Cats, David Beckam and genie lamps.
June 2nd 2010 10:43
I’m a writer; it’s what I love, it’s what I do. And if I had a dollar for every word that I’ve written since I was a child, I would certainly be living in a house on the beach by now –with a margarita in hand. But, alas, the world can be a bit backwards in its rewards of achievement.
For example, the other day I was looking around on youtube.com, a video site where you can post your home movies, your video blog, whatever you see fit to put out there for all the world to see. And I’m not kidding when I say there was a video called “When Cats Attack” that had, get this...over 7 million views.
Well, this had to be good, right? I couldn’t wait to see it, so I clicked on the link and started the thirty-nine second video. The cat begins walking from up near a house towards the camera, slowly, and I mean slowly, until at around thirty-six seconds, the beast reaches the camera (and by beast I mean common house cat) and just as the ticker rounds thirty-eight seconds, the cat meows – rather cutely I might add – and the video ends.
And the guy that posted the video on youtube.com wrote a comment to all the viewers thanking them for over seven million views, like he’d won an Oscar or something. And here I am slugging away day to day with my blogs, squeaking out just over a hundred readers (combined some days). Who knew all I needed was a camera, a cat, and nothing else going on in my life.
So that covers the fame side; now let’s talk about the fortune.
Did you know that David Beckham, the soccer player, earns just over $250 million between his salary and endorsements? And I don’t even watch soccer. Who are all these people making it so popular that it makes it okay to pay a guy that can kick a ball around, really well I’ll admit, that rich?
That’s just stupid rich. That’s have-a-new-pair-of-socks-ever y-day rich. And yet the teachers of our children earn a mere $40-50,000 (on average); that, in case you are wondering, is .000232% of David Beckham’s salary. That’s hope-I-get-new-socks-in-the-s tocking rich.
Sadly, the world is what it is and it’s probably not going to change. But I do have an idea involving a camera and the neighbour’s staffy...fame and fortune here I come!
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