UPDATE // Circus Stats

Thanks to britneyspears.com for this lovely photo, a shot of Britney's performance of Breathe On Me in Chi-town last night.

Spears' website also unleashed some "mindblowing" statistics about the Circus tour, some of which I would like to share:

35 Number of trucks used to transport stage and tour materials

300,000 Weight (in pounds) of the production

1,200 Meals prepared for the touring crew and local staff per day

30 # in millions of $$ it costs to run The Circus production

360 Total # of tour costumes

9 Number of Britney's costume changes during each show

100,000+ # of authentic Swarovski crystals hand placed on costumes

And last but not least:

#1 Grossing tour of 2009 to date
#1 Most searched person
#1 Selling female artist of the past decade

We don't need numbers to realize how amazing you are, Brit but damn girl!

FLASHBACK // Denim Never Looked This Good

Let's all please just pause and take a moment to sit and reflect on a simpler time, a time when teeny boppers ruled the world, well they still do, but when they used to look much MUCH hotter while doing it...A time when Disney may have paved the way to success for these adolescent hotties (i.e., Mickey Mouse Club) but knew when it was time to take a seat on the sidelines and just watch in awe as these precocious superstars rocked all of our worlds, wearing less than appropriate clothing.

This was a time when the unstoppable force that was Britney Spears was going steady with (not sleeping with, of course) *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake, and the world felt like a safe and happy place to live in. This was a time when it was okay, and in fact, attractive, for the prince and princess of pop music to wear matching outfits made entirely out of denim. If this picture does not make you shed a tear, then there is something seriously wrong with you.

I hate you Miley. You and Nick NEVER looked this good.