Anna Nicole Smith passed away yesterday and i can’t help but be saddened. not just at her early death – she was only 39. or the orphaning of her, what, 5 month old daughter? but also because of the lack of empathy or concern or caring that so many have shown on the web – over the years and since her death.
i honestly don’t think i’ve felt a negative thing towards her or her public image since i was 14 and my then boyfriend had pictures of her stuck up on the ceiling of his bedroom. i wonder what those were for? disturbing during makeout sessions – but then again, that was before i discovered girls, so…
i mean, sure, i didn’t know her. she didn’t do anything for me (except maybe make me feel like my implants weren’t obvious). she probably wouldn’t care too much if i had died. but seriously people, is it fair to paint her as only a high school-dropout, addict, alkie, gold-digging, occasionally fat, trashy, anorexic porn queen?
what about the facts: she went from small town high school sweetheart to married with kid to divorced single parent and working in a diner to playmate of the year. all she did was send in a tape and it went from there. is it possible, just maybe, that she thought or knew at the time that this was the direction she’d be most happiest, most successful, most geared for? that maybe she’d choose to head down a “famous for being famous” road so that her son wouldn’t have to grow up in a small town and live hand to mouth and maybe one day grow up to be a mechanic? of course, he didn’t. grow up, much, that is.
what if she was just trying to be happy? isn’t that what all of us are searching for? blogging for? taking pictures on our digital cameras and publishing them on flickr and sharing them with strangers and friends, virtual or otherwise? to be famous, in our own little ways? to have people accept and admire and respect and hell, want to be and envy us?
what if she married that man because she was a gold digger? seriously, could the man not make up his won mind? do you really think that he thought he’d just keep her around for a few years and then trade her in for a newer model? no. he changed his will, knowing the situation, for the most part, anyways, because he lived with her.
Posts that contain Anna Nicole Smith per day for the last 30 days.
Get your own chart!
here’s the lineup of the jerky stuff that i’ve come across on the ANS subject. mostly, their commenters have made up for whatever insults the author has omitted; whether due to attempting to be respectful, lack of information or research, and/or a general sense of “i don’t care”-ism
snarkywood makes fun of her whole career
matt good, i usually have so much respect for the things you say
though short, the paradox of the wrongness of a holocaust survivor being beaten and the 24-hour coverage of ANS’ death is not lost
this is nice (sarcasm, people) – video coverage
the former queen of nice, now completely indecipherable
here’s another video mention
making fun of nostradamus‘ predictions
okay, that’s all i can handle. rest in peace, trimspa queen. you helped make guess jeans hot.
