On The Sparkly Fence

When I am on the fence about something I make Pros and Cons Lists.  That’s pretty normal, right?  Right now I am hemming and hawing about my feelings about a particular someone.  I don’t know if I fall more toward the pro side or the con side – is this person embracing my moral values or stomping on them?  Can I support this person?  Do we believe in the same things?  Should I give money to this person or wish for their horrible demise?

Without a firm position I feel like I cannot go on.  I need a decision here.  I need some advice.

My head is telling me no but my heart is telling me yes.

So here goes. Help me if you can.

Do I like Katy Perry or Not?

Katy PROS:                                      Katy CONS:

I took my little nieces and five year old daughter to see Katy Perry’s new epic autobiography “Part of Me” yesterday as part of my Do-I-Like-Katy-Perry-or-Not research. 

Every time she showed up in a new sensational costume my darling Mimi would lean over to me and say “Mama, can you make me that?” Does is sparkle?  Then the answer is Yes! 

Walking out of the theater she says to Charlotte “I’m going to be a pop star when I grow up, and my mom is going to be my biggest fan.”

Herein lies my contention.  Mixing sex and Hello Kitty couture smacks of pedophilia to me.  I’m not raising a Lolita and this marketing is in very poor taste.

I embrace the probability that Mimi may chase the sparkly life.  She is a firework.  But I will not have her singing the “Kissed a Girl” lyrics.  Will not have it.  Can’t Ms. Perry go back to singing terrible pop-Jesus songs?  I want to like her but then I see the boob situation.  It’s just too much and BY THE WAY isn’t plastic surgery supposed to have the appearance of reality? 

I don’t know about this broad.  My internal jury is still out.

I already posted my feelings about the pink.  Revisit it here.