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“When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
~Desiderius Erasmus

"You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Like maybe you survive."
~Doctor Who

"Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy."
~Scrubs

"When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl - you find someone to carry you."
~Firefly

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
~Mark Twain

"Porthos dreams of being a bear, and you want to shatter those dreams by saying he’s just a dog? What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That’s like saying, “He can’t climb that mountain, he’s just a man”, or “That’s not a diamond, it’s just a rock.” Just."
~Finding Neverland

"Sometimes our best decisions are the ones that don’t make any sense at all."
~How I Met Your Mother

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legoline

07 August 2005 @ 11:07 am

I desperately want a new LJ layout but I think I might have lost my drive. Bugger. *wants sexy layout with Dom goodness rather badly*

Just saw a BBC documentary about paparazzi. It's an issue that really pisses me off. The whole thing is just so hypocritic. And no, I don't mean the every day people who claim that papparazzi is bad and then sneak out to buy the latest issue of Hello Magazine. The celebs are who piss me off.

You ignorant fuckers, you live on publicity. You chose this job. You decided to become famous. No don't come running around complaining. If paparazzi are so unbearable, then quit your jobs. And give your poshy mansions and English castles back.

Maybe you didn't consider loss of privacy was such a great sacrifice when you dreamt of being a famous actor/actress/singer/whoever. Well, that's bad luck. Be careful what you wish for is all I've got to say to that.

ETA: Managed to do snazzy new top graphic for my LJ. *drools*

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aliphaunt.livejournal.com on August 7th, 2005 03:05 pm (UTC)

I almost completely agree with your comments, but the paparazzi can go too far sometimes. I agree that by choosing to become an actor/singer/whatever, you invite publicity, but I heard about an instance involving Lindsay Lohan, where paparazzi were so eager to get news, they crashed into her car while she was driving, and then took photos of her distress. There needs to be a line drawn between publicity and news-mongering (did you just think of Eomer and his 'war-mongering'?!)

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legoline.livejournal.com on August 7th, 2005 03:15 pm (UTC)

Agreed. Of course paparazzi can go too far. I was talking more of the "following you wherever you go" thing without endangering your life ;o)

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aliphaunt.livejournal.com on August 7th, 2005 04:00 pm (UTC)

Oh, you're right - people have no excuse for moaning about that. Especially when you hear stories about people like Johnny Depp, who live unobtrusive lives and therefore aren't troubled by the paparazzi. Even if you're a celebrity, you don't have to live in the public eye all the time!

Hehe, I'll use Johnny's name to justify using an icon of his hotness.

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legoline.livejournal.com on August 7th, 2005 04:04 pm (UTC)

*nods* Good idea.

Yeah my point exactly. I mean who come there are famous people who are hardly ever in the newspapers or don't seem to have these troubles... :o)

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aliphaunt.livejournal.com on August 7th, 2005 05:53 pm (UTC)

Zigactly! Fools of Tooks.

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legoline.livejournal.com on August 7th, 2005 06:06 pm (UTC)

*nods*

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