English 101
Professor Caruth
9/21/2011
Life of a Pop Star
When I wake up I don’t get to hear silence and peacefulness, instead I’m surrounded by the sounds of ambulances going off and my assistant in my ear telling me, “RiRi get up you have a photo shoot at ten”. My life is at a fast pace and I signed up for this once I entered this business and being this global pop isn’t just handed to anyone on a silver platter. Ever since I was 17 years old my life changed from being the small town girl from Barbados to now traveling the world performing for all my fans, I am truly blessed. Days in my life consist of, running around everywhere, photo shoots, and the public eye always ready to criticize you. Nevertheless, there is so much more to my life than anyone will ever know. I want to show people I’m a business woman and singer that takes my job seriously, which I want to prove i am a normal person just like everyone else. This is why I want to take people into my life to show everyone a day in the life of Rihanna. My days are always long and consumed by assistants nagging on me to go hear, or you have a meeting with so and so, for me it never stops. It is also very important to me to expand my brand by branching out with new and different things. Such as today i am in New York City to meet up with some people to discuss about my new ventures with my perfume “Rebelle la Fleur”. I’m really excited to come out with a second line it’s always been a dream of mine to make something with my own name on it. It’s finally time to put together some scents and there are so many choices!! This process is kind of overwhelming and thankfully I have a great team that helps me out on picking out the final choices. Finally the meeting is over and I’m hoping I can sneak back to the hotel to take a little nap, but unfortunatly for me I have to run it through my assistant Stephanie to see if that’s possible. “Yes!” I’m back in my nice warm comfy bed, so I’ll