Breathing and Thinking

So, if you know me, you probably know I’m obsessed with celebrity gossip. My favorite celebrity gossip blog is dlisted. If you haven’t visited it, I highly suggest you do. He’s awesome. Anyway, since I’m sure everyone cares about my opinions, I thought maybe I’d share my thoughts on some of today’s stories.

Bernie Mac has died. He was only fifty. He had been sick for a week or so, and all the celebrity sites had written about his illness. Still, it shocked and saddened me to see the announcement of his death this morning.

That got me thinking about celebrity deaths and how I feel when they are announced. I haven’t cried over the death of a celebrity, but I am surprised that I feel personally affected when announcements are made. I guess they become part of our culture in such a way that they feel like acquaintances to me. It feels like they’ll always be there, and then suddenly they’re gone. I don’t think I’m adequately explaining my feelings. I just know that I am more affected by the stories than I would imagine most people are. I’d love to hear how others of you respond to these stories. Do they affect you?

Okay: Elizabeth Edwards. How on earth do you stand by your man when he has so profoundly humiliated you in front of the entire world? And while fighting cancer! I know you can’t understand someone until you have walked in his or her shoes, but I am pretty surprised at her words. Oh–and I’m sure it’s gone, but the picture CNN had up of his mistress had to be the most unflattering picture they had. It made me laugh. I’m sure she was ticked!  Honestly, from all the other pics I’ve seen online, she’s actually kind of pretty. I like that CNN used an unflattering picture. I wish they had such a photo of John Edwards too.

And lastly, Katie Holmes. Cute hair. But the jeans have got to go.