when i grow up i want to be a writer. of anything. articles, novels, childrens lit, menus. whatever. i just want to write. and before you skoff at the whole menu thing i have, sadly to say, been in more than one restaurant with misspellings on the menu. that doesnt look tasty.
i am amazed with people and what they get famous for. some people who get to be published. i just dont get it. and then, let's take the music industry. due to a lack of AIR1 radio i am forced to listen to K-love, which is all right, usually. anyway, i was listening to a song on the radio and this woman was *"singing." only i couldnt make sense of her at all. she hit most of her notes, but kinda swooped up into them and made this noise at the end to give me the impression she was white, but was trying to add a little soul run at the end. as it turns out, that isnt really working for her. now i am fine with the fact that i will never be famous for my voice. broadway, as sad as this is for me to type, will never be in my future. BUT why does this woman get to be ON THE RADIO causing ear drums to shatter or even worse, causing those people out there that "sound just like the dixie chicks when i sing" to think they are actually getting better. cause heck, if they can sound like the lady on the radio!!!
wow. i dont want fame. okay, maybe that isnt completely accurate. i am very content and happy in the life i lead. i get stage fright something fierce and IF i were to get picked up as an author of anything i would have to share my salary with my editor as his/her work would be more than usual. this being said, i think i should get a chance. not like the peas. i mean at least as much as this crazy woman got.
to make things....worse isnt the word i am looking for, but my editor has the night off. worse, the guy i used to sing worship with is now making a worship CD without me. sigh. this makes me sad. i guess i will have to cling tight to the memories of singing with my dad for Jerry Lewis and those few jingles i did as a kid. my 15 minutes of fame came early. bummer.
*these are not Joey quotes..to those of you non-Friends fans, you will still not know what this means. sorry.
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Keep writing and singing, Shontell, cuz we appreciate you.
fame is more a matter of right place, right time than anything. as we talk, layla is watching our old "titanic" videos, dusted off for the first time in years. i find that a decade has made it even harder to figure out how this movie made so much money (or even how that many people managed to sit through it) or why leo was ever that popular.
next CD I make, you're on...
re: the proliferation of writers, singers, actors, & other famous doods - "don't ever underestimate the power of our ignorance, apathy, & even stupidity."
why would you comment about apathy? none of us care about that.
"i am amazed with people and what they get famous for. some people who get to be published. i just dont get it."
UM WHAT DOES THIS MEAN???!! ARE YOU MOCKING ME!!??!?!?
love you shontellie ;)
the kurse of the kreative mind...good post NAIF...i can definitely relate. i work daily to stop missing what i ain't got...
this is a good topic my friend. fame is not all it cracks up to be and neither is fortune. you can ask my cousin who on the small scale of things as far as fame/fortune go had a bit of a taste. he also has had 5 marriages and is only 35yrs. old. OUCH!! ya think it's more the novelty than the reality that is so great??
now what are you sayin' 'bout the dixie chicks? i have 3 little ladies that love them dearly.
jay - i have 3 ladies that at one point liked the spice girls. it did not make me feel the need to defend them.
i wanted to be an artist, i even checked out an art college, while i was there some guy wearing a baret walked passed me. i punched him in the neck
diga- you need to work on defending your children more. if you don't nobody will. they're not grown yet. :>0
oh yeah, i forgot . the dixie chicks rock. i would pay money to see them and i don't pay money to see just anybody, but just a matter of taste i suppose.although if you want to learn how to harmonize my friend that is where to learn.
noel- you're a great person! no matter what diga says. :)
lol. actually i love the CHICKS. i was making fun of my friend Laura wells :waving: (i told you i would make fun of you on here if you gave me a chance AHAHAH!) anyway. one day she told me in the same breath that she cant sing, but "today in the car i was alone and able to sing really loudly and i have to say that i started sounding just like the dixie chicks" lol.
and thanks for loving me all :) and jesse. i think you very normal and talented. i think you are strange for signing autographs but i love you the same.
oh yah. and thanks pastor. better yet, can you start a publishing company and then publish my book? just thought i would try he he.
Hey, if someone's starting a publishing company, I want in on that, too...
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