Sitting around waiting for more freelance clients and/or a full time job can get boring, and the only way to find work is to stay connected. Check Craigslist, Twitter feeds, refresh your email every five seconds in the hopes that someone actually wants to hire my punk ass… then repeat.
Throughout the day I stay busy and struggle to keep my sanity through dog walks, never-ending to-do lists from my wife, and Netflix instant streaming.
The other day I was so bored I decided to watch some Jersey Shore, season 2, which was recently added to the instant streaming catalog on Netflix. After a few episodes I realized we have a situation in this country. Get it, a situation? Because one of the guys on Jersey Shore calls himself the situation. Moving on…
As I was saying, after watching a few episodes I felt a strong urge to take a really hot shower and get tested for STDs, just to make sure I hadn’t caught anything from the remote. My eyes also became very sensitive to the cast-member’s T-shirts; which seemed to be white T-shirts, which had been washed with highlighters and a handful of temporary tattoos (I think the brand is Ed Hardy?).
While watching the show, and continuing my job search, I saw a headline on-line about how Snooki was being featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. The article stated that Snooki is a published, best selling, author, alongside her cast mate the Situation.
The same day I saw a headline that Bristol Palin is writing a book and has already obtained a publisher. Now, I realize the book industry is just as troubled as the record industry, but that doesn’t mean it should rush to such drastic measures to sell books. You don’t see the record industry stooping to such pathetic lows to sell records. I mean, it’s not like you’re going to see Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian putting out records anytime soon… Oh, wait, shit.
For those of you that don’t get why I’m so bothered by this, let me quickly explain—these people are jokes.
I can see how the cast of the Jersey Shore would be incredibly qualified to write a book on binge drinking, or how to kill time while waiting for your prescription to cure Chlamydia is filled. But I can’t imagine they’d have much to offer beyond these subjects.
And as for Bristol Palin, the girl who is famous for practicing unsafe sex, and getting knocked up by a self proclaimed redneck boyfriend… She claims being a working mom is really tough. Her job? At the time she made the statement, she was on the reality TV show, Dancing with the Stars. She has had other jobs, since becoming a mother. One article I read said she made $38,000 a night speaking to teens about abstinence. Not about how it doesn’t work, which she famously told Fox News, but how it does work, minus all of the statistics that it doesn’t… and you know, her baby.
How/why are these people famous? And why are they writing books? Part of the reason I get into a rage when I hear about such people getting a book deal, is because I’m scrapping by to make a living by writing about anything anyone will pay me for. But you better believe, if I ever publish a book, there is no way I’ll allow myself to get lumped in with the Jersey Shores and the Bristol Palins of the publishing world. No, I hope I’m put in a class with the likes of such great minds and best selling authors as George W. Bush, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin. Dare to dream.
