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[roguedemon]

I went to the gym tonight. I got on the treadmill to warm up these creaky limbs of mine and I happened to glance up at one of the TV screens. As usual, CNN was on. What do I see? More crap about Anna Nicole Smith. Luckily the sound was off. Seriously, this is a joke. I keep seeing announcements about her on major network news shows --only at the

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[ljs]

Sadly, I'd agree with you (mostly).

My L.A. Best Bud and I were talking yesterday about the crop of 'newsworthy' figures (like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie) who are famous without corresponding accomplishments. It's always been that way to some extent -- I just finished reading twentieth-century fashion icon Diana Vreeland's gossipy biography, which has stories about 1920s and 30s versions -- but it does seem worse now. :-(

[hugs you]

[roguedemon]

Hi there, I missed replying to this earlier. I think that society used to be a tad classier, and used to celebrate people with wit a lot more. I saw the movie Capote last year -- now there was someone who was famous for being a society wit, and had a huge social circle for a while before he melted down. Things seem to be a lot more vulgar now, and there seem to be ever fewer standards. Now, all you have to do is be blond, thin, expensively dressed, and drunk. And I do think that actual news got more attention years ago.

[freixenet]

Ooh, yay for treadmills--and for reading crap culture while you're at it! (This is how I found that Glamour article and nearly fell off the treadmill with disgust.)

And now that Britney has apparently shaved her head, I tend to agree with your overall assessment.

[roguedemon]

Belated reply -- this is why I never post to my journal -- sometimes, you need a crap magazine to keep you going on a cardio machine. Along with an ipod.

What has gotten to me lately is the steady onslaught of women either starving themselves or melting down in public, or both. While being covered relentlessly by the media. Somehow, I think we can do better for entertainment. And then there is plastic surgery. I want to state, for the record, that a procedure to correct a deviated septum is not cosmetic. I had that done, as well as extensive work on my sinuses, without changing the shape of nose in any way whatsoever. Whenever celebrities use that as a cover for getting their noses done I want to call and get someone to publish a correction!

Wow, I feel better now...:)