...for this jelly

last night i couldn't sleep (big surprise) and found an article which was supremely interesting. now, i'm sure everyone here knows about theme songs and affirmations, things of that nature. motivational speakers, self-help books, even high school councilors and youth ministers are always talking about writing affirmations and saying them every day and how it's sooo good for your self-esteem, blah blah, 'cetra, 'cetra.

anyway, so i was reading about beyonce and how she got tired of all those magazines (etc) being snide about the junk in her trunk. personally, i think she has an enviable ass, which is prolly why i hate looking at her. but! apparently gorgeous women with impossibly perfect bodies are human too! she felt insecure about all that slamming the paparazzi did about her voluptuousness, so she made up an affirmation for herself to say in her head whenever she felt insecure.

it was "i don't think you're ready for this jelly." now, i'm not exactly up on the whole hip hop/R&B/whatever lingo, but even i get this. the whole line is "i don't think you're ready for this jelly...'cause my body's too bootylicious for ya, babe."

hence was the song "bootylicious" by destiny's child born. and while i really don't like hip hop, i have to like this song. it's not about "i'm too good for you, look at me i'm so hot and i'm just a stuck-up bitch," like i thought most female hip hop was. it's about confidence, self-respect, and a good self-image. it's "prove how you're worth my time, because i'm intelligent, beautiful, and wonderful and i don't need your approval."

i like it. and i need things like that right now. so i've got a new theme song. i mean, "give up the funk" by the parliaments (WOOT! 70's funkadelic!!!) will always be the song that just embodies so many things delena, don't get me wrong. but bootylicious can sit right next to funkalicious any time.