Can You Invite @adamlevine For Dinner?

So kids and famous people - there is no pretense, just unabashed honesty and I love it. My kids love music almost as much as their Mamma does. And there is an endearing thing about how they view these people coming through our speakers. They think no different of them than any other person they know. In fact, as they learn that they like their music more, they see them as a friend they have never met. I have been rather impressed with one of my 4 year old identical twins in particular who has an uncanny ability to recognize voices. I have 5 albums on my iPod from a group of artists who work together regularly. There is one girl whose voice he adores - she sings on only 3 or 4 of the 50+ songs in that playlist, and he picks her out every time. He has asked if we could invite her over several times. I was able to email her a while back and pass on the compliment and then later meet her in person (she is a friend of a friend). She is not “famous” by the worlds standards (though I hope her career takes off at some point - the girl’s voice is fabulous), but is tops on his charts. At what point do we loose this approachability perspective and these people become out of reach to us - is it them, or is it us? I mean personally there are some celebrities that I really think I would enjoy having over for a Saturday of eating good food, drinking a few beers, shooting things, and riding around the farm. There are certain people, famous or not, you feel like when you meet them “man, I could really enjoy hanging out with them!” not because I want to be able to say “oooh, I hung out with so-and-so” but because they seem to have something in common with you - something about them resonates with your own self (And there are some whom I like their music/art/etc. very much so, but don’t feel that same vibe if you will). I wonder about these personalities I see in the public eye - the music they sing, the interviews they do, the posts they make on various social media - is this the real them? Gosh I hope so, because I hate to be duped. To realize that it is a front would make me feel almost violated. So assuming we aren’t having a big publicity thing going on and what I see is what I get....I wish I could be friends with a few more people - it’s like some of my friends who live in other countries, I feel sad at the physical distance between someone I love being around - who seems to understand and/or relate to some of the thoughts and emotions deep down. Who seem to view and experience life through the same lens I do. The only difference is I haven’t met some of these “friends” yet. So back to said 4 year old - we had a date a couple weeks ago - I let him play DJ in the car, his playlist was as follows: Florence and the Machine, Cee Lo Green, Maroon 5, Adele, and Bing Crosby’s “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” (again, no pretense - he likes what he likes). He (as well as his identical twin) has gone around for several weeks now singing “Misery” (his edited version, speech impediment and all) NON-STOP

(@adamlevine, you may have competition! or a new duet partner)

— Lucy (@Lucycurio) April 11, 2012

OH, and yes, I did catch it on video for posterity’s sake. I was about to be in misery until he decided he then liked Adam Levine’s cover of “I Shall Be Released” by Bob Dylan and has since dubbed it his new favorite song by him. I was glad, I needed a break. That has been another voice he has picked out of the radio or iPod mixes - one of his “friends” he would like to have over one day and wants me to call. But then there is reality - I can’t - he falls into the out of reach category, but why? Why can’t he come hang out with the fam for an afternoon? I am not really sure. I think there is just the plain and simple “we don’t know him son” that is present, but when someone exposes so much of themselves to the public (and by all means, I am thankful that people are willing to share of themselves, especially letting us into their heads through their lyrics - I love what has been shared) it does leave you feeling like you do really know them. Similar in a way to someone you meet at a party or something, get to know a bit about them and want to know them better. I just don’t know how to sort it all out in my head. I have more thoughts on how all this plays out but it is a bit more metaphysical than I can get into words right now (plus I’m afraid I’d be talking in circles and boring folks). So I’ll leave it here. But for the sake of the aforementioned child, @adamlevine you are welcome to a day at the farm - and dinner - any time :)