Newspapers and their news

There are some newspapers that wallow in news that I see as completely useless. I can only speak for Norway, and here there are mainly two newspapers that seem to wander in these “circles”. Their main focus is on the sensationalistic news. But they also write a whole lot about our consummation, money, power, celebrities, and filthy rich people. Just before Christmas I went to read one of them, here on the net. Their headline was at that moment: “Bought Ferrari for wife for Christmas”. So? On which level is this news? And more; to whom is this interesting? I don’t give a rat’s ass, as to what people buy for each other. And to use this as the headline makes me sick to my stomach, and it annoys me. I want news that really is worth reading, not cheap crap!

Today we could read that Paris Hilton had called Britney an animal. Oh my, call CNN, this might be of interest. I don’t care about Paris and all her ex-girlfriend rivalry at all. There is a constant focus on the (filthy) rich and celebrities and their extravagant lifestyles. What they buy, what food they eat, who they fuck, where they live, what car they drive, how they celebrate their holidays, who they’re divorcing, where they adopt children from, and how they become pregnant with a new partner almost before they even met…

But the things that exasperate me the most are articles on the following, well in the department of celebs:

- How they astonishingly go from a size 8 to 4 in two weeks.
- How they get rid of all their wrinkles without surgery.
- How a woman looks thinner and more firm after giving birth, than before, again without surgery.
- How suddenly at the age 37, someone’s boobs grow to a staggering D cup. I am telling you; it’s a fucking miracle!
- How easy they all think it is to loose weight, mind you; when they have personal trainers, cooks and a gym at home.
- How they always manage to squeeze in the “wise” words; “money doesn’t mean anything to me.” – Oh how easy it is to speak those words when you have so much money that you could use them as toilet paper. Give them a normal salary, take away their trainers, cooks and all other luxurious things, and see how long they last in the real world.

I think you get the picture; I do not find this interesting on any level! And moreover; I think the constant focus on these seemingly perfect lives contribute to forming a society I don’t like to be a part of. A society where the celebrities and rich are made into heroes. For doing what? Being born into a rich family? For shaking their asses on the catwalk? A society where power, money, emaciated bodies, who you sleep with, beauty and huge houses mean more than what’s inside of us. More important than the real heroes of the world. The way things develop are frightening, they really are.

I have done close to nothing today. Tried to study, but there was no chance “welfare law” wanted to enter my brain. It is a subject which is very hard to study. As you read you are constantly referred to different laws in “Norges lover”. (Directly translated; The laws of Norway.) So the reading process takes forever, and it is tiresome reading.

I weighed myself today, and I did not like what I saw. I had planned to weigh today, and then not weigh again before February 1st. I get too obsessed with that whole thing if I weigh too often. At times I’ve weighed five to six times a day. Nutty behaviour! So I won’t have any of that. I have a plan, and I will tell you how I am doing, but not before in a months time. I am currently in detoxification, and due to that I am suffering from insane headaches. Had to take some painkillers.

Well, I guess I’ve written enough today.

Monsoon – on the road to contentment -

Bob