Sometimes I get nostalgic about the early 90s, and sometimes even the 80s. I mean ok, I'm by no means old (I'm 22) but at times I like to daydream and imagine how it might have been like at my age now 15-25 years ago.

Obviously I wouldn't be typing on this MacBook Pro, nor would I have an iPhone or even a cell phone period from which I get all my technological geek cred. But if anything, growing up then seemed to be a lot... different. Technology has a lot to do with it; No myspace, no facebook, no nuTang. No internet as I know it now.

I don't know. I know that music can personify the period in which it was produced or conceived, and in today's world it isn't any different. Shuffling through my iTunes library I pass through 90s Janet, Ice Cube, CrazySexyCool TLC, and even Atlantic Starr. The songs send me into mental overdrive.

Here's to the not-so-distant past.

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As I write this entry, I am soooo American Idol-ed out. I got to Qualcomm at quarter til' 5 today and was there until almost 7 p.m. I sang "The Look" by Ryan Tedder as my audition piece and actually got to the part before the executive producers before calling it a day. All in all it was a great and humbling experience; it was very much a random and rehearsed venue at one time. Seriously, only on American Idol can you see a girl wearing a bikini get PAST to the next round alongside a freakin' MIME and a PANCHO and SOMBRERO wearing individual. Fun times.

As for me, I feel accomplished for getting that far into the audition process. There were times throughout the day where I wanted to get up and just leave, not because I didn't feel like I couldn't sing, but because I just didn't want to wait behind thousands of other hopefuls while my head was throbbing with pain from being hungry and having only so many hours of sleep. But hey, what doesn't kill me only makes me stronger, so I can most definitely attest this as one of those crucial times in my life.

I'll be posting the pictures I took in my facebook album, and when I do, I'll edit this entry and post the url here as well so you guys can see what I saw.

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