What's He Smoking????
Filed under: John Mayer > When Celebrities Blog
He's trying to get deep.
John Mayer loves to post on his blog.
His entries are usually funny, but his most recent one is rambling and self-indulgent.
If you make it through to the end, you get a cookie!
P.S. He's totally talking about us.
Shut your piehole, John, or we'll have to tell the world what happened that night at Stereo!
Says Mayer:
"FROM THE HEART….
I need to write this.
I've been traveling alone in Japan for the better part of three weeks now, and It's been so remarkable an experience for me that I can't book a ticket home yet. I haven't spoken very much out loud these days, but I've been thinking to myself in what feels like surround sound. I can see so many things clearly, and feel so connected to myself and the world around me that I need to share the perspective with you.
I'm already aware that when I sing, say or write anything, 50 percent of the response will be in support of it and the other 50 will want to discount it. This blog, though, is directed to 100 percent of people reading it. If my blog truly does have any cultural effect, then it should be used for more than just pictures of sneakers and funny youtube videos. (If you don't think my blog has any effect, than you can't by definition be reading this right now and therefore don't have to respond to it in any way. Isn't that tidy?)
What I'm about to write isn't about fame or success or celebrity or the media. That's my business.
This is about us all.
This is about a level of self consciousness so high in my generation, that it's actually toxic.
This is about the girl in her bedroom who poses in front of the camera she's awkwardly holding in her outstretched hand. She'll take a hundred photos until coming up with one she's happy with, which inevitably looks nothing like her, and after she's done poring over images of herself, will post one on her myspace page and then write something like " I don't give a f*ck what you think about me. "
This is about the person trying out for American Idol, who while going off about how confident they are that they were born ready to sing in front of the world, are trembling so badly they can hardly breathe.
This is about me, the guy who walks through a throng of photographers into a restaurant like he's Paul Newman, but who leaves a "reject" pile of clothes in his closet so high that his cleaning lady can't figure out how one man can step into so many pairs of pants in a week.
This is about a young guy who maintains a celebrity blog that subsists on tearing other people down but who has wrestled with a lifelong battle for acceptance as a gay man.
This is about us all. Every one of us. Who all seem to know deep down that it's incredibly hard to be alive and interact with the world around us but will try and cover it up at any cost. For as badass and unaffected as we try to come off, we're all just one sentence away from being brought to the edge of tears, if only it was worded right. And I don't want to act immune to that anymore. I took the biggest detour from myself over the past year, since I decided that I wasn't going to care about what people thought about me. I got to the point where I had so much padding on that, sure, I couldn't feel the negativity, but that's because I couldn't feel much of anything. And I think I'm done with that.
I'm not the first person to admit we're all self conscious, Kanye was. But what I want to do is to shed a little light on why we're all in the same boat, no matter the shape of the life we lead: because every one of us were told since birth that we were special. We were spoken to by name through a television. We were promised we could be anything that we wanted to be, if only we believed it and then, faster than we saw coming, we were set loose into the world to shake hands with the millions of other people who were told the exact same thing.
And really? Really? It turns out we're just not all that special, when you break it down. Beautifully unspectacular, actually. And that truth is going to catch up with us whether we want to run from it or not. The paparazzo following me to the gym ain't gonna be Herb Ritts and the guy he's following ain't gonna be Bob Dylan. It's just a matter of how old you are once you embrace that fact. And for me, 30 sounds about right.
What now, then? I can only really say for myself: Enjoy who I am, the talents and the liabilities. Stop acting careless. In fact, care more. Be vulnerable but stay away from where it hurts. Read. See more shows. Of any kind. Rock shows, art shows, boat shows. Create more art. Wear hoodies to dinner. Carry a notebook and hand it to people when they passionately recommend something and ask them to write it down for me.
Root for others.
Give more and expect the same in return, but over time.
Act nervous when I'm nervous, puzzled when I don't know what the hell to do, and smile when it all goes my way. And never in any other order than that.
And when it's all over, whether at the end of this fabulous career or of this life, which I hope takes place at the same time, I should look back and say that I had it good and I made the most of it while I was able. And so should you.
I'm going quiet now.
