The VMA’s took over the radio waves last Sunday, and the majority of the 23 and under population tuned in to watch. Endorsements for the awards began months in advance, with commercials featuring various celebrities and the newly announced host, Russell Brand. Several weeks before the show, the performers were announced and many became enthralled as to what Christina Aguilera or Rihanna would put together for the greatly anticipated event.

It also became a well-known tabloid fact that Britney Spears would once again be opening the show. After last year’s awkward performance, many wondered what exactly the pop-star would put together. In the previous sizzle, Spears was dressed in torn tights, a diamond encrusted bikini, and did not even hide the fact that she was lip synching and did not know the steps to her own dance. Already have committed social suicide, many could only hope that she would not further embarrass herself on national television.

The vixen has been in the tabloids since the tender age of 16, but recently the stories that developed included rehab stays, forced hospitalizations, and battles with the police over custody of her sons. After her apparent meltdown on national tv, many wondered if Ms. Britney Spears would ever be able to regain her composure and become a sensational hit again.

After her father was given full control of her estate and life, it seemed like Spears was truly having a turnaround. She started working out, ditched the starbucks sugar-infused drinks, and even got more realistic and natural looking extensions put in place. Although her father did force her to sell the multitude of cars she acquired and used to drive her children around illegally in, he also helped her gain more custody and time with her sons.

½ way through this wondrous make-over, it was announced that Britney Spears was nominated for 3 moon-men at the VMA awards. A veteran of the awards, Spears has bedazzled audiences in the past with crazy dance moves done practically in the nude and seductive serenades with a python. Despite her wondrous capabilities of a performer, Spears has never won any of the moon men she was previously nominated for.

Yet, at the 2008 awards, she appeared live on stage to open out the show, composed, sober, and not drugged out in a wonderful and flattering gown. Furthermore, she took 3 moon men home!

So what does this entire story tell you? That despite hardships, despite hitting rock bottom more than once on national television, despite losing one’s family, reputation, and overall desire to be a success, it is possible for one to rebound and become a great success and person? HELL NO! Ladies and gentleman, children of all ages: the only way to become a success is by going nuts, being committed twice, and shaving one’s head. Good luck children of the millennium: you have some tough shoes to fill.