Big-Eyed Britney

Britney Spears' latest video is "animated in the Japanese anime style," according to her publicists. There is no accompanying Japanese comic book in the manga style.

Brit-Brit decided to go with an animated music video for her single, Break the Ice. According to "sources," it was her idea, while many are suggesting that it is simply a cop-out to avoid possible criticism over her live-action dancing, lip-synching, and/or weight. Yet, Brit-Brit is appearing in an episode of CBS' How I Met Your Mother and is said to really be enjoying the experience.

Fans and "haters" alike have compared the video to everything from Ghost in the Shell to The Matrix, insisting that entire sequences were literally lifted out of more popular, and ostensibly better-animated, anime. I did not bother to watch the video because, as one commenter put it, "Anime quit being cool 20 years ago."

In other Brit-news, reports that she has been receiving "disturbing" mail and packages have surfaced. One of the packages apparently contained directions on "how to bomb" and most of them contain threatening "gibberish." Even more upsetting, the mail has been sent to several locations associated with Britney and some of them mention Middle Eastern sites and cities. The Spears camp has decided to hand-over previous instances and forward any more disturbing mail to the proper authorities.

I promise that I have made no unnecessary trips to the P.O. anytime recently. Besides, I am still holding-out hope that I catch the fair Ms. Spears alone at a salad bar without a sneeze-guard one warm, summer's night.

I'll be all like, "So? You come to The Sizzler often?"

And she'll be all like, "I need some salt for my butter."

I am so gonna hit that.

© C Harris Lynn, 2008