Dancing Through the Lightning Strikes

"This is a temporary speed bump,

But failure brings you freedom,

And I can bring you love!

Don't you sweat it, baby, 

It's all right!  

You were dancing through the lightning strikes!

Sleepless in the onyx night,

But now the sky is opalite!

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh my Lord,

Never met no one like you before.

You had to make your own sunshine,

But now the sky is opalite!"

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So I say, "Thank you for the lovely bouquet!

I'm married to hustle,

And now I know the life of a showgirl, babe

And I'll never know another!

Pain hidden by the lipstick and lace.

Sequins are forever, 

And now I know the life of a showgirl, babe.

Wouldn't have it any other waaaaaaay!"

~Taylor Alison Swift

For real, though. =)

Bejeweled jeans and boots + friendship bracelets + orange cardigan + white cherry icee = movie ready! lol Let's freaking go! ❤

October 3rd is also known as "Mean Girls Day," so the Kelce bros recreated this meme from that movie, and it brings me so. much. joy!! lol

After my FB post, Tiffany texted saying she loved that I wore an orange cardigan for the movie.  I told her thanks for noticing because I bought it just because of this movie and felt slightly ridiculous. lol  She said she did the same thing, along with a mint-green shirt and matching earrings. lolol  Swifties understood the assignment!!

"It's a good thing I like my friends cancelled.

I salute you if you're much too much to handle!

...Now they've broken you like they've broken me,

But a shattered glass is a lot more sharp,

And now you know exactly who your friends are.

(You know who we are)

We're the ones with matching scars."

Enough of this tortured poet nonsense.

Welcome back, vibrant and happy T-Swift! lol

Your long-time fans had missed you!! 

❤✌

Did I enjoy the Release Party in a theater full of Swifties who clapped after every song!?

YES, on Friday then again on Saturday! lol  There were several adorable little girls in my theater, so I was grateful she went with the non-explicit, kid-friendly version of all the songs for the movie!  It's basically the equivalent of MTV's Making the Video (aww memories), a behind the scenes look at her Fate of Ophelia music video, then simple lyric videos with her talking briefly about how she wrote the other 11 songs.  Yet it made $33 million and took the #1 spot during the one weekend it was in theaters. lol  Love that journey for her! #marketinggenius

Do I love every song on this new album (TS12 - her 12th album with 12 new tracks)?  

No.  Personally, I could really do without Father Figure and Wood, and I agree with Laura that it's cringe and unnecessarily crass in those places. But I took those two off of my playlist and grabbed the clean version of everything else, and I'm loving it!  I immediately adored the title track, Opalite, Actually Romantic, and Cancelled... and Eldest Daughter, Wish List, and The Fate of Ophelia are all growing on me!  I'm already excited for her 13th album, as that is historically her favorite number and will be the first one made while she's been engaged and/or married.  It promises to be interesting - I'd love to see her dive back into country music, just for fun!

Do I feel genuine love and an interesting sense of loyalty toward Taylor Alison Swift?

Absolutely!  I am cheering for her and happy for every bit of joy and success she gets in life, and I'm very glad this album is a more joyful, uplifting, cheesy-fun-pop vibe than the last few.  It's been a good album to jog to as I'm getting back into that!!

It's a fun season for Swifties.  Among other record-breaking events, Taylor currently has:

• The biggest first-week sales for an album in US history
• The biggest single-day song streams in Spotify history
• The only artist this century to simultaneously top the song, album, and movie charts in the US in the same week
• Only album in history to debut all its tracks in the top 20 on US Apple Music
• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on US Apple Music for multiple days

Song of the Week = The Life of a Showgirl by Taylor Swift, featuring Sabrina Carpenter

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