Another Day, Another Musical Conquest For Britney Spears

According to the INS, there are approximately 4,376 white-guy singer-songwriters residing in the country. But only one of them is dating Britney Spears–at least for now. From MSNBC:

The detoxed “Toxic” star is dating musician Howie Day, according to the new issue of Life & Style.

Spears met Day while the two were at rehabbing at Promises in Malibu “and fell hard for him” reports the mag, which claims that she’s going to bring him as her date when she attends her cousin Erin’s wedding on June 2.

“Britney just lights up and seems back to her old self when she talks to Howie or tells people about him,” an “insider” tells the mag. “She thinks he’s very talented — and says he’s the best kisser ever!”

Wow, what a knowledgeable insider! So what else do you need to know about this lucky fella?

– In 2004, he was arrested for allegedly locking a woman in a bathroom after she refused his sexual advances, and for destroying another woman’s cell phone. He was fined. – In 2005, he was arrested again, this time for drunkenly harassing members of an American Airlines flight crew, and for smoking in the plane’s bathroom. He was sentenced to one year’s probation. – He has opened for Barenaked Ladies, which might explain the drinking and the violence. – He’s recorded two albums for Epic Records: 2002’s Australia and 2003’s Stop All The World Now, both of which earned you $4 trade-in credit when you brought them to the store. – His biggest hit so far has been 2004’s “Collide,” which contains the Britney-prescient lines “Even the best fall down sometimes/Even the stars refuse to shine/Out of the back you fall in time/I somehow find/You and I collide.” – Just like Britney, he’s an amateur blogger, as evidenced by this July 2006 post: “Welcome to my blog. I hate the word blog. It reminds me of the word blubber, which reminds me of whales, which reminds me of Bar Harbor, which reminds me of hippies, which reminds me of blogs… it’s the circle of life. The Lion King is pretty cool, though.” – He’s already goddamned sick of hearing the word “y’all.”