infame in the membrane...

so bobby de niro's housekeeper just pleaded guilty to pilfering some goodies from the bedroom of the former raging bull. a pair of diamond earrings to be exact...worth a cool $95,500. the report of the sticky-fingered bed-maker got me thinking about what would drive a person to steal from the famous. i mean surely the thieving polock should have enjoyed her prestigious position and kept her roaming digits firmly wrapped around her broom...however, i happen to know that de niro is, in person, quite the prima donna...to the point of dickness and the dog puke wiper-upper was probably well pissed off by the time she decided to nab herself some booty.

the construction industry in NYC is often quite fascinating and a catalyst for some interesting situations. personally i've worked for clients such as the army, pfizer, the empire state building, columbia university and tons more. one particular job i was involved in was the renovation of a palatial mansion on 5th avenue. this building contained 4 apartments each going for around 22 million a piece!...such a plush address brought some upper end clientele. yankee slugger a-rod visited one day to inspect a possible investment, lenny kravitz came too for a look at another pad to splash his cash on.....he's quite a friendly guy i must say. and of course we had old bobby boy arriving one sunny summer afternoon, complete with some hired beef as security. but don't be thinking mr fuckin meet the fockers is happy in his quest for a multi million bucks pad. no no, he is quite the pissy little bitch...and why is that? because there are men working there, i mean on a construction job, in the middle of the day!! how dare they? and they are actually looking at him as he surveys the rooms, what idiots we are, i mean you're only the fucking biggest actor in the last 30 years!!...finally he can take no more and storms off, promising never to set foot in the place again! am i wrong in thinkin that this guy is a prize nut job? are we supposed to have taken the day off work so that taxi driver can have the place to himself?

i guess its a fairly pointless rant today but the news article reminded of this experience. i'd love to know exactly what went on in de niro's house on a daily basis. that poor woman was no doubt down on her hands and knees scrubbing the deer hunter's scuzzy toilet bowl with a tooth brush and for a bout $5.25 an hour too i bet...stealing isn't cool, but thanks to a few honest guys doing a day's work de niro has about $22 million burning a hole in his goodfella pocket....that's a lot of earrings huh?