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Monday was Halloween . This is one of my favorite days, aside it from being my brother’s birthday, I enjoy the fact that it is the one day a year we are expected to be playful, funny and irreverent. Halloween gives us permission to be creative and bold. However, due to some rather disturbing news from the land of celebrity, Halloween was marred by the announcement of Kim Kardashian’s divorce from her husband Kris Humphries. I don’t know about you but my Halloween was ruined.

The blush had not faded yet from the only 72 day old marriage. The ink had not dried from the pre-nuptial agreement. She was still picking rice out of her hair! So, what went wrong? Isn’t it obvious? He just couldn’t deal with her ‘Kimness’! Kris married a woman who long ago traded in her dignity and humanity for a brand and a reality show. Her life unfolded on camera and any real life activity was curtailed until a crew could show up. Kim is an image with an ass and somewhere along the line she decided that getting married was important.

Perhaps the ratings were down. Perhaps she resented the amount of attention that Khloe was getting when she married her husband. Perhaps she could see her sister’s fake lives eclipsing her own fake life. I take that back. I think Khloe is probably overshadowing her because we, as a society, can only take so much fakeness. Khloe is a breath of fresh realism in a completely plastic family.

Here’s what chaps my ass: You meet a guy who is nice and has values. You get him thinking that this is real and forever. You marry him in an extravaganza that airs on TV for over several hours and looks more like a long winded commercial with some bad Spanish novella overlays and close ups. Then you invite photographers to take pics of you on your honeymoon. Then, immediately upon returning home, the rumors start that there is trouble n paradise. Here’s a hint, there was never a paradise and Kim was never invested in this marriage except for the ratings!

In a world where people are fighting everyday for the right to marry, it takes some hairy balls to flaunt your ability to marry only to call it quits 72 days later. It’s this very behavior that has people thinking that marriage does not work. It’s a joke. It’s something to cross off your list so that you can say you’ve done it. ‘Oh no, marriage isn’t for me. It’s not natural.’ Of course it isn’t natural for a narcissist to marry someone and commit to being there for them through thick and thin. What if there is a party to go to or even better, rating sweeps requires some really dramatic arc to bump up the numbers? The cynicism that it takes to pull this shit off is beyond normal cold feet.

The Kardashian’s, at least some of them, have some propensity towards personality disorders starting with Mama Pimp Kris who even did a show where she considered going back to the Kardashian name because of the brand! She told her husband Bruce Jenner, who in my humble opinion needs a self esteem intervention, that it would be best for her. Then all this blah blah blah drama and then Khloe goes and verbally bitch slaps her Mom back to fake reality. Are you really willing to fuck with your marriage for a little drama for your stupid ‘reality’ show? If that isn’t narcissism I don’t know what is.

Kim Kardashian, you owe Kris Humphries the truth and an apology. Admit to him that you chose him because his name starts with a K. Admit to him that you used him for ratings, some pretty wedding photos and the top story on Halloween over Herman Cains sexual misconduct. Admit to him that forever really meant until you could figure out your next big story. Then you can apologize to everyone for wasting their time with your banality and lack of talent, because let’s face it getting yourself in the news may be a talent to some but it’s still just a step above a drama queen or a perverse Munchausen by Reality Show.

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Do you know what you call too much pride? Narcissism! It is good to have a healthy self esteem. It is a good thing to value yourself and to feel you are worthy of good things. It is good to appreciate yourself, mind, body and spirit, as a gift to the world; unique like everyone else. However, there is a line that is being crossed on a daily basis that is disturbing. We have mentioned it before but it bears repeating. STOP TAKING NAKED PICTURES OF YOURSELF!

Currently, the FBI, yes the Federal Bureau of Investigations, is investigating the hacking of a certain cell phone account. Did the cell phone contain top secret documents that would compromise our security? Nope! Did the cell phone contain banking information or interstate criminal enterprises? Nope! The cell phone belonged to Scarlett Johannson and it contained pictures of her boobs. More specifically, the picture was taken by Scarlett of her own titties.

I’m sorry, did I miss something here? When did the FBI investigate stupid? With all due respect to Ms. Johansson, I just do not understand why anyone would take photos of their nakedness and just keep it on their phone!! I get phone sex and I understand keeping the love light burning but using SMS or email to get a rise out of your lover is stupid. What, does the guy have dementia and has a hard time remembering what they look like? Scarlett, trust me, most men have a good idea what your breasts look like; not from memory but sheer imagination.

