a blog about being a fan of stuff

we live in a world filled with dreamers. people everywhere would like nothing more than to do something they love at a level that makes them famous. i'm not gonna get into the psychoanalysis of fame here... when looked at simply, fame seems fucking awesome. i'm sure like anything else, it has its drawbacks... but then again so does working a job you sorta don't like for 40-50 years... waiting for the end of the shift and the end of the week till you retire or die. meanwhile elsewhere in the world, it looks like some people are actually enjoying this roller coaster ride.

but here's the thing, we can't all be famous. we can't all be in bands or movies or write books or score touchdowns. we can't all be the ace of cakes... someone's gotta be around to enjoy it all. if it weren't for a fan base, then being famous would be impossible. you can't be an ace of cakes if no one's eating cake.

if you're not famous, then you're probably making fame possible. we all do it. the famous need us. in fact, they need us a lot more than we need them. without famous people, our lives would pretty much be the same.... go to work, do whatever it is we do with our free time and so on and so forth. but if it wasn't for the rest of us, the famous would just be normal people sitting in the cubicle next to you looking over your shoulder as you try to sneak a game of tetris in.

and it's good that they're not here with the rest of us. life would probably suck a lot more if there weren't any stages or platforms. we need art and music. someone's gotta give us the goods. music, movies, books, sports, etc, etc... all this stuff adds to things we enjoy in life which makes life an all around cooler experience.

i'm in no way trying to discourage anyone from being famous. if you think you got it, go for it (and if you think you can make my blog famous, go for it). but there's nothing wrong with being a fan. we help make them who they are which fuels them to create things we enjoy. so if you're a fan of something, be a fucking fan! make some noise! jump around! get excited! love the fuck out of whatever it is you love. and remember that whatever it is you think is so awesome wouldn't be there if it weren't for you.