John"
[Image via Mavrix Online.]
uuummmmm…….WHAT???? oh, and where's my cookie?!?!?
i think this is actually really nicely written
I love that post. I think he really thought about his life and what it all means in the grand scheme of things. John Mayer is very poetic, deep and seems to have come to a realization that life is short and all the shit we sludge through everyday won't matter in the end. What matters is NOW. What creates positive moments in our lives is how we treat others NOW. What determines our happiness is whether or not WE allow OURSELVES to be happy NOW. He gets it. And we should too.
John Mayer, I totally forgive you for dating Jessica Simpson (like, what the fuck were you thinking??).
Shouldn't his blog end with, "……but trust me on the sunscreen…."? Someone already did this "blog", made a song out of it, and made us all crazy for about 2 1/2 months!! (and made heaping amounts of money in the process) All I can say is WTF?!?!
What a phoney!
very well put…
How is it that you, Perez missed the message so clearly here. Your website does exist more to tear people down, then to build them up. It's okay, and you can offense to that idea if you want, but you'll just look like a hypocrite doing it. You also do some good with your site, and that also okay. What John is talking about here is being okay the dualities we live with.
Blackmail from you, Perez? You're LOW. Mind your own bussiness, bitch. People like you make me SICK.
I LOVE John Mayer. He's right though Perez-Yes I read your blog, but you could write this blog without being an asshole and writing shit about the celebs and tearing them down…you're really rude. How the hell are you bettering the world with your career? You're very hypocritical. "Donate to this worthy cause here" Next story: This celebrity sucks ass, looks like shit, etc etc.
i think those are actually some pretty wise words…. i'm dont think he meant to reference you in a negative way perez
… and what he said about you is true. No matter how hard you try and pretend to be otherwise–no matter how "successful" you are (at least in the shallow celebutard world you inhabit)–you're a 30-year old, insecure, childish, gay man who lives his life trashing people he either hates without reason or is envious of. If you ever sat down and thought about it deeply, man, you'd realize how sad and pathetic it all is.
"For as badass and unaffected as we try to come off, we're all just one sentence away from being brought to the edge of tears, if only it was worded right."
I thought that was well written and dead on. Suck it up Perez, John Mayer is 100% correct.
He has my respect.
Running a game on the media again. To bad you can't rely on your so call talent.
"For as badass and unaffected as we try to come off, we're all just one sentence away from being brought to the edge of tears, if only it was worded right."
I thought that was well written and dead on. Suck it up Perez, John Mayer is 100% correct.
He has my respect.
What Happened @ STEREO Prezalicious?!?…………..It Must be MUY MUY Juicy!!!…..DIME!!….DIME!!!…I Must KNow!!…jajajajaja!!!
So true he got the assholes going again. Ok now you can drop the CD JM.
For Gods sake, this is stupid.
Re: captain testosterone – Sir I applaud you!
He's either been drinking, taken a good dose of Adderol or meth.
I'm curious to know Perez if after reading nearly 500 comments that seem to agree with Mayer whether you'll reflect and change your opinion a bit?
John is amazing!!
I have and ALWAYS will love this man's honesty….it's seriously what makes someone so damn attractive….damn him!
And Perez…don't front!
john, you're so fucking fake. get over yourself
and stop writing - you're not that insightful
I am one of john mayers biggest fans, hes incrediable and everything he writes is as though he is speaking to me i love him
are u struggling a life long batlle of accepting the fact tht ur gay perez if u r then its about u and i thought this was an interisting blog he posted it inspired me
I would also like to add that i can't believe what i'm reading sometimes on here…..the level of hate in most the comments left is unreal….i'm glad i don't know where it all comes from.
Peace
Love it…
and I want my bloody cookie!
I really respect John Mayer for saying that. He seems like a great guy.
Comon perez! Tell us the gossip on john
Re: The truth hurts, Perez … – So FUCKIN TRUE
For what its worth I read it and I really got it. I'm glad he finally had a realization, I always thought he was very into himself and I thought he handle EVERYTHING with Jessica Simpson really badly. But that was extremely true and I think will all have to face how much people affect each other.
I WANNA SEE REP SALLY KERN R-OK IN A LEATHER JOCKSTRAP
Oh! Look at me, I'm John Fucking Mayer. I make shitty music and have "deep, intellectual" thoughts that are just rip-off ideas from ACTUAL talented minds. Give me a fucking break…this guy dated Jessica Simpson and is pimping his next album right now…yeah, I don't buy it for a second.
