Day 85: This is Not a Reflection

...It's a celebration! I've done enough reflecting on this challenge, every single day, and I'm over it! I'm so sick of complaining about Nickelback, about going on about how they make my days suck. Well, in just 2 hours, that's all over! Pop open the champagne, everybody! At approximately 12:01, I will be cranking "Paperthin Hymn." And I don't even care if my neighbors are trying to sleep.

I've been thinking lately that I wish I would have done this for a whole year. Can you even imagine how exciting it would be to listen to my favorite music again, with 365 days without it? I know, I know, that's insane. I think that if I DID try to do it for a year, I would most certainly cheat. Which totally ruins the whole thing anyway. But I wish I were strong enough to do it and to not cheat and to not, ever, listen to anything else. But I'm not. And that's just too bad.

Today, since it is my last day and all, I wanted to make sure I had the CD playing constantly. It played over at least twice in my car, and looped back three times as I was just sitting in my apartment surfing the internet. I wanted to get a real big dose of the stuff before I quit it. So I did. In fact, I'm listening to it at this very moment.

And let me tell you, it's just SO BAD! Or should I say, "Too Bad?"

I put a bunch of my old music on my laptop, and I will soon be loading it to my iPod. Great, great, great times. I just can't wait! I don't even think you understand how excited I am for this!

Oh, and I have one thing to add about this CD. There's this one song on it, "Money Bought," which says, "Never pleasure from the treasure in the garbage can." And that is just disguting to me. I don't know what it means, but since I first heard it, all I could think of was like a baby fetus in a garbage can! I know, I know! It's so terrible! But imagine thinking of that EVERY TIME you have to listen to it!

So, garbage babies aside, I'm actually really glad I did this. I mean, I think I'm really going to appreciate my favorite music. I've been wanting to listen to CDs I listened to years ago, that I never would've even put in again if it weren't for this challenge.

So, thank you, Chad Kroeger and Cronies, for letting me appreciate GOOD, GREAT, FANTASTIC, LIFE-ALTERING music! I'll never forget you!

But, like I said, this isn't a reflection. So let's party!