I got thinking about celebrities today.
Not actors - celebrities. There is a difference. Personally, I really like actors (being one of them, I don't think that should come as a surprise). Sure, we can be touchy, overly-sensitive, completely self-involved, all the cliches you hear about actors. Yet, I find that actors are some of the funniest, most compassionate, caring and understanding people you can meet. If you lose your job, go find an actor (he/she is probably waiting tables at the nearest Italian restaurant.). Trust me, you will find a sympathetic ear with an actor. For most of us, our job is basically going on job interviews. If by some miracle we actually book said job, we know going in that it will last anywhere from a day to a couple of months. Then, we get to do it all over again. Quite the life. So yeah, I like actors.
Celebrities, on the other hand, I increasingly have no use for. Therefore, I would like to formally tell the following people to fuck off. I don't care about you or what you have to say:
Megan Fox 
Yeah, yeah, I know. She's supposedly hot. Personally, she doesn't do it for me. I look at her, and she has that far-away look you see on the faces of strippers at 3:00 in the morning. Somewhere, there's some Hooter's buffalo wings that aren't being served. Quick: name a movie she's been in (and you can't say Transformers. Or Transformers 2: Revenge of the Marketing Department or whatever the hell it's called.). Yeah, didn't think so. Me neither. To be fair, she has been quoted as saying she knows the robot movies are not about acting. Still, I'm sick of her already and we have two more weeks of hype to go before the piece of crap opens (As a side note, director Michael Bay can go fuck himself as well. He has said recently that his next film will not feature any explosions. Apparently, it will be a 5-minute short, because that's all he knows how to do. Hey Mike, here's an idea: try letting a single shot last for 3 seconds before cutting away to something else for a change. People have said Ed Wood, Jr. is the worst director in film history. Those people have obviously never sat through Armeggedon. Michael Bay, please stop raping my eyes and my brain.)
Jon & Kate 
I've never seen a complete episode of your show. All I know is that you, madam, seem like a horrible shrew of a wife, and you sir, seem like an incredibly self-absorbed doofus. I don't care if you stay together, split apart or live on the moon - I just want you to go away. I saw Kate quoted on MSNBC today: "How does the show go on? The show MUST go on!" Really? It must go on? Why? OH, that's right - you will need to be able to pay for eight therapists. Fuck off.
Heidi & Spencer or Speidi or Whoever the Hell You Two Idiots Are

Fuck off. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. All I know about you two is you were on some MTV show and are now considered "Celebrities". Neither of you seem to show talent for anything: acting, singing, dancing, accounting, garbage collecting. I don't know why you're famous, nor do I care.
The Real Housewives of Wherever 
The Future Mrs. Wonderhorse, who is by all definitions a smart, college-educated, creative & artistic woman, got sucked into these shows. I've sat through a couple of them, and they can all fuck right off. My mom was a housewife when I was a kid - there's nothing real about any of these broads. Real housewives don't have maids, don't demand to be called countess or talk like extras from The Sopranos.
Glenn Beck 
I almost feel bad telling you to fuck off since you are so clearly deranged. Almost.
This Guy 
The worst of the bunch.


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Kate Gosselin's hair alone can send me into fits of babbling, incoherent rage.
OE - sad, but true.
Gary - maybe that will calm me down. I'm in a mood.
Jean - yeah, what is up with that hair? I know someone who looks exactly like her, but I just can't muster up the courage to tell her.
Lea - apparently, he does stand-up. The thought alone sends shivers down my spine.
Jane - I actually don't have a problem with the whole Brangelina thing. They both actually have some talent and are somewhat deserving of their celebrity status in my opinions. These other idiots, though....
Middle - I don't watch FOX either, but it's damned near impossible to escape the creepy gaze of Senor Beck.
I'd trade you the horse for Donald Trump?! He belongs on the list for sure.
I like that you included a photo of Megan Fox with her blow-up doll pout!
How did being famous for being famous ever become such a big deal?
A nice start... All of these and many more can fuck-off, except for the horse.
As for most of the other clowns, I'm pleases to say that I've never seen any of them in any thing. These people are famous for being famous. They are living (sort of) proof of Warhol's "famous for 15 minutes" -- only now we're down to five minutes.
The only one of this bunch who's "work" I've seen is Michael Bay, and someone should put out a Baywatch to prevent him making any more movies.
(Though I'm still shuddering from the image of all these random bits of human effluvia sitting on cartouche's face ... I mean ... who would want them that close? Really?)
what a pack of totally useless douchebags.
However, I've nothing against a Hooter's Girl. I stand with my trashy sister against your venom!
great post.
Megan-does anyone besides a meth-head really walk around with their mouth open like that? In high school we called that the "Duuhh look."
John and Kate, um, shut the hell up.
Heidi/Spencer=who?
I don't recognize any of the pictures in your post, and none of the names ring a bell. Do I need to check my pulse to see if I'm alive, or should I just say "liberal media elite" and be happy with two out of three?
It's working out for those open shaved-crotch displayers kids, and that is so disgusting and depressing that I need to apply tequila.....
I am embarrassed to report that the small town 10 miles away actually had a "Glenn Beck Day" celebration and the pinhead mayor gave the guy the key to the city! The mayor was later presented with a bill for $18,000 - the cost to provide extra security, etc., for Beck's visit and speech. Yeah, he gave a speech. Urp. That eighteen grand will be paid with taxpayer's money.
Okay, that's all I'm saying, or I'll take up ten column inches with liberal angst.
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New Rules: Celestauruses should remain extinct.
New Rules: There's nothing to celebrate about celebs.
Great, enjoyable feast of a read. Thanks! Rated!
I used to think that because, generations ago, our great-great grandparents (and further back) had iconic figures like the Virgin Mary, God, saints ...you know, ones that deserved worship - that because generations later, we've forgotten those and are in a godless culture, that these pseudo-celebrities have taken the place of iconic figures. By no means am I religious, but it does seem like we've replaced one forgotten icon with another.
It just *kills* me that they have so much that they don't deserve when people like firefighters, teachers, police, etc. - people who really make a difference - live so humbly.
Carry on, Sheldon. You're amazing.