Music Defines Me

Here's what I recently downloaded and am now endlessly listening to (feel free to mock, but chances are, you can't do it better than I can to myself):

1. Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten: I love The Hills, and am excited about tonight's episode. This song got to me after watching intros for years. When I was moving from Cleveland to DC, just as I got on the last freeway to the District, this song came on. I cried the entire time it was on, because I felt free and I knew my life was about to begin.

2. Massive Attack - Teardrop: The first time I heard this, I knew I wanted to have a chill room that played this song in an eternal loop. Years later, I watched House, and while I hadn't heard this song in years, I remembered it instantly. I now have a giant crush on Hugh Laurie, and the show as well. Has House been cancelled? If so, was it over a year ago? If no, I'll be writing letters. If yes, I'm an idiot.

3. Beyonce - Naughty Girl: I remember watching this video a few years ago and not even recognizing that her dance partner was Usher. This song jumped back into my head a few days ago, and one of my friends had the thankless task of listening to me sing this because I couldn't remember the name of the song.

4. Beyonce - Crazy In Love: I love the energy and enthusiasm of this song. It requires that whenever I'm driving and it comes on, I attempt to deafen every other person on the road. Yeah. I'm so loading this one into the mp3 player I'm getting for Christmas. From whom, I don't know. But I'm still adding it. How can I work out without this song?

5. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love: Embarrassing. But, really? "I don't care what they say, I'm in love with you." Shut up.

6. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer: I'm fairly certain I got the lyrics wrong, but if so, I like mine better. "A dark lit place, or your place on my face." C'mon, you know mine's funnier.

7. Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want: I really shouldn't own this one, as it reminds me of the boy who hurt me the most. Still, before he hurt me, I knew how much he adored me, and I used that knowledge. "...but he means nothing to you/and you don't know why." I wish I had recognized that violence was in my future.