Being sucked deeper into "the system"!

So I can't find my laptop charger. I haven't had it for like two weeks now. This means I can't turn my computer on, and that means I can't charge my iPod. And that means I can't listen to my iPod when I'm in the car, and I don't have a working CD player in there, so I end up listening to the radio. I work as a delivery driver/pita roller for Pita Pit about 30 hours a week. I'd say I'm driving about half the time. So I've been listening to about 15 hours of radio a week.

I've never really been into radio music. Even when I was into the Backstreet Boys and Blink_182 (Yeah, I have diverse interests), which are both bands that got a lot of radio time, I usually chose to just buy the CDs and listen to them that way. Or on the computer through one of those post-Napster file sharing programs like Morpheus or Kazaa.

And you know, it's gets all boring driving for that long. So I need to listen to something. And so I'm limited to the radio. And I'm afraid.

I generally listen to DIVA 92.3 or B97. Eh, it wouldn't be that big of a deal if I just listened to WTUL, and I like the music on that station, but I just can't stand the DJs. They always sound so scared to speak.

So anyway, I'm afraid. Because I'm actually starting to like the ultrapop generic crap that these two stations play. Crap like Lady Antebellum and Lil Wayne. And Adam Lambert. And Taylor Swift. Like... stuff that is such awful shit that I've never been able to really sit through it patiently before. But now I sing along and jam out. WHAT HAVE I BECOME?

Here are a few songs that I'm ashamed to admit I now know all the words to:

• Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
  
  "Need You Now" By Lady Antebellum. The anthem of codependent people worldwide. Get a tissue, finish that boxed wine, and find yourself a new boo. Don't whine about it through the guise of a #1 single. (But I can't help but sing along!)
  
  
• Whataya Want From Me - Adam La...
  
  "Whataya Want from Me?" by Adam Lambert. He's soooooo famous because he's soooooo different. Congratulations. And he can sing soooooo high. The lyrics are plain. I could have written that song at age nine. Actually I think I did. (But I've been practicing, and I can hit those high notes too! Eek!)
  
  
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  "Bedrock" by Young Money. Oh my force, this song disgusts me. When did "artists" start being so blatant about sexual lyrics? Take a tip from John Donne! His "Flea" is perfect in its subtlety, and isn't that what makes good poetry/lyrics? Subtleey and imagery and all that stuff. Stuff like "I'm attracted to her for her attractive ass" and "I think it's time to put this pussy on your sideburns" is just disconcerting. Is that all today's pop artists are capable of coming up with? (But holy shit do I jam out to this one.)