Monday, March 22, 2010

When in Piacenza


Because I’m lucky enough to I get to travel everywhere, quite often I get to meet famous people along the way. My company is popular therefore different types of people come to see us. You see people on television or in movies or hear their music and you get to know them for what they put out there. Meeting someone face to face is always a different experience.  It can either make a connection stronger or completely separate it. I was a fan of Duffy, the British jazzy pop singer, but not until I got to meet her in London did I really fall in love with her talent. Her personality was so engaging and natural that I felt like she was just talking to me; a trait that always makes people feel better about themselves and the person they are talking to. I instantly quadrupled my passion for her music.

It’s not always what you expect. You see people as how they portray themselves in the media and you expect them to be just like that. If there is one thing I have learned about showbiz, it’s that life is constantly a show, from the moment you wake up till the moment you go to bed. I need to work on my acting skills.

Places that I have been to are like this. Sometimes the cities that I like the most are not the ones that everyone would think. It’s all a matter of your perspectives. A place is what you make of it. Life is what you make of it.

Saying that, I’m gonna bitch a little bit. Italy is a tough country to get used to. Everything closes all the time. Why? Not quite sure, but walking around Piacenza on a Sunday afternoon will make you feel like you are in a ghost town. It’s a day of rest.

Maybe we can learn something from this. What’s wrong with everyone getting together one day every week and spending the entire day at home, eating, talking, drinking and being with each other? What’s the difference between the media portraying famous people and how we perceive people walking down the street? We are so quick to judge someone. If we took the time to get to know where someone was coming from would we be so hostile with a rebuttal?