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What makes a celebrity?
It’s been three days since I vowed to make friends with a celebrity. (See #9 in post below). Although I have seven months to make this minor miracle happen it is proving very difficult to get started. Questions crowd in on me concerning the best plan of action; a possible shortlist; geographical location; gender and so on. But my biggest quandary is trying to define a ‘celebrity’.
Having consulted a few trusted people in my life we have decided that a celebrity is someone who, if invited to ones wedding or birthday party, would be recognised by most people. But doesn’t this vary depending on ones friendship circle?
More than all the rest, this challenge causes me the most angst. Unless I have a finely honed strategy; I could be arrested, locked up in an asylum, shot by an undercover body-guard, run-over by a motorcade, punched, followed and threatened, beaten to a pulp… the list is endless when you think about it!
Therefore I have decided that a minor celebrity from the emerald isle may be the most achievable and certainly more possible than an international movie star or rap artist. Suggestions so far have included William Crawley, Shane Lynch, Ian Paisley, Gerry Anderson, Hugo Duncan, Christine Bleakley, Fanta Clarke, Eamon Holmes and the current Presbyterian Moderator. So I now shamelessly make my appeal to any A, B or C list, Irish/British celebrity, who by chance reads this blog, to get in touch with me… thanks.
All other suggestions gratefully received.
3 comments August 26, 2008
Things I should do before I’m 30 (in no particular order!)
At the time of writing this post I am a single male aged twenty-nine years and six months. I have no regular job although my future seems to be taken care off so I’m not worried. I’m assured.
However, I can’t help but feel like there’s something terribly grown-up about being thirty something. When the twenties have passed we no longer have the right/freedom/excuse to be irresponsible, fool-hardy and adventurous. Therefore the time has come for me to write down some achievable ‘tasks’ which may enhance my life experiences over the next six months. This list of ‘things to do before I’m 30′ helps to legitimise some of my hankerings and challenge my comfort zones.
Thank you to my friends for your helpful comments and suggestions. I have decided to omit: shooting something; sleeping rough; speed-dating; parachute jumping; buying a PHD and getting married. These suggestions were - after much contemplation - either too expensive, too desperate or too uncomfortable. But thanks anyway!
Hopefully this ”to do” list will generate enough material to keep my blog alive for a bit longer!
- Do some overseas travel by myself
- Go to a ballet
- Learn a second language (excluding biblical Greek and Hebrew)
- Grow vegetables
- Ride a motorbike
- Play guitar in church
- Own a pet
- Test drive an expensive car that I have no intention of buying
- Make friends with a celebrity
- Climb a mountain
- Take up a sport
- Start a society
- Become a volunteer in an organisation
- Apply for a T.V. show
- Cook dinner for a stranger
- Sell something on ebay
- Organise a street party
- Go busking for an afternoon
- Send flowers to a girl who’s not related to me
- Go on a road-trip in Ireland and camp somewhere which isn’t a campsite and cook breakfast in the morning on a trangia stove
- Broaden my friendship circle to better represent the cultural and religious differences in society
- Lead someone to Jesus
- Go to a music festival
- Eat at a Michelin starred restaurant
- Read “Cloud Atlas” (I chose this at random from a list)
- Record my family history
- Watch the “Star Wars Trilogy”
- Get something published
- Visit London
- Sing Karaoke
5 comments August 22, 2008
Useless trivia
What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was working 9 till 5 in a reasonably stable, reasonably well paid, reasonably respectable and reasonably bearable job whilst resisting with all my will the call of God into Christian ministry. I was in between relationships (story of my life) and visiting friends with houses. Often at odds with my mother due to my impatience and lack of sensitivity. My music tastes included Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks and Brian Houston (no relation). I have remained a fan of only 1 of these artists! I had been a Christian for 2 years so I obviously knew it all by that stage, until I found out that the only thing I really knew was how much I didn’t know. I had many friends in many places and really didn’t know who I was.
Five snacks I enjoy in a perfect, non weight-gaining world
Ice-cream Mars Bar
Cocktail sausages
Sensations (lime flavour)
Cheese
Pizza (can this be classed as a ‘snack’?)
Five snacks I enjoy in the real world
Spelga toffee yogurt
Cheese on toast (Beggs’ style)
Sensations (lime flavour)
Coffee (can this be classed as a ‘snack’?)
Toast
Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Only tell Phil and Mum and give them half (to buy their silence)!
I would sponsor many worthy charities and churches doing worthwhile ministry
Buy a big house on the North coast which had uninterrupted views. This house would probably have its own gym with sea views. I’d probably never use it!
Employ a cleaner who could double up as a relationship guru
Travel a little.
Five jobs that I have had:
Not in any particular order:
Driving a “Doctor on Call” around north and west Belfast during the night and wee small hours.
Community Outreach Worker
Regional Youth and Support Worker in the Donegal and Monaghan Regions!
Assistant Minister (Presbyterian Church, Ireland)
Method’s Engineer (Bombardier, Belfast)
Three of my habits:
Prayer
Afternoon napping power napping (when possible)
Not making my bed (what’s the point of this?)
Five places I have lived:
Whiteabbey, Belfast
Rathcoole, Belfast
Swann’s Scoss, Co. Monaghan (sort of)
Portadown, Co. Armagh
Liscooley, Co. Donegal
1 comment June 13, 2008
