Dear Diary, let's party like it's 2007

In the spirit of Hanukah and this Thanksgiving-holiday-induced house arrest time, my brother and I decided to use time wisely by making a middle school throwback playlist. What’s that got to do with Hanukah you say? Well everyone in my neighborhood knows that middle school is the time for bar, bat and b’nai mitzvahs. We know this because for some reason we have a wonderfully large Jewish population living in this area of our school district. So far me and my brother have attended over thirty-two mitzvah celebrations, with seventeen dollar checks always in hand. If you showed up without your ballet sweater wrap covering your shoulders and matching eyeshadow you were clearly a novice clueless (sorry, middle school was harsh). But I digress- Some songs were left off because I hated them then and still hate them now, but every song can be found on Spotify. 

1. 50 Cent – Candy Shop
2. Akon – Smack That - Dirty
3. Akon – I Wanna Love You
4. Baby Bash – Suga Suga
5. Beyoncé – Crazy In Love
6. Beyoncé – Naughty Girl
7. The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It
8. The Black Eyed Peas – My Humps
9. Britney Spears – Toxic
10. Britney Spears – I'm A Slave 4 U
11. Cascada – Everytime We Touch - Radio Edit
12. The Cast Of 'High School Musical' – Breaking Free
13. Chamillionaire – Ridin' Dirty (feat. Chamillionaire)
14. Chingy – Right Thurr
15. Chingy – Holidae In
16. Chris Brown feat. Juelz Santana – Run It! - Featuring Juelz Santana
17. Ciara – One, Two Step
18. Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise - feat. L.V.
19. D-12 – My Band
20. David Banner – Get Like Me
21. Destiny's Child – Soldier
22. Destiny's Child – Say My Name
23. Destiny's Child – Jumpin', Jumpin'
24. DMX – Party Up
25. Eminem – Lose Yourself - Soundtrack Version (Explicit)
26. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
27. Eve – Let Me Blow Ya Mind
28. Fall Out Boy – Dance, Dance
29. Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We're Goin Down
30. The Fray – How To Save A Life
31. The Fray – Over My Head (Cable Car)
32. Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song
33. The Game – How We Do
34. Gwen Stefani – Rich Girl
35. JoJo – Too Little Too Late
36. Justin Timberlake – SexyBack - Main Version - Explicit
37. Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River
38. Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body
39. Kelis – Milkshake
40. Lil Jon – Get Low
41. Lil Jon – Snap Yo Fingers
42. Nelly Furtado – Promiscuous
43. Nelly Furtado – Maneater
44. The Pussycat Dolls – Beep
45. Rihanna – SOS
46. Rihanna – Unfaithful
47. Shakira – Hips Don't Lie
48. Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars

If you didn’t realize how horribly inappropriate the rap songs were then… you sure will now. 

Today I am thankful for modern technology, the Internet, and my family. I am thankful that the three year peak of my decade of awkwardness is over. I am thankful that the boys grew, and some of them are now (omg) even taller than me. Lastly, I am thankful for the old friends that made these songs bring back such good memories, and the new friends who will hijack fraternity sound systems so we can jam out to this playlist when we get back to school. 

XOXO