Ah, the new year is upon us, ladies. I absolutely LOVE this time of year, when everything feels so fresh and full of promise (or is that just the fact that I finally have my mom to clean my dirty laundry?). But, as tempting as it is to delete the old year like last week’s Nip/Tuck season finale, there are still some (very valuable) days left in 2009.

And here are a few ways to take advantage of its last precious moments:

1. Do something ballsy. We’re about to embark into a new decade here, ladies! Take the initiative and do something that the “2000-2009 You” would’ve been terrified of. Ask that guy you’ve been eyeing (and Fbook stalking) since last January to chill (or meet you at the bar) over break. Kiss a stranger (okay, maybe not a total stranger. There’s a lot to worry about these days!). Bust out that sexy, low-cut dress you’ve been terrified to wear in public & rock it. Just not at your boyfriend’s parents’ Christmas party.

2. Make some NY resolutions. Put it in writing that you plan to ditch the nasty social smoking habit you’ve acquired (and only recently found out about via Facebook photos). Sign up (and pay) for a weekly yoga class now so you’ll think twice about slogging down that third cranberry and vodka, since you’ll know you have to perform a downward dog in front of hot instructor in t-minus 7 hours. Vow that you’ll never again make a “walk of shame” across campus… three mornings in a row…from the same house….but different bedrooms.

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[Welcome to my Weekly Love List, a list on all things I love. Because if I love them, well, obviously you should love them too. As the Backstreet Boys song says (and yes, I am actually quoting them) “My Love is All I Have To Give.” So with that throwback, here are this week’s list-worthy things…]

Sure we all remember our jams from 8th grade. Baby One More Time made pigtails cool; we were singing about Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems, even though our $5/ hour babysitting fee was our only income source; and the Backstreet Boys got us doing the Everybody dance at bar mitzvahs around the nation.

We all reminisce about those regularly (…or is that just me?), but what I fail to remember on a more regular – wow I was soo awkward – basis are the earlier 90s jams, and the jams that were from the random bands/artists (Vitamin C, anyone?). But when you listen to them now, you are taken back to that time in 3rd grade when you stopped playing pogs to bust a move to one of these…

Surely these were on the very first editions of the Now That’s What I Call Music! CDs.

Ah, memories.

Love em.

So this is my Now That’s What I Call Music! Love List Throwback. Read More »

2008 is almost over and you know what that means: Now That’s Music! #2,867 will be coming out soon. You could spend $14.99 plus shipping and handling (and deal with your friends making fun of you for having every single Now! CD) and have access to all the biggest songs of the year, or you could just listen to this sweet mash-up of the top 25 Billboard hits from 2008. For free.

This thing is seriously awesome and proves that the only thing better than 25 great songs is 25 great songs turned into one super sweet remix.