So, youtube suggested this gem of a video/song for me when I went on there today, and they were horribly mistaken.  If anyone hasn't heard this song, I'll spare your ears and give you some of the lyrics here..

Now I've got a confession
When I was young I wanted attention
And I promised myself that I’d do anything
Anything at all for the boys to notice me

[Bridge]
But I ain't complaining
We all wanna be famous
So go ahead and say what you wanna say
You know what it's like to be nameless
Want them to know what your name is
'Cause see when I was younger I would say

[Chorus]
When I grow up
I wanna be famous
I wanna be a star
I wanna be in movies

When I grow up
I wanna see the world
Drive nice cars
I wanna have Groupies

When I grow up
Be on TV
People know me
Be on magazines

When I grow up
Fresh and clean
Number one chick when I step out on the scene


First, I'm glad that I don't know the names of anyone in the Pussycat Dolls (except Nicole, but what's her last name? No, I don't actually care) and I don't think the majority of the population does. But this song made number 13 on the World Singles Top 40, and I have friends who like it.  I guess I can see how it might be catchy?? but I'm worried about how seriously the kids of today take this song, the scantily clad Bratz dolls (the ONLY girls with a passion for fashion), and the less than role-model worthy celebrities splashed on magazines and TV.  What do the Bratz dolls do?  Sing, accessorize, whore themselves out to the Bratz Boyz, and attempt to remove the letter 's' from the English language... Who are the kids whose lives revolve around these things going to grow up to be?   Can you imagine a generation of adults like the moms on I Know My Kid's a Star? Or Real Housewives of New York City?  Would you buy your kids the Bratz dolls? 

So many people think that being famous makes up for the fact that they might be shitty people.  In the past, famous people were ones who stood up for things besides thinking that socks and sandals should not be allowed, they made leaps in science, humanitarian causes, political and social change.  Now, who cares about these things when you can go on American Idol and become famous for singing badly?

Sometimes I feel like there might not be anything wrong with any of this.  Maybe we have nowhere else to go as a society and the human race has done all it can.  But that's too passive.  I'm sure a lot of people living in times we regard now as troubled, believed that was all.  The big picture can be too big to be seen in a person's lifetime or a moment. We see repercussions of previous generations and past actions now...  For example, it seems these high school/college shootings are brought on by the fact that the kids with the wrong (or no) ideals walk all over people and it stays if not fixed by some kind person until something snaps in the person being bullied and everyone pays for it.  Selfishness and arrogance breed selfishness and arrogance...Watch yourself (but shake it fast and show me what your working with, too). 

Being comfortable with themselves.  I don't like people who care what the person sitting next to us might be thinking or are afraid to take risks or ask me possibly inappropriate things.  No one gets bored or boring

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