Never thought I’d write a blog or anything actually that contains three or more sentences about a famous person whom I adore and respect so much. I’ve been a fan of several artists and icons over the past decade (and yes, since I was seven) like Michael Jackson, Greyson Chance, a few WWE wrestlers, The Script, and even Ashton Kutcher, none of them made me change my ways for the better, none of them had this effect to make me feel inspired to find out who I really was, or at least made me build up a few inner emotional and spiritual strength that would help me with this journey that I felt so frustrated with. The infatuation with these famous people eventually died out, and no matter how much I tried, it wasn’t the same anymore, they’ve just worn out for whatever reason. (You’re probably thinking “why is this kid dwelling upon famous Hollywood faces for inspirational shit in the first place?” Well maybe it’s because it’s not impossible to find depth into a person whether they’re actors, authors, or normal people, but I guess when you’re a teenager in today’s generation, you have no choice, they’re everywhere, you can’t deny the fact that you’re bound to look up to these celebrities every now and then.) But lucky for me (well to be fair I’m not so sure about the “lucky” part because I don’t know what shit I’ve gotten myself into to be honest) I came across a brilliant, talented, amazing, gorgeous human being, the man of many talents, Jared Joseph Leto. There wasn’t a single day where I tend to not google his name or stalk his twitter feed and it kind of makes me feel pathetic for the first few weeks, but when I’ve finally gotten over the shallow, fan-girl phase of being a Leto fanatic, I eventually searched for deeper insights from him which absolutely gained my respect. My sister actually made me listen to his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars which is without a doubt now one of my favourite bands of all time, next to the previously stated, The Script. I listened to Closer to the Edge inside the school’s media room and from that then on, I couldn’t stop watching every.single.fucking.video that has “Thirty Seconds to Mars” in the title, whether it may be an interview, a music video, a funny moments montage or even our sex tape (oh honey, how I wish). Not kidding, you have no idea how many fan fictions are stored inside my phone, the smut ones especially, oh and also the articles I’ve read about the many sex escapades of Jared during their tour, don’t even get me started on the thousands of photos on my computer, I know I have a problem, and no I’m not going to stop, and yes, I connect to a lot of dirty echelons online, whether through insightful chats or perverted ones, there really is no in-between.
Have I gotten my point across? Well, not yet, I’ve utterly just described how my hormones rage whenever I get a glimpse of Jared, so….let’s get to the part where I explain to you how Jared made me view the world as if I own it.
All Leto fans obviously know that Jared and Shannon had a pretty rough back story, tracing back to when they were the younger versions of themselves, the pretty messed up childhood they had to go through in Louisiana and also how strongly they believed and hoped and dreamed that they’d make it someday, that they’d make a better life for themselves and for their Mom, Constance Leto. He made various films over the years, his first role being the babe every teenage girls drooled over back in 1994, Jordan Catalano, remember him? Oh I bet you do, who wouldn’t? I mean I was born in 1999 and even I know who the fuck Jordan Catalano was (even when before I researched his career, I don’t know how though). He also scored minor roles for big shot movies, like Fight Club, American Psycho, Girl Interrupted to name a few, and starred as the lead actor in independent geniuses Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Nobody, and not to mention the movie that made him wax not just his eyebrows, but his whole body hair and even went Brazilian for it, but most importantly the role that earned him an Oscar for portraying Rayon, the transsexual sweetheart that captured our hearts in Dallas Buyer’s Club. He never fails to add a major shock value when he jumps into doing something for his fans, he grabs the opportunity and makes something more out of it, he doesn’t just agree on doing these projects giving out the reason of “adding one to the collection”, but instead he sees this as a chance to gain a life lesson, cultivates for the sake of learning more and giving out something special for the world to see. As of now? He’s working on a new album for the Echelons after filming his latest movie, Suicide Squad. He’s playing The Joker, with Heath’s performance, I guess that would be pretty hard to beat, but with Jared being casted, I’m glad and sure as hell confident he would give justice to this role.
As you can see he’s a pretty fucking badass individual, considering the fact that he’s in a rock band for Christ’s sakes, you don’t usually see a person balance that out now, do you?
The main purpose of this mediocre piece of writing (forgive my seventeen year old narrow little head) is to shower your minds with the awesomeness that Jared Leto has, talent, brilliance, hotness, name it and I bet he has it. Listen, I can’t say much more good things about this person and I guess he just made me have a reason to live every day, besides knowing that I have something to look forward to that involves what he has to give out, including new albums, movies, tours and MARS promos, he made me realize that dreaming big isn’t all that bad, and hard work is all what it takes to make everything come into reality. No one ever made me think I could be as successful as I think I would be, and Jared changed that, hell I don’t even know him personally but look where it got me just by reading and listening what he has to say, through the internet of course (this generation’s bible I should say) The thing is, I don’t think I only listened to him because he’s now a big-shot Hollywood A-lister, well, him being famous kind of added to factor because why would I listen to an unsuccessful hobo in the streets of Los Angeles? But besides that point, I listened to him because unlike many stars, he’s very genuine and I still feel as if he’s the humble kid that he once was in Louisiana, but if people were to say “You don’t actually like him for being him, you only like him for what he has and what he is at the moment”. He’s not going to be that successful if he’s an empty-headed dick bag, and he acquired his fame for a reason, he used his imagination that consisted of ambitious dreams, turned them into reality and also his bright little head all throughout the whole process, which is in fact a part of him, so the argument that haters have are not really deemed valid nor did they seem to put out any rational thought into questioning why we love our idols so much. Not gonna lie though, I still don’t know what he’s like when being his “usual self”, I’d want to know who he truly is, it would be like a kid seeking out inspirational advices from her 44-year old “rockstar slash movie star slash soaking up in awesomeness” uncle, but I’m just so glad and so thankful that he made me realize things that was once so confusing to me. People would think that this is an overly dramatic piece, then again, being an Echelon is being in a cult. It’s only for those who understand.
PS: He made me vegan, turn back to song-writing and made me save up for any upcoming tours in the Philippines.
PPS: I love him so much, I call him Dad, Daddy Leto, or just Daddy and it creeps many people out.