BLAH….BLAH…..BLAH….. I've always thought he was a fucking whiner, and now I've realized he's a psuedo-intellectual too. Because the world needs more of them John….WAY TO GO…
Thanks for proving his point about you with "Shut your piehole, John, or we'll have to tell the world what happened that night at Stereo!"
don't be bitter because somebody reduced what you do to what it actually is.
does anyone else notice the big bump on john mayer's tongue?
I think this is beautiful.
You know Perez, John Mayer is a really smart guy. I don't care what they say, I like him.
John has made some good points in his blog. Perez he definately gots your number.
Heres hoping that Mayer ass get busted soon. Sorry Mayer don't have everyone fooled.
when youre worried what everybody is thinking about you, stop for a minute and realize they are sitting there wondering what YOURE thinking about THEM.
And it has ALWAYS been this way and it will always be this way because we are human beings and in the end, all we all really want is to be accepted for who we are.
I LOVED that!!!
Sooo inspiring!
At least he commented on you, Perez. He acknowleged that you are important in this generation, and you should be proud of the impact you make.
But you are mean sometimes.
I guess he doesnt like to be called Fugly
Ok, where's my cookie? Perez, it wasn't *all* about you. But you knew that cuz you emphasized the only part that was. I think what he's trying to say is what all of us would say if we could find the words. I have always loved reading his blogs (and yours) and will continue because, somehow, John Mayer seems to get it right time after time.
perez the question is what are You smoking?All you blog about mostly is self absorbed issues like you are the authority on how people should be and look and act and you call John self absorbed i think maybe someone needs to tell you that your no authority on anything its obvious you have self issues anyway i think a blind guy could see that
I think John Mayer is amazing. I was incredibly upset that he took down all of his blogs, especially since I had been reading them since the summer of 2006. He's been blogging for longer than Perez has been criticizing his blogs, so I say, keep on keepin' on, Mr. Mayer. AND– where's the summer tour?
I am sick of deep inner thoughts of self. All selves. It only leads to idiotic ramblings, and questions without answers. Case in point—John Mayer
You know what, Perez? He's not wrong. He has a valid point. Deal with it. You've crossed the line many,many times.
Two random examples:
It was heartless to badmouth Lily Allen for hard-partying in the days following her abortion.I assume you have never gone through an abortion yourself?
However, it is very easy for you to sympathize with something that even remotely concerns your intrests.
You really do give obscure homophobes free publicity.
Tina? I went through some of the comments made about your last post concerning her. She's 16. Legally, she's still a child, and I've never seen so much ugliness in a comment section in my life. Most of it was about her being an absolute low-life.I hope she hasn't read it but I'm pretty sure she has. I hope she hasn't slipped into severe depression. And for what? A few karaoke videoes and a dumb remark picked up by the wrong person. So irresponsible. She's from a small town and has no experience with celebrity. Some people may have tought that the whole thing was a huge stunt, but consider the possibility that it wasn't.
Lack of personal moral.
Simple, relevant, to the point! JM is good and so right Perez, and you know it.
Why did you take offense to it? I think it's beautiful!
PEREZ, JOHN ROCKS! YOU ARE A FUCKING WASTE OF SPACE! WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT YOU? YOU DON'T LIKE THAT HE CALLED YOU OUT? THAT IS WHAT YOU DO EVERYDAY FAT ASS! IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT STAY OUT OF THE KITCHEN YOU FUCKING LAZY COW!!! BESIDES THIS BLOG POST THAT JOHN WROTE WAS BEAUTIFULLY HAUNTING AND IS SO TRUE ABOUT SOCIETY IN TODAY'S WORLD, AND IF YOU'D GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS YOU COULD SEE THAT!!
PS—-WHO THE FUCK IS "WE" YOU SELF ABSORBED JACK ASS????
omg perez! John Mayer is the celeb that you were talking about at cal poly that made out with you! That's pretty hot.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE share what happened at stereo!!!!!!!!!
