Since we have become such a celebrity driven culture, I thought it might be amusing to imagine what it might be like to be a celebrity. Consider this like taking a vacation from your everyday life. This is not to advocate that you become a celebrity or pursue a lifestyle of glamour and fame, when simplifying your life may lead to more satisfying long term benefits in difficult economic times. Rather it is to enjoy thinking about being a celebrity, much as you might add an occasional celebration or fantasy experience into your life.
It is like putting on a costume or mask so you become someone else on Halloween. Well, this is an experience of imagining yourself as any celebrity you want to be. To do so, you create or imagine events and activities to experience the celebrity lifestyle by yourself or with some friends and associates. Here are some tips to get you started, though written in a somewhat tongue in cheek style, which you can take seriously or not. Just have fun with the idea of being a celebrity for a day.
Creating Your Name and Persona
First, create a name or persona for yourself. Imagine you could be anyone - a movie star, a TV star, a rock star. And in reality, today the transformation from everyday citizen to well-known celebrity isn't so far away. Just think of how Joe the Plumber got known by asking Obama a few pointed questions at a campaign stop. Consider how an ordinary mother - well, not so ordinary - got known as Octomom by having eight babies. Recall how an eccentric scientist got his fame by sending up a silver helium balloon that looked like a UFO and claiming his son was missing and might be on it. It was a big publicity stunt that backfired - but it got him in the news.
So take a moment to think of who you'd like to be - and think big, like the big names in the news do. See yourself as larger than life, and your name is in lights. And don't try to think or analyze too hard. Just go with whatever first pops into your mind. Then, whoever that person is, imagine yourself on your way to becoming very famous.
On Your Way to the Top
Next, think about what you might do to get to the top. Some celebrities break through because they are part of a famous family, like Kate Hudson, the daughter of Goldie Hawn. Another is Paris Hilton, the daughter of the Hiltons hotel clan. Though she had help from a notorious sex video of herself with her then boyfriend, having the famous name certainly helped. It wasn't just a sex tape by anyone.
But most celebrities do something that gets themselves in the news, if they aren't already famous by having a starring part in the movies or on TV. For example, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger was just another pilot from Danville California, until he landed a US Air plane in the Hudson River in January 2009, after it encountered a flock of geese - and he was hailed as a hero for saving all 155 people aboard.
So now imagine your own story of what you did that made you famous. It could be something you really have done, or it could be something you'd like to do in reality. Or think of some wild, crazy, and outrageous thing to do to make yourself stand out and make the news.
Next, once you do whatever it is to stand out, you need the press to make you famous. So imagine the press descending and asking you questions about what you have done. They're yelling and screaming, pushing and shoving, because they want to get near to you and talk to you. For you are the center of this excitement. You see mikes being pushed at you, flashing cameras going off, and it's very exciting that everyone wants to talk to you.
Next imagine what they are asking and what you might say. Just a line or two. That's all they want. About a 10-15 second sound clip they can use on the evening news. So think of something short and witty to say.
Then, as a celebrity, the next stop is usually the TV talk show circuit. So imagine you are doing that. See yourself being a guest on all the big shows - you're on Oprah and everyone in the audience is clapping and cheering. Then, you're on Good Morning America, and the cameramen are adjusting the mikes. Next stop - the View with Barbara Walters, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, and Whoopie Goldberg, and they're oohing and aahing over all you have done. After that, you're face to face with Larry King, who smiles as he tugs on his suspenders and asks you to tell him about you.
So go on, tell everyone what you have done, what you like, how you're surprised by your sudden fame, and how much you're enjoying the experience. The idea is to be humble, while you strut your stuff and celebrate you.
It is like putting on a costume or mask so you become someone else on Halloween. Well, this is an experience of imagining yourself as any celebrity you want to be. To do so, you create or imagine events and activities to experience the celebrity lifestyle by yourself or with some friends and associates. Here are some tips to get you started, though written in a somewhat tongue in cheek style, which you can take seriously or not. Just have fun with the idea of being a celebrity for a day.
Creating Your Name and Persona
First, create a name or persona for yourself. Imagine you could be anyone - a movie star, a TV star, a rock star. And in reality, today the transformation from everyday citizen to well-known celebrity isn't so far away. Just think of how Joe the Plumber got known by asking Obama a few pointed questions at a campaign stop. Consider how an ordinary mother - well, not so ordinary - got known as Octomom by having eight babies. Recall how an eccentric scientist got his fame by sending up a silver helium balloon that looked like a UFO and claiming his son was missing and might be on it. It was a big publicity stunt that backfired - but it got him in the news.
So take a moment to think of who you'd like to be - and think big, like the big names in the news do. See yourself as larger than life, and your name is in lights. And don't try to think or analyze too hard. Just go with whatever first pops into your mind. Then, whoever that person is, imagine yourself on your way to becoming very famous.
On Your Way to the Top
Next, think about what you might do to get to the top. Some celebrities break through because they are part of a famous family, like Kate Hudson, the daughter of Goldie Hawn. Another is Paris Hilton, the daughter of the Hiltons hotel clan. Though she had help from a notorious sex video of herself with her then boyfriend, having the famous name certainly helped. It wasn't just a sex tape by anyone.
But most celebrities do something that gets themselves in the news, if they aren't already famous by having a starring part in the movies or on TV. For example, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger was just another pilot from Danville California, until he landed a US Air plane in the Hudson River in January 2009, after it encountered a flock of geese - and he was hailed as a hero for saving all 155 people aboard.
So now imagine your own story of what you did that made you famous. It could be something you really have done, or it could be something you'd like to do in reality. Or think of some wild, crazy, and outrageous thing to do to make yourself stand out and make the news.
Next, once you do whatever it is to stand out, you need the press to make you famous. So imagine the press descending and asking you questions about what you have done. They're yelling and screaming, pushing and shoving, because they want to get near to you and talk to you. For you are the center of this excitement. You see mikes being pushed at you, flashing cameras going off, and it's very exciting that everyone wants to talk to you.
Next imagine what they are asking and what you might say. Just a line or two. That's all they want. About a 10-15 second sound clip they can use on the evening news. So think of something short and witty to say.
Then, as a celebrity, the next stop is usually the TV talk show circuit. So imagine you are doing that. See yourself being a guest on all the big shows - you're on Oprah and everyone in the audience is clapping and cheering. Then, you're on Good Morning America, and the cameramen are adjusting the mikes. Next stop - the View with Barbara Walters, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, and Whoopie Goldberg, and they're oohing and aahing over all you have done. After that, you're face to face with Larry King, who smiles as he tugs on his suspenders and asks you to tell him about you.
So go on, tell everyone what you have done, what you like, how you're surprised by your sudden fame, and how much you're enjoying the experience. The idea is to be humble, while you strut your stuff and celebrate you.
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