Yup, it was exciting.

When I realized that I could no longer get tickets for the Jonas Brothers concert at Summerfest a couple months ago, I was pretty upset. Then my friend’s sister won tickets and she got to go, and the jealousy got even worse. I went to Summerfest on Sunday and saw thousands of girls in Jonas Brothers apparel excited to go to the concert. That was hard.

But now I’m starting to wonder why Jonas Brothers, or any boy bands, have such huge appeal. Well, there’s the obvious. Look at them:

 

But if it’s just their looks that are so great, why does everyone (correction: every girl) love their music so much? I’m not going to lie, I know the words to more than a few of their songs. I normally listen to more alternative music (The Wombats and Red Hot Chili Peppers are my favorites) that aren’t really anything like Jonas Brothers, but when a JoBros song comes up on my iPod, I’m not going to skip it.

Whether I have reasons to love them or not, though, I don’t think I’ll get over missing their concert anytime soon.

I got home from a track meet tonight and found Miss USA on the TV. I watched some of it, but it was difficult. It’s like watching a movie that makes fun of pageants, and Donnie and Marie Osmond didn’t really help make it any less clichéd (even though my mom says she liked them).

I do feel kind of bad for the girls who do it, though, because they all get the Miss South Carolina image and I'm sure that she was just really nervous. But to me, watching the interviews tonight didn't help shed that stereotype. They seemed to lack any substance.

I just don’t get how the judges decide the winner, either. It can’t have much to do with those interview questions, because each girl only gives one thirty second answer. The swimsuit and evening gown portions seem to be a lot more important, and that doesn’t really seem like the sort of message that’s needed in today’s society. And what does Joey Fatone know about judging beauty pageants?

The whole event seems really dated, too. Don’t you think that by now it’d be less about what a girl looks like? Or that someone would make it seem a bit less objectifying towards women and would make a Mister USA? NBC would have me watching that.

And not to be overly critical, but where do they get those dresses? Is it that hard to find a good one?

Good news for America – a young celebrity doesn’t have to be pregnant to be popular. The same goes for going to rehab, doing time, and getting married on a whim in Vegas. To prove my point, you don’t have to look any farther than the Bradley Center today. Finally, after much anticipation, Hannah Montana came to Milwaukee.

I didn’t go to the concert, obviously (tickets were gone in twelve minutes and I didn’t really have any great desire to pay hundreds of dollars to go to a concert with a bunch of ten-year-olds), but I like Miley Cyrus. She hasn’t done anything tabloid-worthy, other than having the most hyped-up concert of the year.

Another celebrity I admire is Amanda Bynes. She’s a great actress and there’s never anything sketchy about her in the news, either. She’s smart, funny, and entertaining in She’s the Man and Hairspray (a couple of my favorite movies), a big step up from her slap-stick Nickelodeon days.

I really hope these performers avoid Britney Spears’ fate: beginning her career as Hollywood’s good-girl and then ending up, well, you’ve heard. I feel sorry for Britney, and I’d hate to see Miley or Amanda or anybody else be going through what she is right now. I’m not too worried, though, because both of these girls seem to be pretty grounded, and, unlike a lot of celebrities who are constantly in the news, pretty talented, too.