Today's thought...Lots of flack.

I'm probably gonna get lots of flack for first off posting about this, and second for posting my opinions on this. But that being said...here goes. Miley Cyrus. Oh yeah. I'm going there. From Hanna Montana to what she is now. Now, I'll tell you, I watched the video for We Can't Stop. I also saw the thing on the VMA's. Do you know what I saw though? Underneath a girl who is on stage, doing what she does, not truly understanding what she is doing. Underneath all of the hype to become an image that isn't Disney. Underneath all of the hype. There is a kid, who is finding herself, discovering what friendship is about, and being her own person. Do I condone doing it on the big screen for the world to see? Her life up until now has been front page, why should this be any different?

Come on people, admit it. She's not doing anything we haven't all done with our friends at one time when we were her age. Only difference? She's doing it on television. She is being what everyone thinks she should be. If you watch her...and I mean REALLY WATCH her show on the VMA's, she's not this evil person everyone is making her out to be. She is a kid, projecting an image, that the people who pay her paycheck, tell her she should project. She's still the kid that grew up in Franklin Tennessee and loves horses and her parents and brother and sisters. She's still that girl that loves her best friend and all of her friends that she has. She's still the girl that loves her family and her boyfriend and knows that life is what you make it.

Instead of trashing her for her video or the way she's acting, which grant you I wouldn't want my daughter to see, but I think she's just discovering herself really, why don't you look beyond the hype, beyond the show, and see the amazing person she is inside. Instead of looking at the bad of the video, look at the lyrics of the song. And no, I'm not talking about the Dancing with Molly line either. I'm talking about the reference to "Remember only God can judge us, so forget the haters, cuz somebody loves ya..."

If that doesn't say right there that she's still the same girl that grew up in a small town in Tennessee, then you're not looking close enough. You're skimming the surface. You're looking at the negative and not looking deep enough. You're buying into the hype of what everyone thinks she is and should be and you're not looking at the girl who's singing it. Look past the video and all the negative, and see the positive.

A bunch of friends, just having a good time and having a party. Just having fun and getting away from all of the media. The ability to be yourself. Look at this video and tell me that you yourself haven't ever done something similar with a bunch of friends when you were twenty. Or maybe younger. Tell me you've never been drunk and done something stupid. And there's no drugs or alcohol in the video. Okay, there's a reference (Which I'm way out of the loop because I still don't get the Molly thing), but what the hell!? Tell me that you're better than this girl who is doing the best she can and in my opinion a damn good job, to live in the spot light like she does without losing herself completely. Tell me you could do what she's done and still be in as good a shape.

Miley, if you ever read this sweetheart, you are a great kid. (I use the term kid loosely. Anyone younger than me is still a kid. LoL!) I could care less what you do on some stupid video or at the VMA's. You've got a high standard to live up to and personally, I think you're doing an incredible job. Keep doing what you do darlin! Keep being you and don't let all this crap get you down. You're amazing. The only people in this world that you have to answer to are your family and God. If you can look at them with a straight face and tell them you're doing alright, then the rest is just fluff. You're real supporters are those that believe in you through all the crap, and still love you through the media. You - Are - Awesome. Never doubt that and never doubt yourself.

That's the end of my rant for the night. I welcome any feed back but if you're going to argue, do it tactfully. I will delete if you're ugly about anything. This blog site has always been about my opinion and you are welcome to disagree, as well as I'd love a debate, but be nice.