Crazy or Awesome? {Britney Spears}

Last week I may (three times) have mentioned her.

I had every intention of adding the following to my Friday Favorites last week and leaving it at that. In fact, most of what you are about to read was all set in my FF post and ready to go.
But then I remembered my new ongoing series I started last month with the Crazy Christmas Card Lady called "Crazy or Awesome" and really, who better to be my #2 subject than Britney?

So I present to you -

Okay, hear me out.
Let me just start by saying I'm not really a fan of Britney Spears.

Oh, you heard me

Never really have been.
Girlfriend cannot sing to save her life (although, ironically, that's pretty much what she's done over the past few years) and it's pretty evident that she's not the brightest bulb on the tree.

Pretty sure that's one thing she actually knows

But here's the deal.
I can't quit her.
She intrigues me, and has for years and years.
And so I'm just gonna say it: I kind of love her.

And a couple of weeks ago I got sucked into watching the two hour E! Special, I Am Britney Jean. I wasn't alone. Well, actually I pretty much was alone, since the special was like E's lowest rated show in the last forever years. And I didn't even watch it live, I watched it on YouTube on my laptop a week after it aired (hey, it was like eleventy-two below outside, what else was I going to do?)

The documentary did nothing to raise her level of intelligence in my opinion, but it did show the world (or the 700,000 people who watched it) that this girl is back. In a big way.

Her two year Planet Hollywood residency in Vegas ("Piece of Me") kicked off on December 27th, and from the extended rehearsal footage from the E! special plus all the reviews and videos I read and watched of the opening (still blaming the weather for that), it looks fantastic and I now totally want to go to Vegas even though I ABHOR VEGAS. But for Britney, I'd go. I'd go and ignore the filth and skeeziness (which buying a ticket to her show would contradict, I do realize), but I'd do my best. And after I saw Britney's show I'd go see Donny and Marie -- just to even things out.

No filth. No skeeze. Just cheese. 

And to answer the question I'm sure is burning in your mind -- no, she's not really singing (much). But by this point, who really cares? She's performing. And even though she only "sings" like four of my favorite Britney songs in her set (which makes sense because I only have like four Britney songs I actually enjoy), I'd go -- for the performance. The dancing. The dancers (who are ahmazing). Plus, despite everything, it's Britney. And crazy or awesome, she's iconic. She is.

Even 2013's icon of the year thinks so.

^^YouTube clip for those of you with phones or pads that don't load it^^

So to get back to the question at hand: is she crazy or awesome?

A few years ago the answer would've been a no brainer.

But today? Today I'd have to go with Awesome.

And last night she won her first People's Choice Award for Favorite Pop Artist. 

Pretty Awesome. 

Because raise your hand if, like me, Britney's 180° turnaround has not only made you eat a lot of the words and predictions you uttered a few years ago, but made you stand up and give her a slow clap (whatever your opinion of her might be). I mean, it's like Lindsay Lohan winning an Oscar one day. And like it or not (not), that would be pretty awesome. 

So put on some Britney tunes everybody, and stand up and dance. And sing. Loudly (which will help drown her out). Because this bitch is back, and she's workin' the awesome pretty hard. 

*For more fabulous Britney gifs, visit http://britneyspearsgifs.tumblr.com

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