I had a lot of requests from friends to start posting on here again. It has been a long time, but here I am. I’m slightly hesitant. Is it a waste of time? Do people actually read anymore? Where will this little thing end up a hundred years from now anyway? It’s not a book; it’s not tangible – yet. Will I just be a little data point in digital heaven?
Anyway, on to the Woods fiasco. I wasn’t going to comment, because honestly I don’t really care. Was Paris Hilton on vacation or something? Seems I found out later than the rest of the world (too busy reading about technology probably). Sure since then, I admit I have submitted to curiosity and logged on to TMZ.com, and wondered: “Did he make it to 10 yet? What’s the latest? What kind of pointless banter will they entertain me with now?”
What I find more fascinating is that national media can sit around and interview “insiders” or “analysts” (Ashley Dupre???). Why does Ashley Dupre have any better of a position to analyze his personal life than the 13 year old making it a trending topic on Twitter? To my knowledge they have never met. That’s news? No, I call that sensationalism. Tell me something that will make my life better; tell me something that will help me progress. Regurgitated “sources say reports” don’t do it for me.
Who knows what his situation was. Who knows what the arrangements were. Who knows what he was going through. And who knows what individual sorrow he had.
All I know is that all pain is equal. The universe shifts it to everyone at some point. It comes at us differently, and we deal with it differently. I am amazed at the people and “reporters” who want to sit around and analyze, and scrutinize a complete stranger’s personal issues. If you are perfect let me know, because I would love to meet you.
The most nauseating part of all of this is NOT learning that the world’s greatest golfer may be human, and have real human issues and problems like the rest of us. The most nauseating part is that when I Google “Iraq Casualties” I get 4.3 million hits, and when I Google “Rachel Uchitel” I get FORTY EIGHT million!
Yes, we made Tiger a superstar, a very wealthy one. This scrutiny comes with the territory of being in multi-million-dollar Gillette commercials and whatever else he is in. So, no I do not really feel that sorry for him. I feel more sorry for our culture, and that so much time is being focused on one person. So much time is focused on analyzing problems, instead of creating solutions.
