The Bigger the Stakes, the Better it Pays
I thought I was past the age of having a celebrity crush.
Well, it turns out I’m not that old, huh?
I have always waited for Blake’s performance every time I sat down in front of the TV watching American Idol… I mean, even Clay didn’t make me fall in love with the song Mack The Knife but Blakey did.
Still, last week? He blew everybody out of the water.
Here was Jon Bon Jovi telling him (of his version of You Give Love a Bad Name), "..this is adventurous," which was Bon Jovi’s polite way of saying, Dude…! What the heck are you doing? Still, Blake nodded, grinned and said, "I know."
He knew but he still wanted to do it. He had to, I think. He knew some people might hate it but he knew he’d be good at it and boy, was he right.
It was a huge risk and by God, it paid. Big time.
As always, Simon said it. "You are a very brave young man."
You know what it’s like to finally found what you are great at and taking up a huge challenge to see if you can break into excellence?
I was never a risk taker. My cousin Jim once observed when we were playing Bullshit (a card game, for God’s sake!) that I "..play it safe." You’d bet I wouldn’t want to risk anything in my real life, right?
Still, over the couple of years, as they have to, obstacles came my way. From time to time I found myself thinking of turning my back and go the other way. And yet another thought popped into my head, "What if you go on with all these difficulties and win? What if you still win despite all that?" I don’t put my neck out there too many times but when I see something with a lot of obstacles and hurdles, I find myself thinking of the satisfaction of overcoming all those things.
And, you know what, I did win. And man, the feeling.
And to see a man doing that… well, what’s a girl to do but fall in love?
Go Blake!
