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Lady Gaga bares more than her heart on the cover of Rolling Stone

The latest issue of Rolling Stone features Lady Gaga on the cover sporting a gun bra and little to nothing else. Lady Gaga opens up to Rolling stone about being a diva and her public image.

As of late, Lady Gaga has been showing some diva like behavior. Showing up to Citi Field in her bra and underwear, 'flipping the bird' to photographers, and allegedly crashing the Yankees' clubhouse is her latest stunt, yet Gaga insists, “I’m not a diva, in any sense of the word.”

Rejecting the diva title, Gaga gives a simple reason for the public spectacle that is Lady Gaga. “This is showbiz for me,” she tells Rollingstone [via the New York Daily News]. I don't want people to see that I'm a human being."

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, credits Michael Jackson for the inspiration to always stay in character for her fans.

"Michael got burned, and he lifted that glittered glove so damn high so his fans could see him, because he was in the art of show business. That's what we do.”

Contrary to her flashy public image, Lady Gaga admits she has insecurities, but quickly reminds her self, ”Bitch, you're Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today."

Katy Perry has a line?! And it was crossed?! I bet Lady Gaga had something to do with that.

Yesterday after the premiere of Lady Gaga's video "Alejandro," Katy Perry, the ex-christian singer turned "I Kissed A Girl" pop icon, blasted on her twitter page, "Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke." Most people took that as an indirect jab at Lady Gaga.

It is understandable that Katy Perry would be offended, like Gaga, Katy Perry has a religious past. Both her parents are pastors and she was raised evangelical. The out-of-character use of religious symbols, should agitate the average christian, but is Katy Perry the right person to take on this fight?

Katy Perry is known for her quirky and unconventional style and songs, most of which she would not be able to wear or perform in her own church. I'm sure the christian community was not blasting "I Kissed a Girl" at church functions, so Katy needs to watch throwing those rocks in that glass house of hers.

Lady Gaga's Ale-Ale-jandro video!

Lady Gaga’s highly anticipated follow up to the hugely popular “Telephone” video has been released! Directed by fashion photographer Steven Klein, “Alejandro”, true to Lady Gaga style, is a fusion of fashion, dance routines, and an abundance of jaw-dropping O-M-G moments.

A far cry from the colorful and satirical “Telephone” video, the nearly nine-minute somber cinematic short takes on a blatant religious and political angle. From the Madonna-esque machine gun bra, the latex nun outfit, and the Lady Gaga described, “homo erotic military” dancers, Gaga has not only pushed the envelope again, but also indefinitely will stir up some controversy.



The blatant sexuality of “Alejandro” and the images of Lady Gaga swallowing a crucifix in a red latex nun outfit are some of the things that will be deemed controversial, and will more than likely not be well received by the religious masses.
As of now, the full meaning of the “Alejandro” video is yet to be revealed, but Lady Gaga has said on Larry King, “It’s a celebration of [her] love and appreciation of the gay community.” Gaga will most likely go into deeper explanation in the upcoming days.

People may not agree with Gaga's views, or how she goes about communicating them, but no one can deny that she is an artist in every sense of the word, a black sheep in a flock of vapid and conforming pop stars. I personally loved it! I understand that many people will be offended or call the video blasphemous, but i realize that it is art and its interpretation will vary from person to person.

Reality Check

This morning i woke up to the exciting news that the SAINTS one the Super Bowl. Moments later I was made aware of a sadder news. One of my classmates dad had passed away. Normally the day after the Super Bowl, the classrooms and lunchroom are filled with Super Bowl cheer and boasting, but today the atmosphere is not boastful or cheerful, but overwhelmingly sad and quiet. News had spread around the whole campus and today teachers put aside their lesson plans and spoke about this tragedy.

After I had heard the news, the first thing I wanted to do was call my dad and tell him how much I love him. I refrained because it was 3 am Cali time, but i could'nt help but wonder, why does it take a tragedy for us to realize what we have. It took 9/11 to unite us, Katrina to re-unite us, and Haiti to help others less fortunate than us. Why is it that we humans have to learn the hard way. Why can't we realize what we have while we have it, instead of when its gone. I am very guilty of that. Before Spain, I usually only called my family when I need something.

As soon as I post this I am going to call my family and tell them I love them, its just sad that it took someone else's tragedy to make me realize what i should've been doing anyways. So the moral of this post is, cherish and appreciate the people in your lives now, so when they're gone you won't look back and wish you had done more.

Reality is a hard pill to swallow

I woke up today feeling not myself. The world around me was abnormally dim, and i was extremely moody. In the midst of my gloom I thought back to last night when I was watching The Princess and the Frog. By the way, I thoroughly enjoyed that movie despite the precariously bold stereotypes, but thats another issue. I was reflecting on a scene in the movie where Tiana, the protagonist of the story said, and i paraphrase, "its ok to dream but you cant just wait on a it to come true, you have to "meet it half way," or do the work required to live reach it." Thinking about that made me realize that this is the time of my life where i will see my dream slowly unfold, or dramatically crash and burn before my eyes. I either become the professional woman I dream of, or watch someone else (literally watch because I want to be a reporter) live out my dream for me.

There are members of my family that have failed miserably at life, and then there are those who have gone after what they wanted and succeeded. I pray I am in the majority that has succeed, because failure is not an option. I know deep down in my heart that God has a plan for me. I just hope that what I want coincides with HIS plan for me. Time will tell.

We shoot ugly people around here

I was browsing on CNN.com today, as usual, when I stumbled across this heading "Dating site for beautiful people expels 'fatties' after holiday weight gain." Intrigued I click on the link and was flabbergasted and amused at what I was reading.


Beautifulpeople.com kicked off 5,000 of its members because they were said to have "gained to much holiday weight." Thousands of members its posted post-holiday photos showing them with a little extra pudge, and were axed. I know your thinking, "How can that be allowed?" "This can't be legal, right?" Actually it is, and yes they can. According to CNN.com "The site describes itself as an "elite online club, where every member works the door" -- that is, users can join only after enough members vote them "beautiful" during the 48 hours after their profile is uploaded."


This site takes the frequently used "1-10" scale and applies it to each profile picture allowing members to "rate" them. Hopefuls want their picture to be rated in the green area toward the "in" side and not in the red area toward the "out" side. Unfortunately for them *sarcasm* these once accepted members, did not make the cut this time around. So who were these booted members??



Beautifulpeople.com is an international company with a variety of people from many different countries. Of the over 5,000 members that were booted off, 1,520 were from the United States, 832 from the U.K., and 533 from Canada. It's no surprised the fattest country, the U.S., has the most members booted, and almost doubles the second highest countries member loss.

To cater to all of the complaints the site gave all 5,000 people the chance to re-upload their pictures and go through the firing squad again, but only a couple hundred re-made the cut over 5,000 were shot down, again.

To do my own little research I went to the site myself, and was LMAO when I read the captions on the homepage. They cater to attractive clients promising, "No more filtering through unattractive people on mainstream sites." What got me was at the bottom it says, "To ugly to sign up? View beautifulpeople as a guest" I was *DEAD* from laughter. I couldn't believe a site like this existed. Highly intrigued, i did what any other person would do, I signed up! My picture is being rated and I will know in 48 hours, the regular "screening time" if im "beautiful" enough to make the cut. I'll keep you posted! HAHA