"I've been doin' silly things when it comes to you..."

I was watching music videos from seven years ago on the launch music site last night. Familiar sights and sounds brought back the ridiculous dreams of a thirteen year-old who was obsessed with...well...nevermind who (or what) I was obsessed with. I suppose it was just one of those phases, but I will never cease to be amazed by just how much I was sucked into the pop culture. I wanted to be Jessica Simpson. I was going to marry Nick Carter (or Leo...whoever asked me first). I wanted the world at my feet, a number one hit on the radio, and I think I was halfway convinced that it just might happen. I'm not sure where my taste reverted to Dad's classic rock, or when I started preferring Johnny Depp. I don't know at what point I broke away from what was considered "it" by others standards and discovered the world where only my own opinions matter. Those were fun (although slightly over the top) times, and it's nice to remember, but I think that I'm much more content with the musings of a "I like to think I'm pretty grounded" twenty year-old. I think... ;-)