haters will keep on hating, but i think it kind of rules how self-indulgent stars such as oprah or tyra banks are. if old age has taught me anything, it’s that you have to cling desperately to any affirmation of your self-worth, because it could all be gone in the blink of an un-blepharoplastied eye!
lord knows if i had my own magazine i would be on every cover too! but i guess i’d try to make it more interesting and/or comedic. and if i ever scored an inteview with oprah, i would decide to put her on the cover, sitting calmly on a floral couch with one of her dogs, but then right as the photog was about to snap, i would dive head-first across the frame, wearing the same bikini 
tyra banks wore in her re-creation photoshoot of her original photoshoot for her first sports illustrated cover. only, much like trya, i would have to have the bikini modified slighty for my body. this really means that i will be wearing one of those auto-mechanic jumpsuits, except made of red and white polka dot material.
i happen to find tyra endlessly entertaining. i don’t think she’s hate-able at all. firstly, she brought us America’s Next Top Model, which i honestly think might have cured me of my curiousity to try heroin. who needs that high when you have screaming, underweight teens at each other throats every week? secondly, there is an almost, well, a vulnerability about her. yes, she acts like she thinks her shit doesn’t stink, but i think you can just tell she doesn’t really think that. i love her antics on ANTM, like beginning the judging segments with a picture of herself doing whatever photoshoot the girls have to do that week, the dramatic way she annunciates, and when she flips out and gets all angry or emotional. i think it’s funny. maybe it’s not supposed to be funny, but neither is 90% of what i say when i’m drunk and sad, but people just yuk it up, don’t they?
hey, oh, and the other day i tried to watch her show because she was interviewing porn star (link NSFW) sasha grey, who is only eighteen and becoming a big name in the industry because of her age and willingness to do almost ANYTHING. while i agree that is is pretty disturbing that such a young person would seemingly be so gung-ho about choosing this lifestyle and specializing in gangbangs, anal, and “watersports,” i have to say, i personally choose to support female sex workers. i don’t agree with sitting in judgement of them. supposedly, statistics say that a huge percentage of these women have been sexually abused, and i think it’s important to investigate and get to the bottom of this, but i don’t think anyone has the right to tell them how to feel or what to do with thier bodies, beyond urging them to seek emotional counseling (which is something we should all seek, duh. therapy rules).
anyway, it was very embarrassing to watch tyra lay into sasha, lecturing her, and telling her she MUST have been abused even though sasha denies this. i don’t know, it’s a tricky question. i wouldn’t want my little sister or best friend to be doing that, but the girl is an adult and this industry is legal. here is a link to sasha’s take on the interview on her myspace blog.
whoa, where is this post going? i suppose the moral of the story is, i love over-indugence of self, really love porn, and really, really wanna get my eyelids done.