365 project:"shut up and put your money where your mouth is. thats what you get for waking up in vegas"

43.

artist:Katy perry
album:one of the boys

i remember the first time (or so i thought) i heard Katy perry. my sister was having a BBQ at her place and we were all hanging outback by the pool. we had the radio on, and i kissed a girl came on. i looked at my sister-in-law and was like "wtf? what is this garbage?" i was mostly annoyed that my nieces were singing along. from that point, though, i had to admit, the song had a really good beat.

i don't listen to the radio much, so i really didn't encounter the song a whole lot after that. then i heard hot and cold. i fell for it. i kind of got excited when it would come on the radio, because i liked singing along. it would come on the radio at work and id catch myself singing along there, too. then i heard waking up in Vegas and i was over the edge. i was a Katy perry fan.

i hate how many times I've admitted that i watch shitty MTV in this blog, but once again, i was watching MTV and they were talking about Katy. i overheard them talking about her trying to start a career in CCM and going by the name Katy Hudson. i realized that i had seen her years ago. it made me giggle. i also learned that she dated Matty t from relient k. yay for one degree of separation. i mean, i didn't date Matt, but for a while we were on a first name basis, so that's something.

a girl i worked with gave me Katy's CD, and i listened to it non-stop for a few weeks. it was so much fun to sing along to (i wont say that i danced along in the car, too, but if i was asked under oath if i did, i couldn't say no...). her lyrics were real, and normal, and mostly everyday stuff. she had lines in the songs that i just totally fell in love with, and that i could absolutely relate to, at least a former version of me could. i knew that if i was 16 again and this CD was out there, it would probably be my favorite. things would be totally different probably now, but whatever. its cool.

if i had to pick a favorite song, it would have to be ur so gay. Devin and i quote it to each other randomly, and i know SO MANY BOYS that fit that mold. its kind of scary, actually.

this CD has been put away for a while now, and it'll probably go back, at least until its warmer out and i can drive around with the windows down. the seasons definitely affect what music i listen to, and cold, stupid, snowy icky winter isn't the best listening weather for the California girl.