i’m thankful for:

my family.
my friends…who are really more like family.
my Jesus.

there are a lot of other things that i could add to this list, but those are really the most important.

aaaaaaand one more thing…

sorry about the ridiculously long post about adam lambert, but i do have one more thing to say about it.  in response to his claiming that there’s this big double standard and that madonna has been doing that on stage for 20 years, i would just like to say that yes.  madonna has been doing that on stage AT HER CONCERTS.  where people pay to see it. britney spears does crap like that AT HER CONCERTS.  not on a live broadcast.  that’s the difference.  fans pay to see britney and madonna and know exactly what they’re going in to see.  AMA viewers did not know exactly what they were going to be seeing.

as to the double standard thing, i don’t really agree with that.  it totally grossed me out when madonna and britney kissed, and it’s not adam’s “crotch grabbing” that everyone’s so mad about.  i’m pretty sure that if that was the only thing he’d done, it wouldn’t be such a big deal.  i guess that’s really all.

currently watching: food network.  loooooove it.

adam lambert.

i don’t even really know what words to use.  i’m really disappointed in the way that adam chose to “express” himself at the american music awards.  i was a fan of him during the idol days, and to be honest, although i don’t personally agree with homosexuality, i’m not going to judge anyone based on that.  the problem with his performance at the AMAs is that it was trashy.  tasteless.  disgusting.  overly sexual.  i don’t know.  it’s not that i’m completely shocked, because as a whole, let’s be real, sex sells.  i guess i’m just shocked at how s&m the whole thing was.  it was just too over the top…and i was grimacing the whole time…not only at the…uh…motions, but also at the painful singing.  i was not impressed at all with his vocals, which is something that always wowed everyone when he was on idol.

all tastelessness aside, people (well, most people) don’t want to see what is basically soft-core porn in my opinion.  do whatever you want in your spare time, but on a network broadcast during primetime, that’s not something you do.  it wouldn’t be such a big deal to me if his “freedom of expression and artistic integrity” happened on a cable channel, but not only was he blowing up his career, but he was doing it at the expense of ABC.  it’s like the whole janet jackson/justin timberlake thing…the reason why every network television live broadcast has time delay.

did he even think about all of the people that have supported him?  all of the kids and their parents who voted for him on american idol and basically made him famous?  i feel like he just used and abused his celebrity status as a way to get his point of view across.  i guess it’s been done before, but i was still surprised.  i had a lot of respect for him when he was on american idol because he didn’t use it as a platform to fight for “equal rights.”  he didn’t make a big deal about how he was gay.  now this?  i don’t know.  i just feel like he went too far.  he just completely slapped so many people in the face.  i seriously doubt that there is anyone left “on the fence” about how they feel about him now.  he completely polarized anyone who saw the performance, and he’s going to have a hard time putting that back together if he ever wants to.

i think that in the end, that performance is going to hurt adam a lot more than it’s going to help him.  sure, any publicity is good publicity (at least according to speidi), and he definitely got people talking, but it was just too extreme.  whatever.  i’m just sad.

you can watch the video here if you want to, but i wouldn’t blame you if you just wanted to skip out.  it’s gross.

thanksgiving break!!!!!

i love thanksgiving break.  it’s just so perfect.  i get a perfect little break from school and a perfect little down time to hang out with my family

currently listening to: nothing really

fun fact friday!

okay, today’s fun fact is…i have this problem that when things are really popular…like freakishly popular (a.k.a. twilight, blue like jazz, etc.) i tend to not read/watch them.  i never read blue like jazz, because it was such a fad at berry.  i’m absolutely not into twilight partially because i think robert pattinson is disgusting (and kristen stewart for that matter), but also because it’s just way to fad-y for me.  “everybody’s doing it…”  well, i’m not.  i am, however, about to read blue like jazz for the first time, and i’m pretty excited about it   i probably won’t ever get into twilight, but like with blue like jazz, when the fad dies down, i’ll give whatever it is a try.  i just don’t want to do something just because it’s popular.

currently watching: gilmore girls…it’s the “you jump, i jump jack” episode, which is one of my favorites

battle studies.

you need this album.

i love john mayer, and this album definitely doesn’t disappoint.

 

currently listening to: really?  i dare you to guess

fun(ny) fact friday!!

sooooo technically it’s friday, and i just know that i’ll forget to do it tomorrow…haha

anyway, this week’s fun(ny) fact is that earlier today, i was making myself a pb&j, and i thought, “i’ll write about how i always put the pb on one side and the j on the other and about how i always eat them with the pb on the bottom and the j on top…” then i remembered that i already wrote about that.  then a little piece of me wanted to do it anyway just so all of you would question whether or not you were a little crazy and having deja vu for a minute, buuuuuuuuut i decided to spare you.    also i have a funny feeling that tiffany would look back through all of my fun facts and tell me what day i posted it on

currently watching: project runway.

mmmmmmmm.

 

i love this tea.  i have to admit that either tracy or rebekah first got me started on it, but i can’t remember who…eh, that doesn’t matter.  i just love it, and on days like today, it’s the perfect companion (i like to put a little honey and milk in mine).  it always makes me think of my berry girls whenever i drink it, so that makes it even better

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wieuralkca   ia;owifj;alsdkjf klajs;iura.  woier;alkjdf jncaoun;cm.  owieujrak;lnckjshd’irfjdakjsdlfkd;fa.

 

whew.  sometimes, i just need to get it all out.

 

fun fact friiiiiday!

today’s fun fact is: i loooooove macaroni and cheese.  i love it.  i don’t remember a time in my life when it wasn’t my favorite food.  i mean, there are a lot of other things that i love to eat too, but i just loooooove mac & cheese   mmmmmmm.

currently listening to: the glee soundtrack.  i love my life.