American Music Awards

I'm not a big fan of awards shows, but I thought it would be an interesting thing to write a post on, and since it strategically planned to ruin my night of Revenge, I decided to watch some of it. (I say "some" because I could not possibly stay up late enough to watch the whole thing.)
I liked some things, but I disliked more, and this is just from the first hour or so... imagine if I posted about the whole thing?!

Kate's Top 2 AMA Likes:
1. Real Women
Okay, there were still plenty of toothpicks there on Sunday night. But I was so happy to see that some of the women actually look like they are women! It was so nice to see that Kelly Clarkson and Ke$ha did not look like they starve themselves! I hope this is a continuing trend so that in 10 years when my daughter is into all this music stuff she'll have someone to look up to who at least looks healthy. Too much to ask?

2. Ke$ha (again)
Okay, so I cannot relate to anything in Ke$ha's music, and I'm pretty sure I don't even approve of what she's singing about, but I can tell you that she knows how to perform. I know I sound silly, but I was entralled by the performance, it had so much energy and I really felt like I should get up and dance, but I would have felt like a doofus. Ke$ha on the other hand was dressed up like some kind of jungle woman and had all of these male dancers with skull-like faces performing with her. Amazing!

Kate's Top 3 AMA Gripes:
1. Justin Beiber
Can I just express to you now how much I despise Justin Beiber?
Since this kid's been on the scene I haven't liked him. At first I found it mildly annoying that school girls got all verklempt about this otherwise average-looking boy. Then the whole hair-in-the-face style. Ugh!
Well, this past Sunday he really wanted to make sure he pushed me over the edge. He went up on stage to accept his award, and what are his first words of gratitude that come spewing so eloquently out of his mouth?
"This is for all the haters!"
Really?! All that "hard work"? All those late nights? All those top hits? You did that all for -- whom now? For the haters? You did it for the people who didn't believe in you? sho said you couldn't do it? who didn't think you'd be around in two years? That really sounds like a worthwhile endeavor to me! Keep up the-- er --good work...

 2. Mini Dresses
I don't care how awesome your body is... if the hem of your sleeves come down farther than the hem of your dress you have a problem. I am looking at you, Taylor Swift!
In all seriousness, though, I wonder how much of that was her choice, or if a stylist made that choice for her, because she looked absolutely awkward, self conscious, and uncomfortable in it, constantly trying to pull the hem down. Given her body language I can only guess that she was not happy with the wardrobe choice either. Taylor, either speak up for yourself, or learn how to dress appropriately! The dress was otherwise beautful as far as color, style, and embellishments go, I would have liked to have seen it at least 4 inches longer...and if she was my daughter, 6 inches longer. ;)

3. Live Performances
I was not impressed (save for one, which I mentioned above). Maybe I'm getting too old, but I didn't like Carly Rae Jepsen's song (which I then had to hear repeated during the Macy's Day Parade), Kelly Clarkson's performance had no energy, and No Doubt (whom I used to worship as a teenager and I didn't even know had had a comeback) has not made any big changes or development to their style of music in nearly 20 years.