I'm not a student, but I was invited to spend my Saturday at the Curtin University of Technology's viticulture/agribusiness labs. The first time anyone's let the Mad Cow enter a laboratory. I felt like a scientist. I even had a lab coat on *sobs*. And of course, I made myself a name badge, "Dr. Doom". Very apt. Associate Professor of E-cow-nometrics. Impressive huh?
Anyway kids - I want you to learn a lesson from these celebrities. Reach out to your fans. Be a good, humble person. Show genuine gratitude and interest.
First up is Sanjana Jon. Not only is she a great, great woman (holds a Philosophy degree, if I remember correctly), but she's also a hot, and innovative designer, and does all this great charity stuff with the Miss Universe winners every year, besides surviving on minimal sleep, and functioning like a supermachine.
If I had piles of money, I'd buy out complete collections off her, and create Sanjana Jon museums.
Next is Mr. Deeder Zaman, who's famous for being the voice of early Asian Dub Foundation. I added him on MySpace, and the guy actually acknowledges my add request and thanks me for my support.
And then there's Sam, or Salman Gita from Loop Guru. Added him to my MySpace, and once again, there's a vote of thanks and a couple of replies to my messages. From Sam in PERSON.
This is the mark of greatness - a sign that the artiste has been through that struggle, and considers every psycho fan like me important enough to acknowledge. All this goes a long way to prove that you don't need to be a dickhead or bitch if you're famous.
