The New Old School

And why I wish I could go back a few grades

I was listening to an Albany radio station a few months ago that was having an "old school all request weekend. "I was amazed that I loved every single song and that they wre classified as "old school." (Isn't that Run DMC territory?) But Christina Aguilera, 50 Cent, Len, Nelly Furtado, Lifehouse, Train, 'NSYNC, Outkast, Britney Spears, Green Day, and Usher's biggest hits at the turn of the millenium sounded better to me than their current contemporaries. Listening to all of these songs brought me back to my childhood and my first ever Compilation CD: the original Kidz Bop. "All Star", "One Week", and "Kiss Me" have skipped since the US sent troops to Iraq. I'll always be partial to two-dimensional animation, with the excpetion of Pixar. Pixar is always a good idea. Belly shirts and oversized hoop earrings will always have a place in my heart. And as much as I adore mobile internet, dubstep, flowy skirts, loose tops, the app store, Mockingjay, chunky bohemian braids, stud earrings, and social networking, I always wanted a bubblegum pink Nokia I could play snake on.



Possibly my favorite magazine cover. These are the actresses who dominated Hollywood while I was a child, in all of their 2003 glory. (I do not own this photo.)