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truth, the thread that they used to make those $2,000 jeans is no different than the thread they used to make mine, Old Navy style.
    I am assuming that the biggest issue is the difference in class and also living completely different lifestyles in almost completely different worlds. When do you ever see a celebrity befriend, date or marry someone other than another celebrity? It rarely, if ever, occurs. This is because it is so much easier to be with someone who naturally lives the same lifestyle, dare we blend the two.
    Succumbing to some type of realism, no matter how hard it may be, we fans do have to take some accountability for the way we perceive the separation of the two universes. If we were to befriend or capture the heart of our most admired idol, would we actually be able to deal with and accept their way of life? We are not at all accustomed to that type of lifestyle; always on the road, missing out on quality time, never seeing some who are most important in life, giving up privacy and freedom, leaving behind family and friends, and perhaps even loneliness. Again, is it really the dream?
    If I wasn’t married and got a chance to meet my idol and had an opportunity to have a romantic relationship with him, I’m not sure I could handle it. I would want his undivided attention all of the time and would not take it lightly when he would have to leave me behind, especially if there were children involved. The difficulty in never knowing what is really going on or not playing an active role in what we are accustomed to as the family life makes me wonder, would it ever last?
    I have observed through magazines and entertainment news shows that many stars are either not married or have been married several times. If it is impossible to make a marriage work with someone within their own status, how can we be hopeful about the success in uniting two people of completely different worlds? Sometimes I think we want to be affiliated in some way with a star because we are somehow filling a void. In trying to fill that piece of something in our lives that seems to be missing, we try to live our dreams through their reality.
    From another point of view, as we would like to live our dreams through their reality, could it be possible that maybe they would like to live their “old lives” through our reality, something they used to have that they occasionally miss? I continue to go back and forth about the whole fame thing. If I could ask a Hollywood star one question it would be, “which life is better, your old one or your new one?” Sometimes I think that everyone would just like to have their one week of fame and then go back to business as usual. I know that is just another dream, but I think that in truth, it is only the curiosity of the celebrity lifestyle that is so inviting to most people.
    2003—New York City
    Aunt Carol, Uncle Tony, Bryce and Me Carriage Ride, NYC
    Uncle Tony, Aunt Carol, Brye & Me—Times Square
    Bryce & Me—NBC Studios
    Uncle Tony, Aunt Carol, Bryce & Me—Home from the Big Apple

Chapter 5
    My Idol
    What is an idol? One definition explains it as, “One that is adored, often blindly and excessively.”
    My definition of an idol is not only someone that you adore blindly and excessively but someone you adore for one or more admired qualities, with whom you feel a connection with because of commonalities such as interests, morals and values. Although it is said that opposites attract, I think it is important to have someone in your life with whom you can relate.
    I remember in college having a small crush on actor Andrew Shue. As most people were watching Beverly Hills 90210, I was a Melrose Place junkie. Sometimes when I watch Desperate Housewives, I get flashbacks of Melrose Place. I still think of Bree Hodge as Kimberly and Tom Scavo as Matt.
    I also had a short lived crush on Leonardo DiCaprio after Romeo and Juliet came out. The Titanic was just another whole phenomenon leading to a pink and