Do you ever wonder “hey 18-year-old-self, what the heck were you thinking?” I do. Let me explain.
Earlier today, I decided to clean my room. I had several motivations for doing so, most of which are not important. As part of my cleaning though, I decided to go through my stuff and de-junk. Kind of a spring cleaning, if you will . . . .except at the end of the summer. (When you move from a master bedroom with a walk-in-closet to a super small bedroom with virtually no closet, you would de-junk on a regular basis too!).
Anyways, moving on, so I have this basket full of things that I wanted to keep but really had no room or purpose for. Mostly nostalgic type items, or old paperwork for classes that might prove useful in the future (really? I know, I’m lame and kind of a nerd). So I started going through this basket and ran across a TREASURE from my late childhood. . . .my case of cds — all mixes I had made before moving out of my parents’ home and across the country.
I was browsing through these cds and I couldn’t help but laugh at myself. I can see this going down one of two ways. Either I took myself way too seriously, or I was just in a goofy mood when I made these. Probably a combination of the two. Either way, I popped a particularly embarrassing cd in and literally laughed out loud (not just using the expression here, I really was laughing) at myself. 18-year-old-self, what the hell?
So I just thought I’d share this playlist/cd with you. I hope you laugh as much as I did. (probably not, but you know, worth a shot).
My Amazing Mixes: Volume 9: Cheesy Romance Junk/Song to “slow” dance to
(yep, that really was the title I gave it. . . lame right?!)
- Kiss the Girl- Disney Soundtrack (first song I ever slow-danced to)
- Because You Loved Me- Celine Dion (first song I ever slow-danced to at a church dance)
- If You’re Not The One- Daniel Bedingfield (song Nathan sent me for my 16th birthday)
- Arms Wide Open- Creed
- Back At One- Brian McKnight
- How Do I?- Trisha Yearwood
- Hero- Mariah Carey
- You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me- Dusty Springfield (wtf?)
- I Love You -Faith Hill
- More Than Words- Westlife (Extreme’s version is way better)
- Funny Valentine- Frank Sinatra
- I Knew I Loved You- Savage Garden
- Breathless- The Corrs (seriously, you can’t even dance to this?!)
- I Swear- Westlife
- Remember When It Rained- Josh Groban
- 6,8,12- Brian McKnight (ok, I’ll admit it, I still secretly like this song)
- Truly, Madly, Deeply- Savage Garden
- Irresistable- The Corrs (again, you can’t dance to The Corrs)
- I Want To Know What Love Is- Foreigner
