I guess the world will always be voyeuristic of famous people, whether they're royalty, musicians or actors. What is it with our obsession with these peoples lives? I don't get it. I'm not saying I'm not a People Magazine reader, where the lives of celebrities are weekly posted. I watch Entertainment Tonight, I watch E! OBSESSED I tell you. But WHY!? Don't we have our own lives, don't our own daily mishaps, dramas and celebrations keep us happy enough? Maybe it's because we like to peer into the lives of others, famous others, mind you, who seem to be on some sort of pedestals, and they seem Holier than thou to us, and maybe we watch them because we like to know they have the same kinds of problems we have. Why else do we gossip? Why else do we read autobiographies or watch biographies on TV of people we KNOW have had messed up lives, or unfortunate things happen to them. Why? Because we want to know, they've lived through the same kinds of things, we have, and yet, they seem to still survive and maybe, just maybe, that makes *us* want to strive to survive too? AM I way off here?
I think that's why I love to read books and write. I haven't done any serious writing in years, not since I've been married. But I have, in my head, a story that I would love, one day, to get down on paper. I want to write this book about 2 people who face the ups and downs of a long distance relationship, but there's more to it than that, I can't just give up my plot can I?! =) But seriously, I love to read books about people who overcome and triumph over despair, uncertainy and other unfortunate life changing, life altering things. So, in turn, that is what I love to write about. Who knows, maybe I'll even be published one day. For now, you only get to read my rantings here in my journal. Some days may be more interesting than others, but hey, what can I say, I never promised greatness! Right! =)
So have a moment of silence for our fallen princess and say a prayer for her boys, that they grow up to be as great and as prominant as she was.
Goodbye England's rose;
may you ever grow in our hearts.
You were the grace that placed itself
where lives were torn apart.
You called out to our country,
and you whispered to those in pain.
Now you belong to heaven,
and the stars spell out your name.
And it seems to me you lived your life
like a candle in the wind:
never fading with the sunset
when the rain set in.
And your footsteps will always fall here,
among England's greenest hills;
your candle's burned out long before
your legend ever will.
- Elton John