Celebrity Gone Crazy

What is all this bullshit about? Why are the media so insistent on repeatedly telling us of the movements (bowel and otherwise) of so-called celebrities? And I use this term loosely. It seems that you only have to sneeze on some reality crap on TV to be called a Celeb these days - and here's my bag:

I DONT CARE!

I don't care who's lost weight/smoking whilst pregnant/broke up with Brad/took their top off/had a meltdown - I don't. I DONT CARE whether TomKat had painkillers or not whilst giving birth. Surely there are others who don't too? I can't be the only voice? Shouldn't we require to have more to base our adulation on from people we look up to, more than having slept with a footballer or posed naked on a car bonnet or married a squillionaire movie star?

Isn't it disgusting that this is now what we are teaching our children? How about we teach them to aspire to winning a gold medal or sailing single-handedly around the world or composing a piece of music that speaks to a million people? To make their own way in life and stand or fall by the decisions we make along the way.....

....ok, rant over...time to switch off the TV and go and do something less boring instead!

Corporate Boredom.

So you need the cash? Naturally - jobbing actors usually do. Along comes the Corporate video. Hey-ho....

Booked, directions in hand I set off in Reg TFP having glanced at the script (Autocue included in the package). When I arrived I met an old hat at the studio, who told me that this particular company were difficult to get the money out of. Great news at 7.30am before breakfast. A long day ensued finishing with voice over in a different studio.

However, my point is this: do our significant corporations really believe that this kind of script and approach towards customer services really works? You know the type: smiling presenter, bigging up the company whilst making the unfortunate employee absorb phrases such as: "The customer is the most important person and you must identify with them on an individual basis" (Paraphrased - actually said in 44 pages of script)

Wouldn't the world be a better place if these kind of videos were made tailored to the employee and without the corporate lingo? I've been considering this at length and feel sorry for the employee who's made to watch such editions. Wouldn't they love it if the presenter just told the truth? "The customer, usually a complete nut case, is important because we want them to spend their money with us - a pittance of which we will pay you, while we receive our faxes in the Bahamas?" or "Each customer is different but their money isn't!"

Unfortunatly this jobbing actor is too poor to make a stand- I took the money, smiled and ran!

An Evening to Remember

Went to see DaVinci Code last night with my Bro and decided (mistakenly) to have a KFC beforehand. Personally I'd rather eat my own arm but as that was unavailable it was junk food central straight ahead.

The squinting and stereotypically greasy bloke behind the counter took 20mins to get to us and then 25min to assemble the order (which actually didn't taste too bad although the Colonel took his revenge this morning) and they call it Fast Food? Brings new meaning to the term you pay peanuts, you get monkeys! Although I'm sure I wasn't the only customer to want to give him a brain transplant there and then!

As for DaVinci Code, let's just say a Danielle Steel novel is a better read and a conversion thereof into a mini-series is more exciting than this film - although, Paul Bettany was excellent as Silas I still managed to have a kip. Twice.