Actually, 7th grade was a mix of things, ya know? It was when I first got the crap really beaten out of me by some 9th grade hussy who was upset that her boyfriend was flirting with me. So she tormented me and taunted me and pushed me down the stairs. Then one day she and her little gaggle of groupies cornered me in the bathroom and smacked my head against the radiator. Good times.
It was also the year that I had my first period "accident". I was in Science class, in a mini skit (thankyouverymuch) and just started bleeding all freaking over. I tried to go to the bathroom but had used all my bathroom passes and my teacher wouldn't let me go. He was a..He. A friend donated hers and I ran to the bathroom, cleaned up and called my mom. She brought me clean clothes but as I'm sitting in my bloody skirt in the hall by the office, anxiously awaiting her arrival Thad walked by. Thad. With hearts. Thad. He was my crush. And it was the FIRST FREAKING TIME he ever spoke to me. Sitting there hoping to God above he didn't notice anything weird. Good times.
Of course, it was also the year I had my first "steady" boyfriend (John Pharr), started going to dances and met my very best friend in the whole wide world, Michel. In fact, one of my children has her name as their middle name.
So, as part of Mama Kat's writing Assignment, she gave this prompt and I just couldn't pass it up:
1.) Verse by verse, dissect a favorite song you had in 7th grade.
I had SO many favorites! Talk Dirty to Me by Posion (uh, how was this appropriate?), Bon Jovi, Motley Crew, Guns and Roses and yes *hangs head in shame* I even dabbled in Tiffany and Deborah Gibson. What? You wanna throw down? Psh. That's what I thought.
So what was my most favorite song? Well, it's still one of my favorites today that's how much I love this song. It remained a favorite through the years, and when it comes on the radio station now I totally hit the volume to full and rock out the mini-van. In my mind I imagine I'm Tawny Kitain - I mean, who didn't want to be Tawny Kittain when this video came out? Huh?
Here I go Again by Whitesnake
I don't know where I'm going
But, I sure know where I've been
It was a mystery, indeed.Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
So many promises in the songs of yesterday to hang on.An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
Time was a wastin'. I wasn't gettin' any younger.But, here I go again
Here I go again
Again. Here I go. Because I've gone before and now I'm going again.Tho' I keep searching for an answer
I never seem to find what I'm looking for
I was looking for a lot when I was in 7th grade and there was no cheat sheets.Oh Lord, I pray
You give me strength to carry on
Middle school requires infinite amounts of strength.Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
No, I wasn't a streetwalker - but the street of dreams was just up the road from Electric Avenue so, yk, I was familiar with it.An' here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
A lonely 12/13 year old drifter. On the only road I'd ever known. Can you feel my pain and agony? The despair??An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
Seriously. There's no time to waste. 8th grade would be here before I knew it and I needed to not be "on my own".I'm just another heart in need of rescue
Waiting on love's sweet charity
Sad, lonely 12/13 year old heart needing rescued from the pain. Sadness. Loneliness.An' I'm gonna hold on
For the rest of my days
Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
An' here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
But here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go again
Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
An' here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
An' here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
Awesome guitar solo in there, too. But you can see why it appealed to me, right? There I was about to embaek on a tremendously lonely journey: Middle School/Jr. High. I needed to find solace in song. *sigh*
You can watch a video of it
here but I can not embed it because the jerks have gone and required it disabled for copyright purposes. Whatever.
What was your favorite song in 7th grade?
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