42.

First of all, apologies for missing yesterday. I spent the whole day in airports and on airplanes and in all that there was not much time for blogging.

Secondly, I'm making some amendments to the project. I'm realizing that the Youtube videos are a ton of work and coming up with challenges every day is a bit much for me on top of my schoolwork and everything else. I am definitely going to make more videos, however, just not every day like I had promised.

Ok. So I didn't have a chance to take a picture of my outfit today but I'll describe as best I can (in the most non-creepy way possible). Today I chose high-waisted jeans and a tank top with a cropped sweater. I was inspired by Taylor's theme for her performance on the VMAs last night--it was very 1940s glam, and so that was the look I tried to achieve.

I really loved hearing a new song of Taylor's and, contrary to most of the critics, I'm not seeing the song as an insult to Kanye. I think it was very brave of her to even perform a song about the event in the first place. She had to have known that she was going to get a reaction like this, and she still went ahead and wrote and performed the song at the VMAs. I don't see that as rude or selfish, I see it as courageous.
I do have to agree with the critics that her pitch wasn't amazing. I will be the first to admit, as I've said before, that she is not the most amazing live singer. But she is, however, one of the most amazing live performers that I've ever seen. And I do think that despite the quality of the vocals she did give a compelling performance.

Today "Mine" was my walking soundtrack to and from class, as it usually is. I find it tends to get me energized between classes and keeps my mood up when I have class after class after class.

My old(er) song for today is/was, maybe my all-time favorite Taylor song, "Fearless". I'm not even sure I can put into words what this song means to me. It's a perfect description of every perfect moment I've ever had, and every one I've ever wanted. It makes me feel beautiful and brave and like anything is possible.

I'm loving this project. See you (or maybe just me?) tomorrow.

lovelovelove
--Maya