365 project: "why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?"

75.

artist:Avril lavigne
album:let go
yes, i own this album. yes, i like Avril. bite me.

let's talk about sk8er boi for a second. i don't know what it is about that song, but I'm FORCED to play air-guitar every single time i hear it. it doesn't matter where i am-work, school, home, in the car driving 80mph on the highway, the air-guitar comes out. its a crazy thing, really.

when the song started playing in the car today, i laughed because it reminded me of something from my senior year of college. my brother and i went to school fairly close together, so i went up there a lot. there was one particular trip that sticks out in my mind, however.

both Timmy and i had just received our income tax returns, and in college we didn't have bills, so that meant shopping spree!! we went out to dinner at ruby Tuesday's and had the best waitress ever, and then went across the shopping plaza to best buy to blow some cash. i cant remember if i already had this CD by then, or if i bought it in the store, but i do remember torturing my brother's roommate Dave with the song sk8er boi. i believe i put it on repeat for a bit on the drive back to their dorm just to annoy him. at any rate, i still think of him whenever this song comes on.

the rest of the album is decent. its pop music, so its not got a lot of depth or anything like that, but for an escape from reality into bubble-gum land it was as good as anything else you could think of. i enjoyed myself today while listening to this CD, and no blood came from my ears, so that is a good sign. i particularly like the songs I'm with you, things ill never say and wishing my life away.

overall, this is a fun album to listen to but not one that id be inclined to take with me on a road trip. I'm sure it'll go back to sitting on the shelf for a while until i have the urge to sing along and play air-guitar to sk8er boi.