Its Britney, Bitch.

I spent over an hour last night watching Britney Spears videos on You Tube. Even though she is a huge pop icon, and I know everything that happens in her personal life thanks to the media, I have never really heard any of her music or watched her perform. I found her mesmerizing. Her song lyrics are often very exposing. She sings a lot about being lost, trying to find herself through the fame, trying to live a normal life with the paparazzi around her all the time. Of course, none of these songs are written by her - but still, I felt like I got a little glimpse into her soul from watching these videos. I am not judging her as harshly as I was before. I see her as a victim of the business and her parents. I see her as a mother who got in over her head having children too young and too close together, and suffered from severe post partum depression. And even though her life is so incredibly different from mine - I can kind-of relate to her. Weird. I am not a fan - and I won't be buying any albums, but I think I understand a little bit now the Britney Mania - and why our country is so obsessed with watching and dissecting her every move. She is interesting, beautiful (when in make-up, otherwise she looks like a hillbilly) and like I said before, mesmerizing. These are some of the things I realized I had in common with Britney after doing just a little research on the Internet:

We both look great pregnant and naked:





We both have cute little Yorkshire Terriers:




And I'm sure that is just the tip of the iceberg. I also love to sing, and pretend that I do it quite well, like Britney. I'm sure if I spent more time thinking about it, Id find that we are basically bff material.