It’s been a while since my last post, the reasons for which are a combination of laziness and forgetfulness — so no worries — no more Mickey Mouse, although I have to add, the mouse count has gone up considerably since December. Since then, we have nabbed 11 more critters in our traps, bringing our grand winter total to 27. Oh what a bloody killing spree it was, too. Good times.
The reason I am posting this message today is that I find myself amazed at just how stupid this country has become, and in particular, our country’s media. Now, one would think I am biased because I myself am a member of said media, but seriously — we don’t have to look far for people who are famous “just because” — Paris Hilton and the entire Kardashian family stand out, as well as just about everyone who has ever starred on any garbage reality TV show. But lately, the latest fad the media has implemented is finding the most ridiculous “viral web videos” — aka, stars of homemade YouTube movies — and making them stars, just because they probably have a slow news day.
I remember the other day, I was walking out to the living room after I got out of bed, and I find my wife on the couch with our laptop open. I forget now how we started talking about the subject, but our conversation turned to a viral video making the rounds of a recent wedding in which members of the wedding party came down the aisle with choreographed dancing to a hip hop song — during the CEREMONY. Like just about every other person in the world, I watched the video and chuckled lightly to myself, mildly entertained by it. For those of you who missed it, the video is below:
Now, by itself, the video is good for a few laughs on a boring Saturday morning — but, no — our media can’t leave it at that. THE TODAY SHOW somehow gets a hold of the wedding party and flies them all out to New York to RE-ENACT the entire dance routine for a group of “we have nothing else better to do because we are probably out of work” New Yorkers in Times Square. Again, the video of this is below:
Does anyone else think this is a waste of time? I laughed at the video because, well, it was funny (one of the members of the wedding party apparantly was injured and had to his part of the routine in a wheelchair, haha), but I also laughed because these people, who recorded the video just to have something fun to remember, are now national (and probably international) celebrities because of it.
So remember kids, if you want to be a celebrity — do something ridiculous at your next public gathering of family and friends. You may just end up being a millionaire!
