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Like I said in an earlier post, it looks like I’m spending more time reading celebrity news which, to be quite honest, I’ve hardly ever had time for! I normally rely on my kids to drop me juicy tidbits about who’s dating who and who’s got the better guy or beach bod or whatever.

Till now, I’ve been living off the summaries, the briefs, the abridged versions. Now finally I have a bit of free time from my gym workouts and I’m spending it reading celebrity gossip ? Much as I hate to admit it, I’m finding it all very interesting and I just can’t wait to go online for my daily dose of who’s ditching who, what’s happening behind the scenes at Dancing with The Stars and American Idol…

… and just laughing my head off at the stuff famous people do. I guess maybe that’s what happens when you have too much time and money on your hands. You either go shopping or you just kinda go looking for trouble. Or maybe trouble comes looking for you. Either way!

As I read this stuff, I’m wondering, is it just me or is there a slew of talentless people sprouting up claiming their bit of the action? I was watching, somewhat with disdain, the interview of a much sought-after on-screen couple who have neither fangs nor looks nor talent. Then there’s a kid with bad hair who’s trying to sing. Let’s face it, if you need the help of electronic synthesizers, you basically can’t sing.

Okay, that’s just my two cents culled from my latest pastime which will come gracefully to an end once the renovation work on my gym is completed and I go back to working out in earnest. Meantime, back to catching up with the latest celeb buzz !

OMG, the Octomom has gotten her kids a reality TV show deal that’s going to make them a cool quarter million bucks in the next 3 years. Well, believe it or not, I knew that was coming. There’s no way the woman can afford to raise 14 kids without a proper job.

(Was going to post her picture but nope, no free publicity from moi).

If you were her, what would you do?

I met a mother yesterday at Skye’s school who is perhaps the biggest chatterbox I’ve ever met in my life. The woman just would not stop talking. It’s not like I know this woman, okay? I’ve never met her in my life. Her kids have just transferred over from another school. That’s it.

But apparently it was just my luck that I happened to be standing beside her as we waited for the school bell to ring. The next thing I knew, she was blabbering away like there’s no tomorrow. I kept looking at my watch. She kept on blabbing!! It’s inconceivable that she does not know she’s being a pest. I think she just didn’t care.

It’s not like she had anything interesting or constructive to say. She’s just so full of crap. And I think she might even be quite proud of herself for being so full of IT! Hahaha, poor woman. According to Skye, her two kids are also notorious for blabbering crap non-stop. You reckon they’ve taken after their mom?

When you see relatives you only see once a year, of course, there’s lots of catching up to do. Although many of us live in the same city, we’re all so busy with our own lives we hardly meet. Which is a good thing too sometimes.

Less gossip equals fewer problems. I think it’s the same in every family. Not everyone is necessarily excited about seeing each other, sometimes even once a year is too much.

Personally I don’t appreciate those adults who give kids ideas, suggesting things they shouldn’t be doing. I mean, it may all start out as a joke but there really are some topics that I feel are off limits (my limits, that is).

You would think that being parents themselves, these folks should know better. But they don’t and that’s what irks me. Jokes are meant to be funny. Theirs aren’t and I sometimes wonder if they’re made with malicious intent .