I have always hated Carrie Underwood. As soon as AI announced that she won over Bo Bice, I remember cursing her to the deepest of all hells, because I loved Bo Bice, and because I did not think she had enough talent to be an American Idol.
I remember not being able to function at work because I was so depressed over Bo's loss...
Then Elliot Yamin came along, but that's another story.
I watched last year's Grammy Awards, and I remember rekindling the dislike that I felt for Ms. Underwood, and remembered Bo Bice... how things could have been for him had we won AI.
Then I saw the video of Carrie's recent popular song "Before He Cheats", and I found myself repeating after her lyrics even if I've never heard or seen it until that moment. The visuals were great, I think that helped attract my attention, but it was the melody that really caught me offguard. For a brief moment, I actually liked Carrie, and I felt that the song was sung not by me for a "someone", but it was somebody's song for me. I always believed that cheating was something you can try once, but would not be fun in the long run... because you have to live with it, and yeah, it will suck 20 years from the exact moment you said to yourself that it wouldn't hurt and who cares... because somebody does care. You.
I wonder how many Carrie Underwoods there are, willing to get sued for bashing somebody else's car. Too much of Law and Order has really messed up my judgment.
I have cheated so many times that I couldn't even remember the lessons I learned from them. But i know this: I tried them three times at the most. Then I got bored and moved on.
Anyway, back to Ms. Underwood and my obvious change of heart... yes, I really love her song. It was written with a "masa" flavor to it (tho country fans would really kill to disagree), but I guess it has far more interesting appeal to people like me. It reminds me that every action has an equal reaction: not to scare people from growing some balls and doing what they want, but reminding people to grow some brains and think twice (ten times at most) before they do something utterly stupid. Because there are people out there who are willing to give up everything they have to mess up your life...
Because I hate being proven wrong by myself, I'll say this: I hate Carrie's wannabe anorexic look.
There, I feel better.
