Yesterday and Today

So I'm watching VHI Poland's Yesterday and Today music video showcase. Suddenly, I see Janet Jackson's Escapade come on. She's young, she's cute, she's having fun at a carnival. I used to totally love this music video, and admittedly the song as well. Then a more recent video Feedback comes on, and I'm overcome with sadness and wonder at time same time. I suddenly see that she's closely following in the footsteps of Madonna and looking like a intergalactic slutbag. How is this happening?

Here she's totally cute and everyone loves her:

Control, bitch.
I loved this video and song! Hey, big deal.

Then she changed and she still looked good and like a healthy human female from the Planet Earth:


She's gone through many transformations, and I understand that image a huge part of her success. She's super famous and she's battled with her weight which must have been very difficult for her because she's in a "high pressure to be hot constantly industry. I think she always managed to look good and reinvent herself, but I just can't explain or understand where this new image superhighway is headed.

Is that a woman? Is that a mannequin? Is it an alien? Is it seriously Janet Jackson? WTF?


I prefer Janet from the days of Control, Escapade, When I Think of You, Miss You Much (that was my jam) and Nasty Boys (also my jam) where she's a little chub, just a tiny bit, and somehow more human looking. Frankly, I find her terrifying and totally gross these days. I can't say that I never loved Janet, I did, she had some good hits back in the day, but I don't understand what she's going for these days with her look and getups. She like Madonna, is not looking feminine or attractive anymore. They're both freakin' scary. Maybe that works for some people, I can't count myself as one of them, but I just don't get it. If anyone cares to enlighten me, feel free.

I can't even say anything about Madonna. She's on a whole different level than Janet. And Fonzipan always has hilarious things to say about her, so go there and read up. Here, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

This is my favorite Madonna. I had to.Here's a look maybe more of us out there will remember, something from when she was everywhere.

And now...

Dear God, help us all. I'm not sure if she doesn't want to admit it or what, but uh...she's old. There's nothing wrong with staying young or whatever and being fit and your career blah blah blah, but yeah. Nauseating.

Speaking of another intergalatic weirdo ( I won't call Beyonce a slutbag because I think she's cool, in a personal sense) who's idea was this? I fucking crack up every time I see this. I just want to know why, why this particular outfit. Genius.



Alright, anyway, back to my own reality. I've had my cast off for 8 days and I'm walking pretty well, even though it hurts like a bitch, I've got a pimp limp, and I'm really slow. I don't know how the hell I'm going to be at getting around once I get home. I'm walking at the pace of 70 year old woman, and I'm used to a kind of fast paced life when I'm back in Chicago. Its feeling sort of daunting, but I have a couple more weeks to recuperate and hopefully I'll be back at about 90% by then, at least. I've been out to town a few times and done some shopping, so it's been nice to get out of the house after two goddamned months. On a happier note: Spring is in the air!!!!