Glad not to be famous.....

I remember when one of my little cousins had the aspirations to grow up one day and be a dinosaur. She loved animals and at the stage in life she was at - to be a dinosaur - meant the high life. Sadly kids grow up - and realize that maybe the dreams they once had are not exactly plausible. I'm sure if she really wanted to pursue the life of a dinosaur should could have be the next "Barney"... or she even could have worked along the same lines as Ross from FRIENDS and studied dinosaurs. She started high school this year and has adapted her career aspirations to be either a horse owner/trainer or to become a vet. She even decided this year that she's now a vegetarian.
Kids have wonderful ideas - that often change frequently depending on their age - about what to do when they grow up. With "reality" shows such as survivor, idol, so you think you can dance, apprentice, etc... it is clear that many more individuals want to have their cahnce at fame. Thanks to the internet, let alone reality television, it seems many more individuals get their chance.
However, it still takes either hard work, or a "who you know" status to get to C, B, or even A list celebrity levels. I'll admit it - I've thought about being an actress - even once thought it would be cool to be Britney Spears - to make records and travel around putting on shows for people. I might not have the best singing voice, but I can dance and I can act - so I'm pretty much a tripple threat! My dad even knew people in the acting business! His old acting partner was Victor Garber... my dad only acted for fun. I use to do a bunch of plays - and I actually miss the stage - whether its for acting or dancing - I enjoyed those moments up there - not because people were watching me - but because I got to express myself through someone that wasn't "me" - so it was a sense of freedom I suppose.
I'm glad I never became famous though.
Sure there are a lot of people who become famous and still manage to stay out of the public eye - but there are others who are plastered everywhere - Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan..... to just begin a list - and really - even if I had all the money in the world - I wouldn't want their lives. There are other people that we haven't really heard from in a while like Brad Renfro who died last week, and just today Heath Ledger has now died due to what appears to be obvious drug overdose. I don't want to ever be exposed to a world like that - and I know that you don't have to have some relation to fame to get mixed up with all of it --- I'm just glad that I'm not.
I'm so happy to have the friends I have - I've got the best ones in the world - I'd argue with anyone who tried to state otherwise. I even am pretty lucky to have the family I have -
Although I'm in an interesting "funk" at the moment and can't seem to get out of the neutral gear and into drive.... I'm still happy to have the people in my life that I do - and wouldn't trade them in for all the fame and money in the world.

snowbound in toronto.....

As the majority of my readers know (I say that like I am a well known author who hundreds, possibly thousands of people adore and are inspired by) since the 27th of the 12th month of the 2007th year, I have spent many days in the capital city of the province that also contains the capital city of the country of the so called great white north.

It all began on the 27th (Thursday) at about 6:30pm. Location: Corunna.
After a full day at work - I don't say full day with the implication that I actually did a lot of work but rather was there for the all the hours of operation. I went to my mom's place - put together my stuff and headed out to Toronto to help celebrate my first ever Negaversary... meeting the majority of the individuals in the wedding party for my Jen and Mark. I think that it was a very successful night - enjoyed by all - I think that Jen and Mark have a really interesting (in the good way) wedding party - everyone seems pretty awesome. I think that the 366 minus days until the wedding are going to have the stressful moments for Jen and Mark - but its going to be a great event!

The next day I stayed in Toronto - Jen, Mark and I went to the movies and saw JUNO. It was really good - I recommend it - unlike I am Legend which I think one should only watch if they are bored and it happens to be on television. The adventure to the movies though was unlike many other trips. Upon entering the theatre - the smell would smack anyone in the face. mmmmm wet popcorn + soggy winter jacket smell. Who wouldn't love that smell liquified and put into a bottle to be sold in all major department stores as perfume during the holiday season? A good salesperson can sell anything!!! However, that wasn't the the worst part - the part that was gross was the mouse. There were probably more than one mouse - but I presonally only saw one running amongst our feet. And when Jen approached who appeared to be the manager at the end of the show - she told us that they had been having a problem with mice and had hired two companies to take care of it but apparently it hasn't worked yet. Awesome.

The next day after hanging out with Jen and Mark again for a bit I headed to Sharon's for a brief visit before heading home.....which actually turned into another night in Toronto. But seriously... what is there to complain about with that?

Sunday - I don't get to watch much football as I actually had to travel back to Corunna... why? Because I had to work on the Monday - the last day of the year. I did get to see my Colts play - well I got to see the backup players who are on the team play.... they lost - but that was expected.

I worked Monday - and then got back in my car and drove back to Toronto. Yes back to Toronto - for NYE at Maggies which was a good time and now I have to stop typing because Sharon and Rafa are ready to go (I dont know where we are going though!).... but that comes to the part about being snowbound in Toronto - the snow is really bad heading west past london - my mom called and told me to stay put - sharon got excited.