The Publicity Whore is at it again with the stupid ass hyped up people posting over and over. He can feed these dumb shits any garbage. Perez please post him with the dumb ass borat suit on. John Mayer is a stupid fuck.
why are you offended, perez? he is not saying anything bad about you. hes telling the truth. you know youre mean to other people. thats no secret. but that was not ALL about you, as you might have wanted it to be. as he said, it is about everyone. its about all of us being insecure, deep down, no matter what. and if you can honestly say that you're never insecure, perez, in a world where gay people are still struggling to be accepted, that is a lie.
does what happened at stereo involve an "unidentified brunette?!?"
Re: ashley –
Yeah, but that moron sure loves having his face on this blog. John Mayer please shut the fuck up, just play your wimpy music, date bimbos, and be quiet!
John Mayer or not, that was very profound. I hope that he doesn't shut his pie hole. Perez, you should be ashamed of trying to blackmail him for voicing his opinion about you. You voice your opinions, good and bad, about anyone and everyone every single day. So stop being a hypocrite…
Take notice of the "I'm in Japan alone bullshit maybe he is hoping Jessica Simpson will come calling so she can run back to him. I don't buy his game for one second but so glad you guys made Perez's site a big hit.
Perez, John is trying to tell you something useful you use your blog to consistently shit all over people and now you are getting it thrown back in your face. You like drama for instance the Mariah vs. Madonna thing just because Mariah is doing better than Madonna it makes you mad to where you have to focus on stuff that doesnt matter like Amazon sales–who cares about Amazon sales there rankings have nothing to do with Billboard so don't try and discredit Mariah because on April 15th you are going to be eating your words like your ass was doing on Ryan Seacrest's radio show–Mariah and Ryan virtually turned you into a bitch on air so stop with the tough talk shit attitude because we all know it is not you. Just because celebs might make mistakes in their life, etc. who are you to publicly ridicule them or say they are ugly (Rumer Willis) when you are fat and unattractive. Take a slice of humble pie and re-read what John had to say and learn something.
Perez, Aside from what he said about u…. he made a good point. U shouldn't of had made the WHOLE thing sound horrible.
HONESTLY, he made alot of sense. He really did. @:)
Re: helen –
John Mayer is a douche, all these celebrities know what kind blog this is, and they enjoy being talked about at any level. Mayer is a full of it, if he didn't like the attention, he wouldn't embrace it like he has.I hate this guy so much now because he wants to act like he's above everybody He's so well-spoken, he's so smart, but he sure knows how to get some attention for himself. "Hey Perez, draw cum on my face…hey Perez, chronicle my relationship with Jessucka". And don't forget to post my stupid blogs, pics of me with my ass hanging out while I'm reading a tabloid.
Very Narcissistic, the kid just likes to "hear" himself talk. You people are so gullible, what he has said in this blog is just being repeated from the mouths of philosophers which Mayer is trying to take credit for. Kanye didn't say it first.
As for Perez, I love what you do. You take the joke that the celebrity culture is and turn it into entertainment for people like me who need a mindless read as a break from their studies.
Thats why this is the hottest spot on the internet….Thats why you lame fucks are clicking on this site. Dumb ass Mayer has a site take go there. Perez you rock thats why we click here. Seriously I think John Mayer has a crush on Perez because John can't seem to live his life without Perez. Must suck for some of these ho's for John to be more into Perez.
this is why i LOVE john
I loved it! If only you could actually meet someone who was in the same place in life as you and at the same time. John, don't ever stop.
I love it… smart, true and extrodinarily raw. He writes beautifully and does it in a straight forward, down to earth way. I am buying what HE is selling. Cheers!
ok i didnt really read the whole thing and i wasn't going to really comment, but when i saw that jj had this also posted on his blog and he also said that was about him too, i was thinking that couldnt be true. hmm i dont know. whatever
What's wrong with him telling the truth and being deep? Why does this automatically mean he's on drugs? Is he not pretty much correct in every single thing he's said in this blog?
Why is it bad to be in touch with the real you?
Perez, for a gay guy you're REALLY closed-minded. Expand your horizons. Be your own person, not a sheep to celebrity.
Media Whore alert!!!!!!!!!!
Douchbag at it again. I agree he needs cum dripping from his mouth.
Mayersuckers should shut the fuck up and go buy his shit thats all he wants from you stupid assholes anyway.
I thought he had some good points. go spend a few weeks in another country where you do not speak the language, and embrace the different culture. it makes you reflect on your own. and I also agree I do not think he was attacking anyone, just attempting to make a point and get some information out to this generation.
