Money Can’t Buy Happiness…

…but it can sure as hell buy you a lot of nice shit!

Now there’s a grateful billionaire if I’ve ever seen one.

I was on this forum and they had an article about how Zhang Ziyi is in deep shit with the people of China. Something about her dirty laundry being aired for everyone to sniff. Apparently she was staying at the Beijing Park Hyatt when two guys demanded she come out and face persecution (yes I’m paraphrasing everything and interpreting it on my own terms). Basically one dude splashed black ink/paint all over her ad in front of a watch store (there’s some pretty good photos of the guy in the act..I just thought that was the most amazing part of the article..HD photos of an act of vandalism going on and yet nobody catching him..or maybe they did after??) So one of her issues is that she is being accused of cheating a business partner out of millions AND attempting to steal her (probably insanely wealthy) husband. Now why two GUYS are out there trying to take Zhang Ziyi’s head off is beyond me, maybe the wife hired them who knows?

OK so I got off track…me and celebrity news…I’m an addict…anyway…so my point is that’s what made me think of money today and how it rules the universe. Everybody knows this but some people have it on their brain way more than others and I would have to say one of those particular groups of people are the gold diggers. When reading the article on Zhang, they mentioned Wendi Deng, man-eating wife of Rupert Murdoch, king of the FoxNews network and Newscorp and all that media goodness, and also (former?) friend and business associate of Zhang’s. Oh, her history is extensive! I asked my mom about her and being a celebrity news addict herself, she basically gave me a rundown of Deng’s life story (not really her whole life story, just her gold digging ways..but then again that is what consumes most of her life if you’ve heard of this woman). Basically, when she was still in China, she somehow got involved with a married man, got him to be her sponsor to the U.S., LIVED IN HIS HOUSE WITH HIS WIFE (who’s dumber, the cheating schmuck or his wife??) and blah blah they got divorced she got the man…fast forward she goes to Yale for her MBA (I think), meets a 20-something year old boy, gets dumped by U.S. sponsor cheater schmuck man, then gets a job at one of Murdoch’s companies and bam! she meets the old guy and seventeen days after his divorce from his last wife, he marries Wendi Deng. I believe there’s at least a 20+ age difference there but why do I act like I’m so surprised at that? I’m not. MY POINT IS: money drives people to do crazy shit.

Was this post about money or gold diggers? Well you can’t have one without the other so I guess it’s about both. While like every girl out there, I’d like to marry a nice, wealthy man…I know I can’t do what those gold diggers out there do..I am no Wendi Deng! Not that I respect people like that (can we say home wrecker?) but it really takes something to drive a person to be so headstrong and ruthless…all for the dollar. It actually sort of boggles me. They sure as hell don’t teach this at school, so they must learn this at home…or have it embedded in their brain somewhere..instead of grey matter they have green matter…or gold..whatever.

So next time some zen hippie tells you something ridiculous like “money can’t buy happiness” (like I said..it sure buys a lot of nice shit) and “love makes the world go round” (actually, the Earth’s orbit is not made of little pieces of love) well…you can be an asshole and just smile while thinking “hah! more greens for me then!!”, or you can be a good fellow human and tell them the honest truth. Then again…are there any people out there anymore that are that zen and non-materialistic? Maybe it’s the NYC speaking, but I have yet to meet someone who truly believes that. I believe in morality and feeding your soul and surrounding oneself with loving people but when it comes down to it, there is no shame in loving the Benjamins, baby.

I really liked this quote at the top of this blog: Wendi Deng Watchers Club

“HERE’S TO THE GIRL IN THE RED SHOES. SHE SMOKES MY CIGARS AND DRINKS MY BOOZE. SHE HAS NO CHERRY BUT THAT’S NO SIN, SHE STILL HAS THE BOX THAT THE CHERRY WAS IN.” – ANON.

Well that’s just clever. If there was a “like” button on blogs, I’d “like” that fore sure.

Look at the time, it’s almost noon…I’m off to Little Owl for lunch with Ceci & Winnie. Maybe I’ll write a review upon my return…good food and good friends…nice way to top off the year. (BTW CAN YOU BELIEVE 2009 IS ALMOST OVER?)

When did you get here, December? I hardly knew ya.