Rockstars

You know that song that goes like "we all just wanna be big rockstars"?

I hate it. With a passion. Because it's retarded. Why would you want to be a rockstar? Why would you want to be famous? It's all so superficial and stupid.

The only reason people want to be popular is because everybody "likes" them, but everybody just likes them just because they want to be popular. It's stupid an pointless.

Seriously, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE FAMOUS?!

Having no personal time, having so many people pretend they know all about you, and pretend that they're you're best friend.. when really, they don't even know you at all. Being famous is all about being superficial. I hate it.

I hate the way that we put people up on pedestals, just because they were in a movie, or they're in a band that plays some good music, or they can sing, or they can dance, or whatever it is. What we see is the outside of the person, their talent. Not the inside, not what really matters, not their soul. We never get to really know these people, and yet we want to be just like them.

Think of your favorite band, or your favorite actor. What do they believe? About anything? (life, God, whatever) Do you have any idea whatsoever? I would be very suprised if you did.

Then why do we idolize them? It makes no sense.

gah. *pounds head on keyboard*

"And that is the thing that's so frustrating to me. I don't know if we really like pop-culture icons, follow them, buy into them because we resonate with what they believe or wheher we buy into them because we think they're cool." -Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz