Skip to main content

Southwest Airlines Community

One More Time

mmessina
Adventurer C

It has been my plight for ten years.  I have been ridiculed and mocked and had to defend myself more times than I care to count for it.  Yes, I am a devoted Britney Spears fan. 

On this day (Britney's Birthday!), as her “comeback” CD is released, I wanted to put it out there to the world--I love Britney.  I’ve felt connected to her since the beginning; a Louisiana girl like me, making it big singing and dancing and basically owning the world--she has lived all of my wildest dreams...including dating Justin Timberlake.  My adoration of Britney has always been just plain fun… until I had to start constantly defending her.

It hasn’t been easy, trying to explain to people that I don’t agree with some of the things she does, but no one could deny her stage talent.  Then that awful VMA performance last year happened--why, Britney, why?  I had nothing left to back up my argument; her star had burned out…or so everyone thought. 

Fast forward several months—her dad swooped in with what might go down in history as the best conservatorship ever granted by a judge and, voila!, my Britney is back!  She looks amazing, she’s taking her babies to a pumpkin patch, she’s back in the studio—her comeback has officially begun!

But wait, why is this being called her comeback? Britney never went away, did she? Was I dreaming or were we all glued to celebrity gossip blogs and reading tabloid magazines to see her latest shenanigans, wondering if she finally got rid of KFed? When she shaved her head I got so many text messages and breaking news alerts on my e-mail that you would have thought a major world crisis had occurred. America became obsessed with Britney’s antics and we all formed our own opinions of the pop princess; but mine never wavered.

Everyone thinks I’m weird for wanting to blog about this, just like they think I am weird for having such undying love for my favorite celebrity.  But think of it this way: if you had a friend you admired, wanted to be like, talked about all the time, and knew everything about, and that friend went through some REALLY hard times, would you stop loving them?  And when that friend finally seemed to get their act together and was about to prove it to the world, wouldn’t you be so happy for them that you would want to blog about it?  Okay, maybe not the blog part, but wouldn’t you be excited?

 I know I am not the only SWA Employee that feels this way.  If I were, do you think there would be so many “Britneys” popping up in Halloween skits every year?  I think not! 

I’ve heard rumors that KFed often flies Southwest Airlines to Vegas—hook us up, “Fed-Ex”!—tell Britney about the outstanding Customer Service you get on our flights!  And let her know that no matter what, she will always have a fan in this SWA Employee. 

Okay, I need to get to Target to get my CD!


 

12 Comments
Danielle_Cornet
Explorer C
Viva La Britney!!! Mal, I'm so excited now I can't even deal!!!! She's back and better than ever! I wish I had my green tank top on right now!
Kim111
Explorer C
You are correct that Britney never was gone, so this isn't a COMBACK but a new chapter of her CRAZY Life. I also LUV Brit and her new CD is one of her BEST. I already have tickets to her show in March and can't wait to show her the LUV that BIG D has to show her. Happy Birthday Britney!
Jaclyn
Explorer C
My thoughts exactly! Britney is back and better than ever! Love the CD! Love BRITNEY! 🙂
elise
Explorer C
How funny!! I was on my way to work thinking about Britney Spears and how excited I am for her comeback. I wanted to post a blog but I felt slightly embaressed. Hahaha I'm glad I'm not the only fan on the swablog.
Bill
Employee
Employee
So, Mal.....does this Britney devotion explain your Justin Timberlake mania, and that REALLY embarrassing photo of you and two other unnamed Bloggers mugging with the Justin concert promo poster in Vegas? Hmmmm? (BTW, where IS that photo? *grin*) Eh, don't worry, my friend. We've all got skeletons in our musical closets. Secrets be told--I'm a big fan of Madonna, ABBA, and a 70's singer, Gino Vanelli. (Wow...wonder whatever happened to *him*?) Bill
blusk
Aviator C
Mallory, Britney is no Annette. Only someone my age (and maybe Bill) know what I am talking about. The old geezer
cday
Frequent Flyer C
womanizer, womanizer, womanizer..... Luv you Brit!!!
kim-seale
Adventurer C
Brian, Bill ain't the only one who knows who Annette is. Hey, I still remember watching the Ed Sullivan Show one Sunday night when he introduced a foursome of very young men from England for the first time. News flash to you youngsters: Paul McCartney used to be in a group before he went solo, and I'm not referring to "Wings"!! Kim The old letter-writer CRBB P. S. Annette? I would have figured someone your age to be more of a Perry Como fan... LOL
Aaron_Morgan
Explorer C
Britney Spears' episodes caused her positive stardom to succumb to negative media coverage. I agree that she's made a "comeback", so to speak. But in the years to come, what will you remember the most? The day that Britney spears shaved her head, or the day she performed a song well?
Anonymous2404
Explorer C
This was the most stupid pointless non-Southwest post ever. Congratulations, and, how do I get the one minute of my life back that I wasted reading this?
kim-seale
Adventurer C
Anonymous, If you click on the "start" button in the lower left corner, then "control panel", and then "date and time", you can actually travel back in time by changing the setting on your computer. If H. G. Wells had a PC, he never would have had to invent a time machine. For additional assistance, you might try buying a DeLorean and contacting Dr. Emmitt Brown. Best wishes from someone who perpetually lives in the past anyway, Kim CRBB
Joe6
Explorer C
I agree. I want my minute back.