Hicktown – Jason Aldean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZC_wkIW4U4
I love this song because it so perfectly describes my hometown. While I enjoy being here at OSU and Columbus can be pretty cool the city life is definitely not for me. At the beginning of the first semester I missed home a lot and I thought of this song and how I just wanted to go back and be in high school again so the only thing I had to worry about was who is going to be at the football game tonight. It was nice to get to go home throughout the year and just be able to relax in the little town I call home. Whenever this song comes on it reminds me of home and that was something I liked while I was trying to adjust to living on campus first semester.
Desperate Measures – Marianas Trench https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTiIAW7qmGU
Baylie invited me to go with her to a Marianas Trench concert that was held at the Newport back in February and we even got to meet the band! When they started playing Desperate Measures Baylie and I looked at each other and just screamed out of excitement. This song (and every Marianas Trench song) reminds me of that amazing night I got to spend with my best friend and of all the other amazing nights we’ve had together since we came to OSU. I love that I got to experience something as new and exciting as my first year of college with my best friend by my side.
Drag Me Down – One Direction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwgf3wmiA04
Baylie and I had the honor of attending One Direction’s 2015 On The Road Again Tour right here at Ohio Stadium back in August. Columbus was the first stop on the second leg of the tour we were the first to hear Drag Me Down live… it was glorious. There are a lot of ups and downs associated with college. You get to independent for the first time but that also means you have to make a lot of decisions by yourself and that can be a lot of pressure. Chemistry isn’t as easy as you thought it would be and you have to learn to accept the fact that you might have to take a C on your transcript but it’s not the end of the world. You fail your first class ever but you pick yourself up off the ground, dust yourself off and let it be a learning experience. It was devastating when Zayn left the band but the boys didn’t let it drag them down and if they can get through that then I can tell myself that I will survive chem and won’t let that one bad midterm “drag me down.”
I Wanna Talk About Me – Toby Keith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUuDPNbkJk
I am never really one to initiate conversations with strangers but I had to get used to that when college started. There have been times when I was just praying that someone else was dying to start talking so the attention could be focused elsewhere. Starting at orientation every time I was in a new place I had to tell all the new people about me. I have heard “what’s your name, major, hometown” too many times to count. I dreaded having to strike up a conversation with new people but I’ve had to talk about me so much with fellow students and professors that it doesn’t really phase me any more.
The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLexgOxsZu0
There have been many many many days I did not want to get out of bed and go to class. I just wished I could be like Bruno Mars in this song and just lounge around the whole day watching TV and eating my favorite snacks. Sadly I could not do that. I knew I had responsibilities and while this is a nice song and sounds like the life I want to be living, it is just not realistic.
If You’re Going Through Hell – Rodney Atkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXL65Nd_O1o
I can say why I picked this song in one word…. Chemistry. I freaking hate chemistry more than I’ve ever hated anything. I just don’t understand it and I don’t like it when I can’t understand something, but it’s required to take as a biology major as well as a premed requirement so I had no way around it. When though chemistry was literally hell most of the time I just had to keep on moving because I knew eventually it will be over and giving up was not an option.