I love you John Mayer, marry me!!!!
You only wish you could write a blog as insightful as John. But I'm glad your happy with yourself, thinking your all important by writing nasty blogs about people. Gold star for you! pshh
That is not self-indulgent, it is the truth about him and all of us that we don't really want to admit. Too bad Perez has his head too far up his ass to see the clarity in the rest of the comments that don't talk about him
shut your pie hole perez. he's right about you and he's right about us all. there is so much truth in that blog and i think you should read it again. you could do with taking some of his advice.
this was incredibly righteous
I agree with John. People only tear down others because there so unhappy with themselves. it makes them feel better. I mean Perez look at you , you made a career outta making fun of celebrities all because you were too , ugly, fat and talentless to make it as an actor. so really in some way making fun of them is your FUCK YOU . Everyone does it though , you make fun of the really pretty girl standing in front of you in the line all because she's rocking out that haircut you always wanted but it looks WAY better on her!.. it just goes on and on… just because John put it in to perspective doesn't mean were gonna stop doing it.. we just gonna all do it more quitely.
Love him. So true everything he wrote.
Half of these post are John Mayer since he is psychotic and it's now clear he has a crush on Perez
Ew ! He is so nasty .
hahaha rambling and self indulgent? Sounds like a Personally Perez post.
Hahhaa, he so got you Perez. All you can do is take it in stride
seriously… either fess up with the story Perez or shut up!!!
In my opinion: let John be, already!!!
Maybe you should listen and consider what he's saying!
That was well-written
ok…i loved what he said…brilliant.
Im shocked at these comments! Wow so insightful, nailed it, were empty,alone. OVERANALYZED CRAP! John Mayer can pop all the pills he wants and write his insightful selfabsorbed BS while wandering the streets of Japan on his blog all day, but talk shit about Perez? Oh hell no! Perez does not tear people down he says what we all think! And we fucking love it, if we dident why are we all here?? And it is because he's gay he has the balls to put it in everyones face!! How could John say Perez struggles with his homosexuality? WTF does he no about it? Mabey Perez has a point what about that night in stereo??
Everything he said is true. Why is it okay for you to make $$$ of off low blowing people everday but somebody puts it straight where you're concerned and you get all defensive? At least he's got something intelligent to say…and he says it in a classy way, without posting a picture of you with a dick or coke or drool on your face.
Perez, of all things John said in that blog the only thing you got out of it is that he said ONE thing about you. He was talking about the world and giving examples. Also very well-spoken and very true, you should try to actually think about what he said instead of making fun of him for writing a lot of meaningful stuff. At least he knows what he's talking about.
Perez!!! You were cleary the inspiration for this new "Song" of Johns. All character descriptions are general… but not yours!
He must frequent this .com to make such allegations. I think THAT, along with publically bashing you, makes him a hypocrite. Alllllll right….a CREATICE hypocrite!!!
Seems to me HE'S pandering to the young girls whos pictures he's checking out on face book!
What John wrote, apart from the crap about you, is pretty basic stuff. "I'm O.K. You're O.K." kindof stuff…published when? 1960?
he is just jelous because you have more fans than him and because your amazing!
So basically John Gayer just called everyone "un-special". What a fuckin self-absorbed hypocrite. I bet you a million dollars he thinks he is God's special gift to humanity with his bitch ass music.
"This is about a young guy who maintains a celebrity blog that subsists on tearing other people down but who has wrestled with a lifelong battle for acceptance as a gay man."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! suck shit Perez he is talking about you and you can't stand it when the shoe is on the other foot!
Very Cool. The pursuit of happiness is enlightening.
God shut up what a little brat. Cry me a river he needs to get over himself what a bitch.
i think its beautiful.
ps- what happened at stereo????
Do you believe ALL THE HYPOCRITES pawwing through your collection of info here & then reading some JM lyric that inspires them to…in a rightous sort of way, REEEAM you!!!! WOW! DUMB!!!
Ahh John, catering to the young gullible minds are we? Your philosophical bullshit is not fooling everybody you dumb whiny bitch. Grow a pair you fuckin dipshit.
wow. you actually affirmed what he wrote when you reacted the way you did.
for once perez, you did a good job.