows, Gia
Allemand, committed suicide sometime in the last 48 hours.
She was 29 years old. It made me think about this show a
little bit more and the people who go on it.
I’m really a fan of The Bachelor because, to me, it’s a
comedy show. Its 24 desperate women who believe that the only place they can
actually find love is on a television show. But the whole fact that this girl
killed herself probably proves the point and it’s very sad.
I wonder if there will be more of these types of stories
from this show in the future. Think about it for a moment. They all have a deep
desire to be on TV (and to be honest, so do I) believe that they are
particularly special (not so in my case…I just want TV money) and then do such
extravagant things on this show and live like kings and queens if they get on
the show that it can only be devastating when it’s over for them.
Getting rejected in front of millions of people has to hurt.
Going back to an average life after living life in the fast lane like that has
to hurt. I imagine that some of them think that they have finally made it in
life and then they either have it ripped away from them or they settle back
down into real reality instead of reality TV and living the dream is done. It
has to take a toll on at least a few of them to the point where it can trigger
depression of some sort. Am I wrong here?
She seemed like a really nice girl and it’s a shame that
anyone has to feel so horrible that even thinking about suicide seems like an
option. And you know, I have certainly had those feelings in the past myself
and not even all that long ago. I’m not a 29-year-old hot girl with men
throwing themselves all over me and a decent modeling career either.
This year’s America’s Got Talent has been very hard to
judge. I have to see how I did in the 4th week’s quarterfinal. But I
have only correctly chosen 7 of the 12 semifinalists so far and that’s atrocious
for me.
The AGT finalists are going on tour when the season is over
and I think that’s a show that I would go see. As a former American Idol fan I never
had the urge to go see tour that they did. I’m not a real big fan of concerts
though where I just get to watch people sing. That really never did it for me
and I don’t really get why so many people pack stadiums to watch people sing. I
mean, I guess its something to do but I’d much rather watch a magician or a
danger act or something like that.
I am performing myself at the NY State Fair this year. I’m
not on the main stage of course because I just don’t have that name. But I’ll
lay great odds that my show will be a big hit there. It’s VISUAL. People will
sit down to watch and be entertained by what happens on stage because it will
be visually funny. I think my show should be on the main stage but I’ll have to
prove that starting on the 22nd.
If you go to www.nysfair.org
you can find my show schedule and you’ll also find the groups with which I will
share a stage throughout the event and the other major attractions that will
perform including Carly Rae Jepson, Reba McIntyre, Lynard Skynard, Styx, Los
Lonely Boys, Korn and more. I am hoping to get my picture taken with as many of
them as possible. Wish me luck with that.
The quote of the week goes to actor Ashton Kutcher (who told
us that Ashton is his middle name and Chris is his actual first name) made at
the Teen Choice Awards and it was ,”I’ve never had a job in my life that I was
better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job was a
stepping stone to my next job.”
Well, welcome to the world of Conservatism and what the
majority of us on this side think, Mr. Kutcher. So great to know that he values
hard work and personal responsibility. This should be included in a Life 101
lesson.
I’ve actually always been a fan of this guy. I find him
talented even though I know that many other people don’t. I used to want to not
like him because he is one of those physically gifted dudes that women fawn all
over all day. But it’s hard not to like him and even harder when you hear him
speak quite humbly like this. Here is a link to the speech he made because he
said a bunch of other interesting things to this group of teenagers who, I am
pretty sure, didn’t even get what he was saying.
If it doesn’t load, just search Ashton Kutcher speech and it
will come right up for you.
Done
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