Now, it has been reported that Mila Kunis’ phone has been hacked and photos of Justin Timberlake have leaked. One of him wearing pink panties on his head, another of him laying in bed and, supposedly a picture of his penis but without a face attached, who knows. Let’s say, for the sake of argument and because I happen to like Justin Timberlake, that it isn’t his peepee pic. The other photos are tame and playful, hardly inappropriate unless you have serious issues with a man putting a girls panties on his head. (By the way, if you have ever had a relationship you know that your bra and panty will invariably end up on his head. Boys think that’s the epitome of humor.) I think it showed good taste and a genuine playfulness that is hardly seen today.

More and more people are turning to Weineresque (Anthony Weiner- the defrocked Congressman) to these pics as a form of perverted pride. This is where the road to self esteem is hijacked by sexual deviation that bypasses intimacy or love for lust and body parts. Sexuality is different and fluid. We go from asexuality to all forms of sexuality. This new object focused sexuality is bordering on fetishism. Granted, men do have tendencies to focus on one body part like breasts or butts, but the virtual rumination on one part of you like your breasts or penis or sucky face when holding up your camera phone so that it kind of looks like you are kissing something or sucking on something, is sick.

Yeah, I said it. All the photos of all those women who make the puckering face are sick. Yes, I usually don’t get that judgmental but it is not sexy, people! Was Zoolander sexy? I think not! So Scarlett, consider this a wakeup call from God or the Universe or your dead grandmother who is appalled that such a pretty girl would do something so stupid. Delete the pics and only date men who have a fairly good memory and preferably without a personality disorder (for example, Sean Penn (seriously?!) was not a good choice).

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Have you ever noticed how there are only two types of celebrity? The first type, or what we call the implosive type, have a tough time dealing with the attention and tend to turn to substances or serial relationships or breaking the law to deal with all the media. The second type seems, well, for lack of a better term, normal. Why is that? What makes some people freak out and others handle success differently? What makes Chachi normal and Cindy from Brady Bunch an alcoholic?

It’s all about change. The reality is that your body and emotional psyche do not register fame as much as they register lack of balance. The reality is there is no difference in your system from getting married and moving out and becoming a movie star. Both things are major life altering events. Sure, maybe in one, your picture is taken a million times more than the other but the flashing bulbs do not cause you to stress as much as what they mean. With fame comes money and change. With marriage comes life change and issues with money.

I know it’s hard to believe but our emotions register lots of money and no money almost the same. There is anxiety with lots of money. What do I do with it? How do I protect it? Am I doing the right thing for the future? Whereas no money has similar questions like: How do I get it? How am I going to make more of it? How will it be in the future? For those of us who have only really experienced the no money feeling, it is hard to see the other end of the spectrum but it really is there.

Thus we look at the child’s stars and wonder ‘What the hell happened to you?’

You have the indomitable Lindsay Lohan who just can’t seem to keep her head about water. She keeps making the same mistakes. She gets out of rehab and then allegedly steals a necklace and is at risk of spending a year in the pokey! And, after all that, she is seen clubbing in NYC!?! This child/woman gained celebrity in her early teens. She was a Disney darling. Remember the feud between Hillary Duff and Lindsay Lohan? Why did Hillary survive child stardom and Lindsay implode? Easy! Look at the families. Hillary received the support of her family and she took the time to create a brand of clothing. She is now a very successful young adult author, whereas Lindsay seems to have a fame whore family who will stop at nothing to be in the press. In her family, infamy is just as good as being famous.

Our pre-frontal cortex registers change. The pre-frontal cortex is also responsible for impulse control and insight and it is connected to the amygdala, or the fear center of our brain. When the pre-frontal cortex is overwhelmed, the amygdala takes over with fight or flight. So, when you have all this upheaval in your life like getting married or becoming famous, we either develop insights to deal with the changes or our impulse control gets overwhelmed and we either become belligerent or take flight by abusing substances. Easy, no?

So put down the bottle and deal with the changes that are affecting your life. Talk about them. The last thing you want is for the paparazzi to take a million pictures of you drunk on the street with your skirt over your head. Or maybe you do. Good luck with that.

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