Life With Frenchie

I must be crazy! Okay, yeah, for years many people have told me that. But seriously, I did not believe it. After last night, I wonder why I doubted the masses for so long! Last night, that pre-pubescent phenomenom known as Hannah Montana blew into town.

 MM has not yet learned that she’s supposed to be a psycho crazed out fan of the bubble gum pop generation yet, but she does enjoy Hannah’s show. For those of you who have somehow escaped the craze, Hannah Montana is, in real life, the daughter of the famous (infamous??) crooner of our favorite song of all time - Achy Breaky Heart! Yup, you heard me correctly. Hannah Montana is Billy Ray Cyrus’ daughter, Miley Cyrus. Somehow, they were able to convince Disney Channel to give her a show of her own. When I first heard the show was coming out I cringed in pain! Seriously folks, Billy Ray Cyrus?? I was just waiting to see a train wreck in action. But, surprisingly enough, the show is really good! Even good ole Billy Ray does a good job on the show.

The premise of the show is that Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus) is super star Hannah Montana. She uses the stage name and wears a blonde wig to fool millions of people, including her own classmates, so that she can continue to live the normal life of a teenager. Only her two closest friends (one of whom is played by Emily Osment, younger sis to the “I see dead people” kid) know who she really is, and even they didn’t know in the beginning. Basically, Miley gets the “Best of Both Worlds”. Pretty clever, huh?

Well, Hannah Montana came to life to take her show on the road. The Best of Both Worlds Tour has sold out all over the place. People are filing lawsuits because they couldn’t get tickets (c’mon! Give me a friggin’ break!! Like this is something new?!?!?). Ridiculous parents are paying thousands of dollars for scalped tickets for their whining brats. OY!

Anyways, this mom paid face value for two tickets as MM’s 10th birthday present. We had pretty good seats and the show was decent enough - considering I was in an arena full of 1000s of screaming  squealing pre-pubescent (even pre-school!) girls for nearly 3 hours! I convinced MM that we could get HM t-shirts, posters, etc. at Wal-Mart or Target and not pay $30 each at the show. Meanwhile, you see parents walking around with armfuls of souvenirs as their kids talk to them as if they ruled the world. I could easily point out 100s of kids last night that needed a good butt whooping! As for the moms. Umm, yeah. No comment. Let’s just say in my shorts and t-shirt, I was severely underdressed (as far as style) yet also overdressed (as far as amount of skin showing)…for a freakin’ Hannah Montana Concert!!!!

All in all, however, the show was very entertaining. The Jonas Brothers opened for Hannah. I am not too familiar with them, but they did a pretty good opening set. Apparently, they are heartthrobs among the pre-teens and some teens. I don’t see it, but to each his (her) own. Hannah made her appearance and put on a good show. About halfway through, JB joined her on stage and performed a song together. She then went off to transform into Miley (Cyrus or Stewart, I’m not really sure) and the boys performed a slow song “for all the ladies” then finally got to the one song by them that I really know and enjoy - Year 3000:

Miley then came back and finished up her set. I don’t know which songs were which from her new and old album, but they all seemed very good. A number of people (inexperienced concert goers, I guess) left after her “final” song and missed her encore. It was a song she wrote about her “Pappy” (yes, I did say “Pappy”) who died a couple years ago. After that, it was a mad dash for the exit!

We were able to get to the car and out of the area in about 5 minutes. We made it home by 10:30 last night, but I feel as if I were out all night! Poor MM even reset her alarm this morning because she was so tired! But, it was well worth it to see her so happy and dancing and singing. Just don’t ask me to do it again! LOL