Fame and Sharon Stone

C: How was Sharon Stone?
Me: umm not entirely sure
I mean she seemed earnest and nice
but she's an actress
C: you really met with her in person? is she a client?
Me: no no she spoke at a luncheon
she's from a small town south of here
went to Edinboro University who this was a fundraiser/award ceremony for
C: ok. Did you have a good time?
Me: the speeches were surprisingly interesting if a bit self-serving
the lunch was cold but the dessert was great
a good way to kill 3 hours of your day :-)
C: what was for dessert?
Me: there was a choice of lemon meringue pie, cherry pie, triple chocolate cake, and apple strudel
I had the strudel
C: and what were the interesting parts of the speeches?
Me:well she said some interesting things about decency
Me: about trying to live your life as a decent person
C: that's decent of her
Me: she had a great thought at the end of the session that I thought I would remember but slips me at the moment
but it had something to do about decency
they gave her an honorary doctorate
I was pondering about fame
when she came in everyone was craning their necks to try to get a glimpse of her
I wonder what that does to a person
knowing that you are being watched
she was very attractive but not glamorous
she could have been anyone on the street
admittedly a beautiful anyone
but she didn't stand out.
The president of Edinboro has a building named after him and a scholarship as well
and both while he's still in office.
His speech was a lot about hey I did this and I'm doing that, blah blah blah
He's an African American and I'm sure he deserves everything that he said about himself and what was said about him
C: yeah, I imagine fame must be hard
Me: but self serving always seems disingenuous to me
no matter how much like to hear it, praise slightly embarrasses me
and when others toot their own horn I wonder if they truly deserve it
'cause I wonder if I do
well for example there was an award given to this art professor who makes pottery and has been gong around the world teaching people how to make pottery which can be used to filter water
very useful in areas that have no access to potable water
one of the first things that Stone said was quite emphatically "I Get this"
"This is important"
the implication being this is more important that YOU know
YOU can't get this
I understand more about the world that YOU do
and I'm sure she does
she's been around the world and seen more of the world than most people in that audience
with some possible exceptions
C: hmm
Me: but man, I was a bit put off
C: you really thing she was trying to imply the audience was less than her?
Me: that said I was on her side
well I'm not sure if she was *trying* to do that
but that's what I heard in it
I think she was trying to get the idea across that its those kinds of things that are really important
that a simple piece of pottery can make the entire bit of difference in life over death
and she was right
maybe she just didn't say it well
she spoke with no notes so she may have been making it up as she went along
C: well, she's an actress, not a public speaker
well, maybe she is a public speaker
but anyway
:)
Me: lol
well it was interesting