Saturday, May 9, 2009

Hope for the future from a Pink lady

The more I write this, the more whomever stumbles across it by "googling" my name might discover about me. Generally, I'm an open book, but on a public forum such as this, I'm going to keep it close to the vest. Right now, I feel like I'm standing on the steps of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, a la "Rocky," and talking to the masses, and no one can hear me. That's OK.
Nearly a year ago, the woman I love added a rather crude "ring-back" tone on her cell phone. It was the wildly popular "So What" by Pink. I listened to this song over and over when I would call my beloved. For a long time, I thought it was a way she was trying to diss me, as if to say the same thing Pink was in her song. The lyrics:

I guess I just lost my husband
I don't know where he went
So I'm gonna drink my money
I'm not gonna pay his rent (nope)

I've got a brand new attitude,
And I'm gonna wear it tonight
I'm gonna get in troubleI wanna start a fight
Na na na na naI wanna start a fightNa na na na naI wanna start a fight[Chorus]

So, So what I'm still a rock star
I got my rock moves
And I don't need you
And guess what
I'm havin more fun
And now that were done
I'm gonna show you tonight
I'm alright
I'm just fine
And you're a tool

Anyway, you get the drift. That lady has some serious issues, be they real or simply preening for the cameras and the videos and stuff. Much of the song has to do with her breakup with motocross star Carey Hart.
Interestingly enough, I think Hart appears in the video for the song.

And just this week, I was in a cafe eating lunch when I came across an Associated Press article about Pink and her estranged husband. I was kind of surprised to see what she had to say. An excerpt:

AP: There’s been talk that you and Carey Hart are getting back together and even remarrying. Is that true?Pink: I don’t know where the remarriage thing came from. That kind of came out of the air. We are definitely back together.
AP: What did you take away from your time apart?
Pink: We try to protect ourselves from being fully in love and fully open and fully vulnerable, and really all we’re doing is protecting ourselves from love and real love and the opportunity to really learn and grow with another person, so it’s actually really detrimental, and you think it’s helping.
AP: So your advice would be ...
Pink: Dive in. Absolutely, it’s not going to kill you.
AP: So would you remarry?
Pink: We never really legally got divorced. Paperwork for both of us is really annoying (laughs). So we’re choosing to be together. Our role models are Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon and Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn — people who just choose to be together every day because they want to be there. And labels have never been our thing, so, we’re just diving into that empty swimming pool, headfirst.

You catch that? Sounds to me like she was being untrue to herself and her feelings, and finally realized that. I've had to do the exact same thing. Took me about a year before I finally realized how stupid I was being, and how it was hurting the people I loved the most. When I read that this week, the words just jumped off the page and grabbed me. This was me!

Good for you, Pink. Don't really care for your music, but if you're legit, I have to applaud you for your sentiments. Don't know the reason for the split or the re-connection, or even if the split was for anything more than a publicity stunt. It doesn't really matter.
A note to my beloved might suggest that if some overpaid, overhyped pop star can patch things up in public, two people who certainly love each other can also do the same, under very private circumstances.
Good luck to you, Alecia Beth Moore (Pink's given name). I hope it works out for you and Mr. Hart.

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