Fame..ain't it a bitch? I mean, it's gotta be hard..people clobbering each other to get close to you, rabid fans calling/screaming your name, people who would take a nosedive over a fence to retrieve your used gum. While pondering this issue at work, when I was bored out of my mind, I finally stopped being semi jealous of N Sync and appreciating the mundane normalcy of my life.
See...I really don't think I could handle being famous. I can't imagine people falling all over themselves to get near me, and I wouldn't be able to stand the hordes of people that come out of the woodwork, claiming to be your friend. I don't think I would enjoy people trying to get their hands on 'rare home video' starring yours truly. Mostly though, I can't see how anyone could possibly WANT to watch a video of me in my incredibly dorky glory. (Ex: The time my dad sneakily taped me tap dancing to some ridiculously cheesy 80's song in our garage. LOOOOOvely..let me tell you.)
I mean, although I get pissy with N Sync's new 'attitudes', I feel sympathy toward them as well. It's GOT to be hard to keep your feet on the ground and your head out of the clouds when you are such a hot commodity. Everywhere you go, people oooh and ahhh all over you like you're the best thing since sliced bread. It has to be unbelievably annoying to deal with that 24/7. The only solitude these five guys can find is when they are at home...which isn't fair. They can't do normal stuff like you and I...the stuff we take for granted, they only WISH they could still do. Honestly...it's sad if you think about it.
Then I sit and contemplate the day when these five guys are just regarded as washed up has beens, and no one gives two shits about them or their wayyy over careers. I just think that has to be the most depressing thing. Cuz ya'll know it will just hit overnight, and suddenly, N Sync just won't be cool. (Hey, it happened with New Kids..trust me, it will happen again). Then, soon, we'll be hearing their horrendous stories on VH1's Behind the Music about whoring around, drug addiction, and other outrageous things that no one ever even thought about when they were drooling over N Sync's hot dance moves and even hotter vocal talents.
Can you even imagine what that will be like for them? I honestly will feel really bad for them when it happens. To go from being the king of the world (as that cheesy line from Titanic would say), to being last weeks garbage? To go from hordes of women throwing themselves at you, to being lucky if the bag lady doesn't spit on you when you walk by? (Ok, exaggeration I know, but hey..that bag lady could be one of Joey's old conquests. Her immense STD problem and five pregnancies forced her into a life on the streets.) I mean, yeah...right now they might have more friends than they ever knew they had...but when this is over, will those 'friends' disappear as quickly as they arrived? It's an interesting topic...further discussion is definitely needed.
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I don't wanna be famous...thrust me home!