Oops, She Did It Again

I must admit as I watched Britney Spear's opening performance to the VMAs on MTV, my jaw was on the floor. I was really pulling for Britney and though I have criticized her every move over the last year, I really was hoping she would make some huge come back and win over the hearts of the American public once again. But her performance was the farthest thing from a comeback; it ended up digging her even deeper. In the days to follow, a lot of people spoke up about her performance and how awful it was and what was she thinking blahblahblah, but the one comment that struck me most was from Kanye West, when he said, "“[MTV] they exploited Britney in helping to end her career. When Britney was opening, near the end, I felt so bad for her. I said, ‘Man, it’s a dirty game. This game will chew you up and spit you out.’” And when I read that, I realized it was so true; the same people that made Britney famous all those years ago are doing everything they can to watch her crash and burn, over and over again, or at least until the public is tired of watching, which I don't see coming anytime soon. And this really made me feel for Britney; yes, of course she could've gotten it together, worked hard, and given an awesome performance, or at least better than the one given, but at the same time, MTV knew exactly what they were doing booking her, last minute, to open the VMAs, after the world-wind year this girls had. Sarah Silverman even admitted the only guidelines for her opening speech after Britney's performance given to her directly by MTC Execs, was to act from Britney's performance and basically make fun of her. So, I really feel either this girl needs to just step back and stop being the bud of all jokes or really pull herself together and show us what she’s got; but either way the music industry is a vicious business, which we can now all see.

Greek Madness

When I came to orientation at SMU I was quickly informed about how important it was to get into a good sorority; I'm from a small town in Florida, and never realized how huge of a deal sororities and fraternities were in was in the South. I had planned on going Greek but really had no knowledge about any of it and just figured I'd go wherever I fit in most, and really didn't think much of it because I had a while...boy was I wrong! My friend that I met at AARO and quickly became close with has a cousin who is a senior here this year, and I hear who the sorority girls take pictures of girls being to crazy when they're out at night and have a big slide show before rush to show all the "good ones" and "bad ones". Also, my roommate is from California but the boy she was dating has a sister who is a sophomore and the boy she was dating was also a sophomore, and his sisters friends would tell him to break up with or else they would "blackball" (which supposedly means that NO sororities will take her) her, and he ended up breaking up with her because of all of this. I was in shock; I cannot believe that people let these things control their lives! And then hearing that some girls who go to southern colleges will drop out and transfer colleges if they don't get into the sorority they want. To me this is all madness and very intimidating; I want to fit it and get into a good sorority but I most certainly will not let it rule my life!