Vintage Valentine's

Happy Valentine's Day!
Even though I'm single I don't mind this day. Never really have. Most people know that I'm content with my life right now and and happy just trusting in God and His plan. The season of singleness can be a blessing and I don't need a man to make me happy.
I'm normally not one of those sappy girls, I've never lamented how I'm alone and need a boyfriend, but on this day this song came up and I thought it was quite applicable for today :) "The Man I Love" by Gershwin has always been one of my favorites. Gershwin in general is one of my all-time favorites. I'm now watching Gone With the Wind for the first time... I'm feeling quite vintagey tonight. :)

"The Man I Love"

Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin

You know I love me some Benny Goodman :)

But I love my ladies too... Billie and Ella... here's Billie:

And some of my favorite old [romantic] photos:

Dear America

Super Bowl 2013. What did you see?

Jennifer Hudson                                               Beyoncé

Come on America, who do we want our young girls to look up to?? Something in me was stirred up on Sunday when I saw both of these ladies perform at the Super Bowl. In this case, yes, I am judging a book by its cover and I'm not ashamed. Putting vocals aside, I naturally compared their fashion choices and I'm sure I wasn't the only one. Granted, Jennifer Hudson was performing with the Sandy Hook Elementary choir (yes, touching) and I'm sure that Beyoncé would have dressed (and hopefully, performed) differently had she been singing in front of a children's choir too. But think about it, she WAS singing in front of children--she sang in front of almost every child and young person in America. And around the world. What are we teaching our children? It's obvious. Sex appeal is everywhere. It permeates every aspect of our media and society. Love and ultimately sex has sadly become the driving force and goal of many people's lives. It bothers me that what we viewed on Sunday was chosen to represent America on virtually the largest television night of the year. More people turn on the tv on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year, and it is considered to be a "family" event. So this is what America, young and old, is seeing as their icon, their representative. And I'm not just talking about the clothes, but also the nature of the performance. I wouldn't consider Beyoncé's performance "family friendly" by any means. And--yes, I'm going there--this is why other countries laugh at us. Why they think we are a joke and our women don't have morals. They look at Hollywood and see, well, for the most part, women without morals. I'm not talking about Beyoncé specifically but Hollywood and celebrities as a whole. What ever happened to classy women? Women who could be elegant, smart, and beautiful without showing every inch of skin and laying on the sex appeal so thick you have to scrape it off your screen? Where are the Audrey Hepburns of America? If I could zap myself to Hollywood and be this type of role model for the young girls of America and the world, I would. We need to take a stand for morals and for being classy... the right way.