I think the Brits have the Yanks beat when it comes to salacious, tasteless media exploitation of "celebrities". And they are the so-called gents and ladies of the world. I love it.
Well, I have no comment on this other than "where is the prolonged NBC coverage on this?" after all any sports enthusiast could hear all during the frickin' Olympics was how awesome this dude was and I agree he is and hey...if he wants to smoke some weed and star on the cover of a Sunday tabloid, more power to him. He's young, maybe brain dead already from all the water in his ears, so what's the big deal? Put people on a pedestal and this is what happens! I personally do not like the smell of good ole ganja nor would I be sharing a bong with diseased individuals at some frat party. A FRAT party! Who knows where those mouths had been? Or on what! Or whom!
My weekend was nothing the News of the World would find remotely exciting, with only a lunch date, the Aussie Open (I hope Serena is not smokin' it up) and a small purchase to shout about. Oh, and my alcoholic ex's mum calling me up and asking me if I wanted to move in. It was a bit out of left field but it is not as odd as it sounded. He is moving out and she knows I drive a long ways to work and she has the space and needs a tenant. Well, seeing that in 3 days (yep...3) I will not be driving to work anywhere, I had to decline the kind offer. But yeah...another Tamale moment. I am not trying to get too much into that person's life again, even if he is seemingly out of the picture.
I also bought a novel for $5 at a used book sale and started reading it today and it was going really well - really had me gripped as I lounged my long, brown form on my pink sheets with the stuffed animal - until it got to the point where the female lead explained to the male lead that she was a time travelling FBI agent and had come back from 2037 or some shit to follow a murderer who had managed to use the FBI's time machine to travel back to 2005. My God! That's what you get for $5! And this shit was on the NY Bestsellers' List - another indication that too many Americans are sharing dirty, penis/vagina flavoured bongs out there.
If swimmer-boy wants to puff a spliff or do a bong-riff or two, doesn't bother me! Let he who is without sin, and all that....
ReplyDeleteI am a nightly reader of the Sun, and hit NOTW every week. Love their way with words: no one can get a smile out of scandal like the Brits.
But "long brown form on pink sheets"? That's truly worthy of their notice! Not to mention male attention in general....
Yeah - noone tops the Brit tabloids - they are a work of art in their own right!
ReplyDeleteThey used to love an Aussire cricketer called Warne - we learnt more about him from the Brit media than from our own
pity you can't read the German tabloids... the sh*t they report is sometimes out of this world! literally! lol
ReplyDeleteThe British have a fine and proud tradition for being the home of the gutter press. I can remember one documentary about the tabloids, with one former Sun reporter remarking “We were la crème de la scum.” with evident pride in his voice. These people need employment! Do you want them roaming the streets?
ReplyDeleteThe higher you put people on a pedestal, the harder they fall. In a way I'm kind of glad he got busted. That's what you get for acting all badass and like your shit don't stink.
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