jeremy is a sucker for solicitors. he feels guilty and sometimes falls into their luring trap. i keep telling him, JUST SAY NO. you are not obligated to buy. they have a right to ask and you have a right to reject.
last fall, he fell prey to this young lady trying to sell magazines in order for her and her fellow students to go on a trip or something like that. first of all, that disturbs me a lot. i hate solicitors, especially young pre-teens and teens who solicit people for money so they can get new cheerleading pom poms or go on a ski trip for spring break. i got dooped when i was in highschool, some girl got me to pledge money for her on a marathon. i assumed it was for some charity like breast cancer association or something like that. it turns out that her dance team needed new uniforms. i was pissed when i found out. anyhow, i digress. (just thought i'd share my bias)
SO he ordered a magazine subscription to SPIN for like WAY too much money. i know his heart was in the right place. he wanted to do something nice for the girl and at the same time get me something. but it was a total rip off. plus, i don't like SPIN. sure, it has some okay articles sometimes but over all, i don't care about whiny rockers and their goals to top musical charts. blah blah blah boring. i'd rather have newsweek or vogue. i'm a sucker for politics and style...neither of which i'm good at.
the spin magazine that came in yesterday had the title 75 sleazy moments in rock. it turned out to be one of those lame vh1 sort of count downs. i just don't give a damn about spoiled rock stars... but i'll admit, sometimes its very interesting. for example. the article entitled "I Saw Britney Naked!" was a great sarcastic article aboout rock cocks passed their prime trying to use their sexual prowess to elevate their star status. it doesn't work, in my opinion.
Here's a clip: "Most blabbers try to rationalize their behavior. "It would have been kiss and tell if I hadn't been responding to my fans," Durst insisted on the Stern show. But his wishful dishing had nothing to do with the 11-year olds baiting him online ("Yo, Britney played you, dog!"), it didn't even have anything to do with Spears. It had everything to do with the fact that Durst- a chubby, balding, marginally talented dude- was motivated by crippling insecurity and a desperate need to appear sexually desirable. At the height of his fame, Durst was turning Playboy centerfolds away, but this ain't 1999. Now, if even one girl reconsiders his appeal because Spears might have found him hot, Durst wins."
The articles goes on to talk about Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and a few others. i just liked hearing fred durst being called a chubby, balding, marginally talented dude. i'm glad someone can see reality pass the star status. (sorry if i'm offending any limb bisket fans) ...
i wanted to exchange the magazine for something else which they clearly state you can do but what they don't clearly state is HOW. i went to their site and they have an faq, a contact page with no contacts on it, and a login for which i have not user name or password. so poooo. hopefully their will be more star slapping..
* this post has been brought to you buy jeremy's sappy heart and fat wallet
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