Christina Aguilera
Wow. Alot of different things come together to make a girl attractive, and Christina Aguilera has — well, she has all of them. Her voice is phenomenal, her beauty is stunning, her performances are incredible, and her success is undeniable. In short, she’s legit. Christina Aguilera may not make it to the top of many people’s lists, for whatever reasons, but she’s soundly in the top of mine, and I’ll tell why.
We could fill up an almanac (or a pretty long Wikipedia page), on everything she’s done, and how her image has transformed, and how controversial she’s been, and etc. etc. etc. Yeah, aside from all that, there is 1 reason Aguilera has my admiration: Dirrty.
I’ll never forget that night me and my brother, Andrew, were watching MTV, and the video for Dirrty came on. Now, we’re talking about Genie in a Bottle Christina Aguilera … Come on Over Baby Christina Aguilera. She was as bubblegum-pop as it gets, so when I saw the scene cut to her, and she started ripping her clothes off, in a music video, I was like, “Wow.”
The fact that she was 87% naked and fine in that video isn’t why she gained my respect, that just got my attention (and other things) going. The mainstream media reaction to that video was terrible. She was assaulted from every angle from critics, fans, peers, and even family, for the sexually charged image she displayed. And the beautiful thing is … she stood by it. No apology, no shame — she owned it. 7 years later, she’s more successful than 90% of the people talking down on her, and still true to herself. Whether I ever meet her or not, she’ll always have my respect.
Here’s to you, Christina!
And, the music video that made it all happen…
See what I mean?
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Uchiha Itachi
In my covering of Naruto characters, I have no idea why I took so long to get to this … beast. All my favorite characters in the series are heroes, so I asked myself the simple, opposite question, “Who are my favorite villains?,” and Itachi appeared first.
The number of ways this dude is raw are almost too numerous to get into. He is an Uchiha, to begin with, so he is endowed with the Sharingan (Naruto’s god mode). Aside from that, he is a ridiculously adept hand to hand fighter, skilled in deadly ninjutsu, and is a genjutsu expert. It’s to the point that he defeats most of his opponents without even moving — seriously.
Then you get to his Mangekyou Sharingan — the regular Sharingan on HGH. In his left eye he has the deadliest illusion technique known to the Naruto world, and in his right, he has the deadliest ninjutsu. Both eyes put together reveals Susano’o, the summoning of an ethereal being that weilds two legendary weapons of Japanese culture. Zetsu, a one-time teammate of Itachi, commented that with all these techniques, plus his fearsome intelligence and perception, rendered Itachi practically invincible.
While introduced as a villain, he was admonished of this status when it was revealed that he was actually a good guy all along. To explain it would be complex, but let it be known that it was one of the biggest plot twists in all of Naruto, and brought a tear to my eye.
Even when I try and cover a villain, I still end up moving toward heroes. Wonder what that says about me? Anyway, Itachi is RAW.
If his enemy sees this, they’re already done.
_Reverend Zombie 16.35
Humanzee … is that you?
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