Crashing The Party

Although being unemployed does leave a lot of spare time, and I do want to find a way to make money very badly, (hmmm...maybe I should think that one over; I've been making money badly my entire working life.), there are some things I won't do just to get noticed. F'r instance, doing wild stuff for a video to post on You Tube.

Extreme quests for fame are nothing new, and I doubt it will ever stop, but I think it's getting worse with reality tv and all the amateur video sites. The bar has been raised, and unfortunately there are a bunch of people wanting to leap over. The only bar I'll leap over is the one at the Hyatt Regency; they keep the really good stuff on those shelves against the mirror.

Now more than ever, the general feeling is "anyone can do it", and while that may be true, it doesn't mean it's a good idea. Even "don't try this at home" has no meaning anymore for these potential stretcher fillers; they want to try anything. There are easier ways to join the famous and rich party. Talent and persistence for example. In my past, wild for me was cranking my car up to 80 on the freeway. Okay, maybe that doesn't thrill you, but it was a '72 Vega, and at any speed above 55, it was like bronco busting. If you looked up "shimmy" in the Webster, you'd see a Vega. Today's cars are much improved, but they still aren't meant to have less than 4 wheels on the road. On a related note, a motorcycle riding on one wheel is a unicycle.

Yeah, I know, this is not going to stop anybody from doing this stuff. That's fine, that's not really my goal; there are too many people here using up too few natural resources as it is. But let me make a suggestion: there are really good ways to make money daring fate. Becoming a pro stuntman will not only keep you safer, those of us who want to keep all our original parts will applaud you for getting the hell away from us.


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