foolishxearthxcreature

Recently, "Young Hollywood" has been in a bit of strife. It seems like everyone is in rehab, or dead, or naked on the web, or in a sex tape. Sure, that kind of stuff has always happened, but due to the rise of the internet news and digital cameras and so on, it is now easier (and more lucrative) to share juicy celebrity gossip.

Anyway, with the recent wave of celebrity scandal, I began to think about the people in the entertainment industry whom I admired, looked up to or identified with. I decided on a list of people whom I admired and created two photo galleries to share them. On gallery houses photos of the women that I admire, while the other gallery houses photos of the men that I admire.

So, I am writing this journal to accompany thoses galleries, in order to explain why I admire these people.

The Men

Johnny Depp:

I admire Johnny Depp because he cares deeply about what he does. He always endeavours to give a excellent performance. I think he genuinely cares about acting and performing, which I think is a rare quality is many of today's actors, who tend to gravitate towards projects that will fill their pockets. Not that Mr Depp is a poor, struggling actor, but I think that by being willing to do the hard work, Johnny has earned the respect of the entertainment industry, his peers and his fans.

The Men of My Chemical Romance:

Apart from being an absolutely maniacal fan of their music (and Bob Bryar, but thats entirely different...), I have a great deal of respect for both the band as a whole and the individuals within the band. Personally, I think that the various messages that MCR send to their fans (and their naysayers) are overwhelmingly positive and extremely uplifting. They have inspired me to be myself and that that is ok. They have taught me that I will make mistakes, but thats ok too, as long as I learn something from those mistakes. Most importantly, they taught me to really stand up for what I believe in, in when faced with people who don't like my way of thinking.

I also admire the individual members of the band. They all have interesting and inspiring stories to tell. If you are fan, you will know what I'm talking about.

Tim Burton:

The quote above is pretty much my life!

I admire Tim Burton because he is a creative genius. He has made a living being "dark" and exploring the mysterious inner corners of his mind. In these corners, he has found weird and wonderful things and he hasn't been afraid to share those things with the world (much like Matt Bellamy who should really be in this list, but due to some sort of brain malfunction I neglected him!). So, I admire Tim because he is unafraid of his deepest thoughts and, even more remarkably, he is unafraid of sharing those thoughts with the world.

Salvador Dali:

I was trying to restrict my list to people who were still alive, so as to focus on what they can also achieve in the future (don't worry, I have an extensive list of dead people that I love and admire!). But the great Salvador Dali is probably my biggest hero. I admire Dali for similar reasons that I admire Tim Burton: he let unleashed the craziness that was inside his head out into the world. No matter what he dreamed up, he set it free with little regard for what others thought. He was outrageous and bizarre, but it didn't stop him from doing what he loved and creating some of the most amazing pieces of artwork that the world will ever see.

The Women:

Christina Ricci:

Despite her open struggle with eating disorders, I think Christina Ricci has handled herself well. Too many child stars go on to lead lives that so often end in an unnecessarily early deaths. However, I think that Christina has dealt with her fame reasonalbly well and continued to work successfully as an actress.

Helena Bonham Carter:

Helena Bonham Carter is an amazing actress who is so incredibly UNafraid of how the world perceives her. He seems just as wild and bizarre in real life as she is in many of her films. I think it is great that a women in the entertainment industry can feel so comfortable being herself, particularly in current times when women are expected to look and behave a certain way. She too has inspired me to be unashamed of being myself.

Dita Von Teese:

First of all, if I were homosexually inclined... wow... Ah, moving on, I admire Dita Von Teese because she has made sex sexy. With the boom of the internet and the desensitisation of the modern youth (oh no, here we go...) hardcore sex/pornography is everywhere. And while some would argue that Dita has contributed to that, I would argue that she has made sex and sexuality more sensual and mysterious. As she has said herself, burlesque is about teasing: fantasy and what could be under the outfit. So, I think she has, in a way, given some sexual power women, as she shows that she can control what she takes off and what she leaves on.

Tanya "Misery" Thompson:

Most people wouldn't have a clue who Misery is. So I will tell you. She is a graffiti artist(don't worry! The good kind of graffiti artist who gets commissioned etc)/artist/clothing designer who lives in New Zealand (born in Australia though...). Her work is amazing. I admire her because she started out as a street artist, yet she has become a design icon, with her canvas art, her clothing, her jewellery and more. Yet, she still does some street art! Nothing thrills me more to drive around Auckland and spot a Misery artwork on a concrete wall.

Since there was no group for Smashing Pumpkins lovers like myself, I made one!

I know that lots of MCR/Green Day fans also like The Smashing Pumpkins, so thats why I posted it here! (I also have an Invader Zim group ( http://www.buzznet.com/groups/invaderzimfanclub/ )and a Johnny Knoxville group ( http://www.buzznet.com/groups/johnnyknoxville/ ) , if you want to join those too!)

