Star Crazy

I dislike people who want to be stars. They're not artists, they're social climbers. They tend to be jealous of talent. They think talent goes to waste in the possession of an artist like me. When an artist posts a bunch of personal songs and stories and he doesn't immediately run out on a stage to try to be a star, they think he doesn't deserve his talent. I don't know if I'll ever perform again. I'm not worried about it because I can stay home and create. I enjoy the challenge of turning out a tune. I don't need to be on TV to have fun. This is a significant difference between real talent and social climbers: a real artist is free of TV, but social climbers feel worthless unless they're on TV. What do these comfortable fools think they would do with my talent? Do they think they'd write a good song with it? Of course not! Writing a song is hard work. They don't want to work, they want to have finished work handed to them so they can play. And writing songs takes a heart. They don't care about the world, they only care about themselves. It takes more than talent to please a crowd. They think that talent is something they can have as a bonus to their car and their cozy little job. It would only go to waste on people like that. Look at my humour. See where it comes from? You get more than a laugh out of my writing, you get an education. Maybe that's why corporations tried to turn it all into meaningless gags on their TV shows. They couldn't be in on the joke otherwise. And now they want to keep laughing when it isn't funny. And I guess it was important for them to separate my music from my humour. They may think it's unfair for a musician to be funny. I hope God will punish them. I've been trying to live a normal life for six years since the world first learned of my talent. For most of those six years the world mistook me for one of these people I dislike, one of these people who want to be stars. That's because people who want to be stars want to be stars so much that they will lie and cheat and steal to achieve their childish goal. And it's because too many people trust broadcasting corporations. They're crazy about money. Hey! Do you all remember 2007 now? I came back here, didn't I? And I stayed at the same men's shelter and I typed from the same locations? Do I have the year right? Was it from seeing my erased blogs on TV? And did they think I was crazy and send me packing? Do other musicians with famous songs think they were crazy at first? It wouldn't help if everyone around them thought so too. That's doubly crazy. Oh well, this time I've decided to send myself packing. Don't get upset now. I'm not doing it from spite. It's just nice to be able to make the decision for myself, strictly for economy's sake, and to have confidence in my talent. I don't know if anyone's expecting or even betting on me disappearing again, but I'm staying online this time. I don't like the way things turned out last time after I deleted everything. Any other outcome would have been better. Little Alec had an easier time with his Ludwig Van than I've had with my own songs. I know my songs were famous. I just didn't quite recognize them or immediately remember the few times I heard them because I wrote them all so fast in such a short time. Some crime.
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