The kind of people selected for a reality show are… well, they have issues. They tend to be what we call ‘cluster-B’ personalities. That’s narcissist slash borderline sociopath. They’re people who are exhibitionistic, have poor boundaries, are trauma survivors and want to be famous, not because they have something important they want to do for society but because: hey, it’s me!
Dr. Drew, about Tila Tequila’s show, Flava Flav’s show, Bret Michaels’ show, every girl on the Bachelor, the participants of the Real World-Road Rules challenges, Wife Swap, most reality shows on Fox, yadda yadda yadda.
I can’t watch them anymore, this is basically why.
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My video made Drudge…
215,035 views and counting. get out your checkbook nick, drinks are on blakeley!
I might have been given a bad break, but I’ve got an awful lot to live for.
Lou Gehrig from his July 4, 1939 “The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth” farewell speech.
This gets to me on more than a few levels. The sanctity of sports aside, these are words from a man who knew why he got out of bed every morning. In a world where cynicism seems to be perennially en vogue, it can sometimes help to step back and take stock of what really matters. So today, I’ve got a southpaw from New York to thank for reminding me that, well, I’ve got a whole hell of a lot to be thankful for.
Lou Gehrig (l) and Babe Ruth (r) on “Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day” (July 4, 1939) at Yankee Stadium, following Gehrig’s retirement.
(n.b. I just purchased John Drebinger’s July 5, 1939 article “61,808 Fans Roar Tribute to Gehrig” from the NYT archives. If anyone has any interest in reading it, let me know and I’d be happy to pass along the pdf)
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kray:
Shooting for Real World 21 begins this summer in Brooklyn. The show’s co-creator sent Gothamist this release, “The Brooklyn season”
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aja:
I don’t know anyone who couldn’t use this mini battery pack from Kensington.
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must. have. this.
As if buying an iPhone doesn’t slim down your wallet enough. This guy made an album on his iPhone specifically for his scanned in membership cards. The cool thing is that the barcode still scans. A cool way of consolidating those rarely used cards that make your wallet uncomfortable to sit on.
I just remembered the Christian Bale film, ‘The Machinist’ and how emaciated he got for that role. So gross.
I’ve yet to see this movie, and I am a huge Bale fan. It reminded me of this story via Wikipedia about Matt Damon when he was working on the firm Courage Under Fire…
“In order to lose 40 pounds (18 kilograms) for the later scenes, Matt Damon went on a strict regimen of food deprivation and physical training. While on Inside The Actor’s Studio Damon said that the regiment consisted of six and a half miles of running in the morning and another six and half at night, a diet of chicken breast, egg whites, and one plain baked potato per day, and a large amount of coffee and cigarettes. This damaged his health to the extent that he had to have medical supervision for several months afterwards. However, his efforts did not go unnoticed; director Francis Ford Coppola was so impressed by Damon’s dedication to method acting that he offered him the leading role in The Rainmaker (1997). Steven Spielberg was also impressed by his performance, but thought he was too skinny and discounted him from casting considerations for Saving Private Ryan until he met Damon during the filming of Good Will Hunting when he was back at his normal weight.”
i’m sorry but if you’re not voting for obama because his middle name is hussein and his last name sounds like osama, and because of the color of his skin, and you think he’s muslim, well you’re too stupid to vote.
call me an elitist but there should be some hoops to jump through to vote. stupid people should not be allowed to vote. stupid people put bush back in office for another four years.
hillary should not be proud of the fact that uneducated people support her more than obama. its hysterical that shes making this some kind of badge of honor.
caro:
Been dealing with flaky Craigslist roommate applicants for quite some time now. It’s really annoying.
this has always perplexed me. i like meeting new people, and developing relationships with them. after all, everyone we know was once a stranger. however, i don’t think i would feel comfortable living with someone i just met off a want ad. this idea is completely strange to me, and i know a LOT of people do it, and i understand in nyc its hard to pay rent on one person’s income, but still…..kinda weird to me.
i’ve been fortunate to have friends who would want to share a place before i lived alone, i guess i wouldn’t know if i could do this unless i was pressed into the situation.
