and it seems everlasting

So I should be studying for Italian right now, or sleeping, but since I'm a) Michelle and b) in college, I'm gonna do none of the above and write about songs that really remind me of this year in particular.

crank dat soulja boy - great beginning, i know ... but yeah. this song reminds me of the very end of the summer (dave's sister and i tried to learn the dance when i visited them in august), and at the beginning of the school year it was all the rage. i remember when, on the first day back at ND, ange and analisa and kenzie and paula and i all tried to learn it. i got sick of it after halloween, but even though i refuse to listen to it ever again, it still makes me laugh a little. (plus, it makes for excellent spring break memories, haha).

do you know? (the ping pong song); enrique - totally reminds me of the beginning of football season when we'd play beer pong before every game. hahaha love it.

apologize; one republic - this is kind of a last year song, but it got SUPER popular this year so that's what i associate it with. makes me think of asian allure (haha), thanksgiving, and theresa during the b. o'rourke drama.

take my breath away; berlin - dave and i watched top gun, and then we played the music video for this song and slow danced right then and there in his room. it was probably one of the sweetest/most romantic moments of my life. :)

forever young; youth group - another inside joke song with dave and me ... plus, it reminds me of the o.c., season 3, the DVDs of which theresa and i watched religiously through the first half of the first semester.

ohio (come back to texas); bowling for soup - this one's pretty bittersweet-- definitely reminds me of paula, lisa, theresa, rose and i before fall break.

cyclone; baby bash ft. t-pain - definitely an angela song. i think pretty much everyone thinks this is an angela song, hahaha.

last christmas; various artists - whether it was the hilary duff version, the ashley tisdale version, the savage garden version, or the jimmy eat world version, lisa rose and i listened to this song waaaay too many times over thanksgiving break. it also reminds me of lisa's workout playlist: last christmas, and sandstorm (twice!). :)

low; flo-rida - BASKETBALL SEASON! they played this before/during every home game. :) plus, kj had actual boots with the fur, which was awesome.

hey leonardo (she likes me for me); blessid union of souls - remember the night that i got drunk and got super mad at dave and we had our big fight and our big talk and we both cried? well, that night, before i sent him the mean text messages (*cringe*), this song was playing in brian/rohan's room while we were playing beer pong. after that, though, this song reminds me of exactly what the title says: he likes me for me.

bye bye bye; *nsync - lewis formal! plus, cat totally learned the entire bye bye bye dance.

sweetest girl; wyclef jean feat. akon, lil wayne, niia - probably the most bittersweet song of the bunch. playing it over and over in my room and dancing/singing with paula. requesting it at the lewis formal, hearing the dj say he didn't have it, and then freaking out at hearing it play 20 minutes later. the first couple days of spring break. i'll admit-- this song 100% reminds me of paula. and it makes me really sad because while it could never, ever be the same again (and while i would never want it to be the same again) ... i honestly miss her sometimes.

first week; graham colton band - dave and i saw graham colton in concert at legends this year, and it's definitely in my top 3 best shows i've seen. this song will forever remind me of dave and spring break and waking up to the sun coming through the window, and seeing him sleeping next to me.

jump on it; sir mix-a-lot - technically, this is also a freshman year song, but after bendy's epic 30 minutes of jump on it, i can't ignore it. awesome memories. awesome times.

american pie; don mclean - at the playground on spring break (right before the shit hit the fan, actually), wahle and i sang the entire seven minutes of this song from memory-- with help from bendy and the "southern indiana version." "drink a beer! drink a beer with my fucked up friends!" this song will forever remind me of mike wahle and of bendy. love those kids to death.

all the world tonight; graham colton band - the lyrics of this song get to me every time i listen to. mostly they remind me of spring break: the good times, the bad times, and the lessons learned. this song also kind of represents a lot of growth for me, in realizing who i am, what i want to do with my life, and who my real friends are. it's another bittersweet one, but more bitter than sweet.

the littlest birds; the be good tanyas - ROME. ashley playing the ukelele. the last night, all of us sitting in a circle around the chocolate and the wine, never wanting to leave. the final concert in the airport. singing the song the whole drive back to south bend. listening to it over and over again after i was back, wishing more than anything that i could do the whole week over again.

country roads; john denver & wagon wheel; old crow medicine show - muffy and tess and i sang/played these one night, sitting in tess's room with a uruguayan guitar. little memories like that sneak up on me when i least expect it.

georgia; hanson - this song is beautiful. it got me through the really hard weeks right after i got back from home, through the cita thing, and through the paula debacle. tugs at the heartstrings, this one.

see you again; miley cyrus - KENZIE'S SONG. haha, i actually kind of hate this song, but i secretly love it because of the middle-school-oriented lyrics and catchy tune. plus, it's basically the anthem of 3W.

love in this club; usher - ANGE'S SONG. i will never forget that night in the library where we listened to this song/giggled for twenty minutes straight. good times. :)

always be my baby; david cook - this will always remind me of watching american idol with theresa and lisa and rose. despite everything that has happened, american idol had always been our thing and it never really changed. :)

hide and seek; imogen heap - this song will probably forever remind me of right now, these few weeks at the end of the year. the only way to describe it is heartbreakingly beautiful.


And that's pretty much it for now.