What am I doing this holiday sunday? Ooooh just shopping for a vintage table cloth on Etsy annnd listening to Avril Lavigne's new single, What the Hell? on repeat. Yeeeeeeah...you heard me right. I am a closet Avril Lavigne fan-----no longer apparently. The very few people I've shared that with in the past, always have the same reaction: squinted eyes in disbelief and ponder. "Seriously??" they ask. But what can I say? She's just so much fun to me. If I were fifteen I would worship her, learn to ride a skateboard and bleach my hair blonde. But I'm thirty-one. Fooey! So I'll just pack on the crayon eyeliner with gloss, blast her tunes and punch the gas while speeding the Hollywood 101.
Top Ten reasons WHY I heart Avril...
1. She is a songwriter. She writes her own music and plays guitar. I've always appreciated artists who actually create their music and lyrics, nose to tail. It's more personal, relatable and honest IMHO.
2. Her music is fun and some songs are so silly they're stupid. I'm in my head ALL THE TIME. It's nice to just turn off the editor, sing along like a loud fool and have fun...something I need to do more often. Popular music has a valid place in the fabric of life. People get so caught up in "indie, underground, no one knows who they are!" crap. Remember the Beatles? MJ? Dancing in your room and singing into your hairbrush?
3. She's teeny with a big voice. I've always wanted to be teeny. Everything about me is big, loud and...BIG lol.
4. I love her style. Not so much the hardware and goth bustiers but that she can be sexy in a tank, shorts and sneaks. Plus I'm a little sick of Katy Perry's boobs already. I hate dressing up and high heels, seriously. No matter what I always feel like a boy in a dress. I would rather have twenty pairs of bitchin chucks, pumas or vans and wear jeans everywhere.
5. Her videos rock. I love that her videos follow the old Mtv format of actually telling a little three minute story. That's the old fogey in me.
6. She gave her mom a cameo in her video <3 I would totally do that if I were a pop star.
7. She's Canadian. It's my general assumption that Canadians are just freakin cool. All the one's I've met have been down-to-earth, stand up peeps. I don't know how to explain it, A!
8. Ok this is a weird one : her teeth. Normally I dislike when folks have very sharp fangs, like fangoria favorite Kirsten Dunst. But Avril's fangs are juuuuust right. Cosmetically I think hers look kinda cool.
9. Pink. She always rocks the pink yo.
10. Because somewhere in the back of my head I will always be fifteen and a total spaz....and I wouldn't change that for the world.
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