#14: how to get off your high horse

being humble is difficult, but especially difficult if you're an A lister. and with actors like charlie sheen who label their wrong-doings as 'personal choice' and still achieve a weird type of fame and reverence - it makes me think that being humble only gets you silly things like respect. and who would have respect rather than fame? so it’s no wonder we (as a culture) look at hollywoods and think - "sure wish that was me". but so few of us think of dr.brilliantjeet in somewhere, india and think, "sure wish that was me - minus the unibrow". why are Alisters allowed to crash cars, do drugs, do pornstars, and exhibit selfish behavior so openly, when i'm not even to urinate in public without a $250 fine? not that i'd want to, but i mean... does having a high horse mean having no consequences?...

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#13: how to hit the panic button

most of you have probably heard about the devastation in japan already, but i don't think you heard about it - in the right way. and yes, i know that critiquing anything about a natural disaster this quickly is like pulling off a scab before it’s healed. but the media's coverage of these events always leaves me in a state of helpless anxiety and i’ve always wanted to understand their need to open-palm slam the panic button with such a cemented predisposition. the media has always been a catalyst for spreading panic and over exaggerations, but i've never understood the motivation behind it. maybe the media and the government like to play footsies under the table. and the resulting alarm from their coupling is a means of exploiting the generosity of their citizens. or maybe it's because the...

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