As if we needed more proof...

...that Tom Cruise is fuck-all crazy and batshit insane, two stories managed to surface this week to feed the fire that is clearly raging out of friggin' control.

It's not hard to believe that stars themselves can get starstruck. They have idols...just like the average Joe has idols. But, one would think that a celebrity wouldn't stoop to stalking his idol -- especially since he knows firsthand how celebrity can be a curse as much as it's a blessing. Not Tom. No... it's pretty clear he doesn't know when to draw the line:

A report...suggests that the actor [Tom Cruise] followed Joltin' Joe [Dimaggio] all over the place, spooking him and nearly prompting him to call the cops. In the mid-'90s, when Cruise had already ascended to the top of the Tinseltown heap, he would...show up unbidden at baseball-signing shows and wait for DiMaggio to appear, and even waited outside a restaurant for him once for three hours. But the famous Yankee...wasn't impressed, and instead, according to the source, referred to Cruise as "a short little guy" who scared him a little. "This guy is following me around everywhere I go," said DiMaggio to R&M's source. "Next time, I'm going to call the cops." [tmz]

And, just in case you're still not ready to accept the fact that Tom is a nutbag, get a gander at this:

Tom told an Ireland online entertainment website that he's got a to-do list and climbing Everest is on top of it. "I work night and day trying to get it done," he says. [mounteverest.net]

Tom Cruise will attempt to climb 29,000 feet to the top of Mount Everest once shooting wraps on Mission: Impossible III. The daredevil acto...wants to fulfill a childhood dream by hiking up the Himalayan mountain after filming is completed on the action sequel. Cruise says, "I really enjoy climbing - and Everest is the ultimate challenge. Life's an adventure. And the adventure is what you make it. It's every little boy's dream to climb Everest. I believe I can make that dream become a reality." [imdb]

'nuff said. --joan.