Bette Challenge - Days 27-30

Okay, I am a few days behind on my Bette Challenge. It has been a really busy week at work. We just had one person in our department move on to other ventures, one person's wife had a baby, and another person is on vacation. Being short-staffed + end of the month rush = agony. But I digress. I suppose tonight I should finish up the Bette Challenge, but seeing as how it's already past 8:00, I don't know that I can complete my assignment in time.

Day 27 – Your favorite outfit/fashion statement

Bette's been an entertainer for over 40 years. I can't choose one outfit to sum her up. I love Bette as the trashy rocker and the demure humanitarian, but I have to say that I do enjoy my trashy Bette quite a bit. So, in the spirit of the foul-mouthed version of our diva, I shall post this picture. I always did love this dress on her.



Day 28 – Favorite Bette Midler photo



Surely this one needs no explanation.

Day 29 – How has Bette Midler inspired you?

Bette Midler has inspired me to be whatever I want to be, to not take criticism or shit from anyone. She has inspired me to love deeply and passionately with abandon, to think of the legacy I am leaving behind, and to give back to the world in any way that I can. She has inspired me with her humor in every role she has played. Her smile puts love into the world. Bette has inspired me with her voice, one that is not technically perfect but that contains amounts of raw emotion that most singers are not even capable of. She has inspired me in the way that she has raised her daughter, with an appreciation of fine art, hard work and intellect, and a sense of self that is astonishing in people our age. Bette has inspired me in her charity work, and the fact that she is not afraid to get in and get her hands dirty when necessary. She has also inspired me by just being human. She has had messy breakups, personal disappointments, professional failures, and of course has put her foot in her mouth many times (something that I know all too well). Yet she triumphs, through all of this, and I suppose that is the greatest inspiration of all.

Day 30 – Whatever tickles your fancy

I will end my Bette challenge with these lyrics, which I find to be entirely appropriate for the occassion.

"Every Road Leads Back to You"
from the soundtrack to For The Boys

Old friend, here we are,
after all the years and tears
and all that we've been through.
It feels so good to see you.
Lookin' back in time,
there've been other friends and other lovers,
but no other one like you.
All my life, no one ever has known me better.

I must have traveled down a thousand roads.
Been so many places, seen so many faces,
always on my way to somethin' new.
Ohhh, but it doesn't matter,
'cause no matter where I go,
every road leads back,
every road just seems to lead me back to you.

Old friend, there were times
I didn't want to see your face
or hear your name again.
Now those times are far behind me.
It's so good to see your smile.
I'd forgotten how nobody else
could make me smile the way you do.
All this time, you're the one I still want beside me.

I must have traveled down a thousand roads.
Been so many places, seen so many faces,
always on my way to somethin' new.
Ohh, but it doesn't matter,
'cause no matter where I go,
every road leads back,
every road just seems to lead me back to you.

I must have traveled down a thousand roads.
Been so many places, seen so many faces,
always on my way to somethin' new.
Ohh, but it doesn't matter,
'cause no matter where I go,
every road leads back,
every road just seems to lead me back,
every road leads back,
every road just seems to lead me back to you.
Every road just seems to lead me back to you.