a shocking confession

dearest readers, i have a confession to make. you might be shocked and even a little disgusted. you might say, "but robert! we thought you were stronger than this, that you'd never give into this kind of temptation." and i thought so, too, dearest readers. but i'm hopelessly, shamefully addicted to kelly clarkson's breakaway. i know. i said the same thing. ew, american idol. ew, kelly clarkson.

but after hearing this weekend that my latest guilty pleasure is "since 'u' been gone," (there's really nothing quite like being on the dancefloor of a gay club when this little pop gem comes on, unless it's dancing to the new madonna single when i move to new york. i think that'll probably trump it, but i haven't moved yet, so kelly wins.) phong played me the whole cd in his car. then he burned me the cd and i've been listening to it pretty much non-stop since then. since every song from this album has been a top-ten single, kelly seems to have been gnawing away at my subconscious for the last year, quietly breaking down my defenses, eating at my brain quicker than the syphillis that might or might not have killed e.a. poe. now i'm nothing but a drooling pile of quivering pop jelly, mouthing "i hate myself for losing you" while considering auditioning for american idol.

i mean, c'mon. lyrics like "what do you do when you look in the mirror and staring at you is why he's not here" don't come along every day. this texas girl's album has been in the billboard top twenty non-stop for the last year. just give in. you know you want a hit of clarkson.

in other funny music news, i was hanging out with phong this weekend and a song came on his itunes that neither of us could recognize. what we both thought was some random black lady singer turned out to be jesse mccartney. ha.