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Like I am sure everyone else does, I go through music phases. Levels. Groups. Whatever its called. It starts with the discovery of a certain genre. For me, middle school. 97.1 KISN FM. The Oldie's station. My dad listened to it so I did too. I had a weird paranoia that if I turned to any other random radio station, I'd get an earful of something horrible. After two years or so of Sugar Pie Honey Bunch and Brown-Eyed Girl, my ear caught what my older sister was listening to. What is that? They sound so young. And happy. And clean. Yup. I had found my next genre- contemporary country. I couldn't get enough of Garth Brooks, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, and Le Ann Womack (that dance song throws me back to freshman year every time). I remember I'd catch a good one on the radio, grab a blank tape, and record it. Sometimes I got the whole song, sometimes I cut off the beginning. I hated it when I got the DJ talking. Then in ninth or tenth grade, I remember exactly when I found pop music. Or rather my sister found it and introduced us. The song? Yeah Britney Spears' first single. But I loved bubble gum and so it worked. Pop music, the oldies, and country music were my music staples all through grade school. At college, I had a roommate who loved Dashboard Confessional and I instantly fell for "Screaming Infidelities." Its still my favorite song. So emo or alternative or whatever its called became the music while at BYU. With the previous genres making an appearance every now and then.

What brought on this whole music thing? Yesterday my friend Katie sent me a list of her current song favorites. And it snowballed from there. Ever used Pandora? Dangerous for those who tend to get lost in iTunes and emerge an hour later with new tunes. And a large bill. But I love finding new songs. I can't sing well at all but I love running to them. The song I listened to for an entire run: Hedley "Hand Grenade." And when I couldn't get to sleep last night: The Crash Motive "Don't Shut Your Eyes."