So if you like The Smashing Pumpkins, please join!

http://www.buzznet.com/groups/smashingpumpkins/

Thanks!

foolishxearthxcreature

1. You sit in front of the Television watching a show you hate for hours just waiting to see the advert for the next episode is on. 2. You scream every time you see the advert. 3. When you see a [H]ouse DVD at the shops you run towards it even though you have it at home. 4. You manage to turn every conversation into one about [H]ouse. 5. Every time you see the word [H]ouse you scream. 6. You go to the hospital in hope to see or meet a doctor with the same name as someone on [H]ouse. 7. You know the title of every episode in order by heart. 8. You know the diagnosis at the end of every episode. 9. You have every song that has ever been on [H]ouse on your iPod/Mp3/Mp4 10. You watch [H]ouse on the internet for hours, no matter how bad the picture and sound quality is. 11. You sit in front of the computer at 11pm making a list of how you know your obsessed. 12. Every time you write [H]ouse you put [ ] around the ‘H’ and underline the ‘ouse’. 13. You always write [H]ouse with a capital ‘H’. 14. Your wallpaper on your Phone, Computer etc. etc. is a [H]ouse one. 15. You print out information on the whole show, charactors and a list of episodes in a display folder and read it over and over again. 16. Your excuse for not doing your homework is you were watching [H]ouse. 17. You have gotten at least 15 people into [H]ouse. 18. You use House-isms in your normal speech. 19. Before you speak the people you are talking to go “This better not be about [H]ouse” 20. Every time you take a painkiller you get frightened about getting addicted. 21. You have dreams every night about [H]ouse charactors. 22. You know that [H]ouse was originally going to be called ‘Chasing Zebras, Circling The Drain’ 23. You consider ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ the Anti-House and when you hear people talk about it you want to kill them. 24. You watch [H]ouse religiously. 25. You look on online shopping sites for a cane with flames at the bottom like Dr. House’s even though you can walk perfectly fine. 26. You have seen every episode at least 5 times. 27. You force your whole family to watch it. 28. You read lists about [H]ouse. 29. You watch ‘General Hospital’ just because Dr. House does. 30. Nearly everything reminds you of [H]ouse somehow. 31. You make families on ‘The Sims 2’ with the names of [H]ouse characters. 32. Your video on Bebo/MySpace is a [H]ouse one. 33. This list reminds you of yourself. 34. You want to name your children after [H]ouse characters or the actors who play them. 35. You try to influence your teachers like Dr. House does to Dr. Cuddy. 36. You ask strangers if they watch it and if they do you say they rock and Hi-5 them. 37. You have an alarm on your phone reminding you to watch it, even though your sitting in front of the TV Twenty minutes before it starts. 38. You start calling people by their last names. 39. You don’t accept any invitations to go anywhere if [H]ouse is on that night. 40. You own Season 1, 2 & 3 on DVD. 41. You can think of over Forty Reasons for why you Love [H]ouse. 42. You can think of more then this. 43. You just know you LOVE it.

(P.S. I didn't write this! A friend sent it to me!)

