The Beginning

There are a few areas in which I excel:

1. Badminton

2. Geography 

3. Celebrity Gossip

Aside from the above, my only other “claims to fame” are my double-jointed thumbs and the fact that I’ve never had a headache. This is why giving up #3 for 85% of each week is going to be so hard for me. I used to spend roughly one hour each day reading gossip columns. This blog will follow my attempts to cut down my intake significantly throughout the semester, in the hopes that my time and brainpower will be used more productively.  

Now, before you start judging me, let me make it clear that I’m not one of those weirdos who trolls celebrity blogs, drooling, making asinine comments on every picture because I’m secretly jealous. Au contraire. I don’t so much revere celebrities as find their PR strategies and what they choose to do with their power, endlessly fascinating. After all, to quote my favorite columnist, “When done right, gossip is a study of human behavior.” It’s so true. More true than you probably realize. And with all of the research I’ve done, I think you would be quite impressed by my extensive knowledge on the subject matter. I could probably write an entire thesis on the whole Jennifer-Brad-Angelina dynamic alone. Talk to me about it sometime- I will blow your mind.

Regardless of how well-versed I am in gossip, I am back in school now and the time has come for me to focus on my real work; so, I am allowing myself only one hour of gossip, one day, per week. Trust me, choosing the day was hard enough. The timing for stories to be released or leaked is very deliberate- but that is a whole other discussion. Let’s just say after hours of vacillation, I have decided on Thursdays. My biggest fear is that a huge story will come out on Friday and that I will have to wait up to six days to read about the details. But hey, I guess that’s just a part of the journey.

So last Thursday, I said my last goodbyes to Lainey, Celebitchy, Go Fug Yourself, and other columns of the like. It was sad for me, but boy, was it a good day in gossip: Prince Harry photographed naked in Las Vegas (!!!), Taylor Swift “crashed” a Kennedy wedding (fun fact: in college I dog-sat for her publicist- who is mentioned in said article), Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger of Nickelback got married (actually I don’t care about that- does anyone care about that?). Writing about it all is actually making me super-anxious, so I’m going to stop.

I can honestly say the first few days have gone well and that I haven’t relapsed yet. It is amazing how much I have gotten done since Thursday, and I only hope that I can maintain this positive momentum. I will keep you updated- thank you for all your support!