When I was 8, I got a glimpse of a tabloid in the grocery store. It had a grainy, lurid picture of Donnie Wahlberg (then of New Kids on the Block fame) trashing a hotel room or something equally Rock Star. I was DEVASTATED. Now when I look back on it, my reaction is hilarious, but then I was so sad that someone I idolized (he was my favorite, yo) had done something that, in my tiny type A world, was so obviously a "bad thing." It was my introduction to someone being knocked rather unceremoniously off of their pedestal, if only in my mind.
I thought I was too old to have that kind of reaction to something - I know famous people are a) not the characters they play and b) people and therefore fallible.
Yeah. Not too old.
I recently picked up the first book in the Homecoming Saga by Orson Scott Card. My friend introduced me to Orson Scott Card about 10 years ago with Ender's Game. I fell in love. His writing is so beautiful sometimes that it physically hurts. I've always found his opinions on God to mesh with mine - at least the opinions that come out in his books. Andrew (Ender's real name) was on our list of boy names when I was pregnant. I hadn't gotten around to the Homecoming Saga yet and am desperately lacking in things to read right now, so I was thrilled.
OSC is in the news a lot right now because Ender's Game is being released as a movie. I Googled the series to see if we had all of the books/how many there were - and stumbled on several articles discussing his opinions re: homosexual people.
And I felt like I was 8 all over again.
I totally had this moment yesterday listening to Johnny Depp (on the radio) talk about his new role as Tonto in the latest version of The Lone Ranger. He is 50 now! How is that even possible? And he sounded so pretentious and full of himself.
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