This weekend, I made my way over to the oh-so-trendy Apple store in SoHo. The journey is always very amusing because everything becomes trendier there. Even the street sellers wares are cuter, and more sophisticated than over in the East Village. And the streets are cleaner. And have neat cobblestoney bricks.
And then you’re in a line that stretches for like prolly 80 people long. You are probably thinking that I bought a nano. I did not. I bought a geeky computer game. Because I’m a geek. But I did see the nano, and it sure is cute and sophisticated. And was right at home in SoHo.
Then walking back, I passed someone. My first reaction when seeing someone famous is never, oh there’s that person! It is always, first—I know that person, how do I know them? Do they work with me? And then, oh he looks like ______ . I never think they are actually that person but rather just someone who looks remarkably like them.
Having lived in New York for five years now, I have begun to break myself of this habit. And now have begun to start to see celebs in the mist. Only there’s a problem. I keep seeing loser celebrities.
And who did I see this weekend? This guy:
Ty Pennington! What? You’re not excited? That’s right. Because he’s a loser celebrity. He’s a JV celeb. And that’s the worst. And New York is full of them.
For years, I used to see Jesse Camp the lame MTV VJ who won that contest to be a VJ. When it really should have gone to Dave. And MTV knew this, that’s why they gave Dave a DJ job too anyway. And that’s why Dave is still around and Jesse is not.
Because Dave is the real deal and not a loser celeb like Jesse.
My rage for him is unparalleled. I think mostly because he is just like all those kids who hang out at Astor Place and ask you for money but are wearing like boots that cost two hundred dollars. Hate ’em! (Mentholate ’em!) (who remembers that commercial? I just dated myself.)
actually, Jesse Camp works for non profit organizations raising awareness and funds for things like planned parenthood, the human rights campaign, obama for america, and many others, and he’s quite good at it.
it’s hard when people decide just because someone’s time in the spotlight is short that they didn’t deserve it or are now supposed to be raked over the coals for it…it’s pretty small minded if you ask me.
oh, and how do i know this about jesse? Because I work right along side with him in the same office in Los Angeles.
He is still just as funny and crazy and cool, among the most beloved co-workers in the entire crew
thanks!
-C
I actually really like Ty!! His energy and personality is so awesome! Go ADHD!!
i have to agree with camadkins as someone who has seen these things first hand- it’s so sad how people just blatantly write someone off as a “loser” based on what they’ve heard in the tabloids or saw on TV. these are real people with real JOBS and are succesful in their field- whether you think they deserve it or not there are others closer to them that obviously do; otherwise how would they be hired to host a tv show?
you can’t trust anything in the tabloids as they are truly bogus most of the time and people’s media persona is often that- for the media; for their job. i know like many of my collegues i’m a completely different person when i’m working versus when i’m not- the way i speak, my mannerism, my intentions are completely different. the truth is people never know their full background of how they came to be in any particular position, how hard and how many years they worked to get there, their personal struggles in the industry, the directions they’ve been given, and you don’t know how they are or what they do when not putting on their face. so many people in the media limelight do so much work undercover for charity and non-profits and do it without any press and often anonymously. you just can’t generalize something like a person being a loser when you don’t and can’t have all the facts
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