100: Being a complete jerk to people all the time will make them like you, and sometimes, they will also fall in love with you. 99: Vicodin will cure all wounds. 98: It's NEVER Lupus. 97: You should know all about your sperm donors before utilizing their sperm. You don't want your kid to be beaten up, after all. 96: Get a good alarm system and guard dog if you're going to be admitted into a certain Doctor House's care. 95: If you're a nurse and looking for spicing up your sex life, get a job in oncology. 94: Why read books when you can learn everything from TV? 93. It's NEVER the first diagnosis. 92. If you play your friends right, you can borrow 5 grand over a year. 91. There is no dignity in dying. 90. Ketamine is NOT a permanent cure for chronic leg pain. 89: Even if House doesn't want it, everyone around him wants to everything about him. 88. Everyone in the House universe has a sixth sense and can read people way too good. 87. It will never again be Wilson's disease, but it will be mentioned again. 86. If you suggest Vasculitis enough, you'll start to sound smart. 85. Everybody Lies 84. Every minute House and Wilson refuse to love one another, another puppy cries another tear. 83. They don't call it the White House because of its paint job 82. New innuendo for masturbation: "Finding Nemo" 81. Drugs don't make House high, they make him neutral. 80. House loved "Awakenings." It made him cry. 79. Sometimes, he wants to cry. 78. If you need to figure out your problems, poison your pet rat. 77. According to Wilson, you'd be surprised what you can live with. 76. Wilson met someone who made him feel...funny, good. 75. Wilson didn't want to let that feeling go 74. Stacy lives in Short Hills 73. Genius does have side effects. 72. Cortisol is a cure all. 71. Wilson is a helluva cook. 70. Sex can kill. 69. If you should screw up a self-inflicted circumcision, House will ensure good surgeons will put that twinkie back in its wrapper. 68. Dogs love to eat vinyl records and Nike shox. 67. NEVER smoke marijuana grown in soil supplemented by moldy rye bread, parasite infested water, and pigeon feces. 66. EVERY living thing eats. Everything that eats, poops. That is why every living thing has a sanitation department. 65. You can't always get what you want 64. Watch out- cheese is the Devil's plaything. 63. House can be a jerk to people he hasn't slept with. He is that good. 62. Just because some one is attractive, in the House world, she is a whore. 61. There is a "me" in "team" (if you jumble it up...!). 60. Everybody should get an MRI. 59. When you think you have HIV, get high. 58. When someone is in the hospital, it is guaranteed that their house is empty and you can sneak in 57. If you're orange and your wife doesn't notice, she's cheating on you. 56. House likes people who teach children that truth is good, and there is no God. 55. Once the queen is on your money, you're british 54. Personal lubricant is NOT located on the store shelf next to the peanut butter 53. Exploding testicles hurt 52. Penis canes are murder 51. Use a cane. The vertical stripe is quite slimming. 50. Smugness is easier to maintain than great hair. 49. Never is just "reven" spelt backwards 48. Drooling might be a symptom of Chase wearing his short shorts 47. If your colleague thinks she has HIV, she might invite you over for sex under the influence... 46. LSD can be short circuited by anti depressants 45. If you can't roll a joint, ask your oncologist for help 44. Don't piss House off 43. If you spend half a year trying to convince an ex that she should dump her husband for you, the minute that she likes you back, you will lose interest. 42. Something bad is about to happen only if you hear dramatic music. 41. If your leg hurts, you miss Stacy. 40. The white board can't be used by black people, that's why it is called "the whiteboard". 39. Wilson can't just keep asking his patients to wait because Cameron's boss won't let her come out and play. 38. You'll go into custody if you don't get on a plane with your checked-in bagage. 37. Carrying a radioactive "keychain" will give you a dose of poisoning equivalent to 70 THOUSAND x-rays. Will also give your best friend a rash. 36. When you order a Reuben for House, make sure there are NO pickles. 35. If you want a obstinate patient to take medicine, tell them it's the same one prescribed to "Republicans". 34. You and your daughter will never look like twins; get her the damn ice-cream cake for her birthday!!! 33. A 100 pound 5'5" woman is incapable of breaking the fall of a 400 pound man. So is tempered glass. But it's a helluva a way to win your boss's respect. 32. If you see a stethoscope hanging from House's door, he's having sex. 31. And it doesn't have to be with another person. 30. Whoever came up with Buprenorphine to wear off Vicodine should be shot the stabbed in the eye. 29. Life is a series of rooms. 28. Prednisone compromises the immune system. 27. Forcing someone to have a conversation with you is "raping them, in a non-invasive, more annoying than traumatic way." 26. If you get rid of a dog, it's becuase you're planning to dump your girlfriend. 25. House would do Wilson AFTER Cameron does Chase 24. Wilson's not on anti-depressants, he's on speeeeeed. 23. According to Wilson, House fell on his head when he was a child. 22. Chase hates Nuns. 21. House would consider low-rider jeans on Cameron both attention grabbing and "hot". 20. Having a criminal record and/or being hot are good ways of being hired by House 19. If you have a cane you can get away with ANYTHING! 18. House is the only one allowed to play with the markers. 17. Chase has a weakness for bald 9 yr old girls. 16. If one of your team rats you out to a power hungry Board chairman don't fire them... Torture is much more fun! 15. Canes are better than puppies! 14. Don't make Cuddy mad..... she'll take away your pills. 13. People used to have more respect for cripples you know. 12. They didn't really. 11. House hasn't been on a date since Disco died. 10. According to House and Wilson, it's Bros before Hoes. 9. Flames on a cane makes House look like he's going faster. 8. Leather jackets make you warm *AND* cool. How do they know? 7. When the Inuit go fishing, they don't look for fish. (They look for the blue heron) 6. Overall, drug addicts are idiots 5. Asking a girl her "Dreams, Hopes, and Aspirations" is a DEFINITE panty-peeler!!! 4. If your boss takes away your parking space, throw a tantrum and spend a week in a wheelchair to make your point. 3. You can call Karl in book keeping "Kevin" because it's a secret friendship club name. 2. You can see music when tripping on LSD. 1. He is a mistanthropic, miserable, antisocial, sexist, bigoted, depressed, pill popping, motorcycle riding, selfish ass. But would you trust anyone else with your life?

(P.S. I didn't write this! A friend sent it to me!)