Jennifer Lawrence

Celebrities.

We know who they are, what entertainment they associate themselves with, and just about everything else going on in their lives.

But why?

Isn't there better things to focus on or do with our lives rather than watch these people on TV or add them on social media networks like Twitter or Facebook. Who cares if Jennifer Lawrence just won a golden globe? Doesn't change my life any, does it?

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Trevor Blank, author of the book "The Last Laugh", try's to explain the relationships formed between celebrities and everyday society members through media outlets such as the internet and the television.

Blank calls celebrities "Intimate Strangers", and describes these relationships as imaginary for those of us who are plugged into the 21st century. These so called "connections" that we make between celebrities and ourselves aren't even at face-value. However, like when we see a friend walk down the hallway or sit next to someone in class, when we decide to friend a celebrity on twitter or instagram - its connecting us just the same.

Also, the chances of us actually talking to celebrities through these media outlets is slim. Whether its really them on the other side of the digital continuum writing back to our demands/praises or if its  one of their many employers, hired to continuously update their media accounts - we will never know.

I like to think that there are two separate worlds out there today, a physical and cyber world. I have my friends here at college and at home that I talk to and get to see everyday, which are my physical relationships. Then I have the celebrities and even businesses that I follow and keep up to date with - my cyber relations.

However, celebrities unattainability in our own personal physical world causes us to get to know them the only way we know how: through the digital world. Not caring if the information is 100% accurate or not, we are still connected to these certain highly known individuals through a medium.

Combining them.

Our relationships, change, and the way we represent ourselves is different online then in person, so our relations with celebrities through the media should be accepted and understood. By friending them on these internet networks or watching them on TV,  once again, they act as entry points to  our physical worlds.

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It does change my life.

She won a golden globe, therefore, I am going to watch more of her movies & follow her twitter feed daily: changing the course of my day-to-day activities. I am building our relationship into a friendship through media outlets.

Even if it is all just a lie.

She's my Intimate Stranger.