She may have been on American Idol, but Kelly Clarkson is a badass.

I went to the absolutely sick Kelly Clarkson show last night. That girl can sing. I kept turning to Leah and going, 'My voice doesn't do that.' Sure she looked, well, awful in those black & gold bell-bottoms, but she was so damn cute and happy and talking to the crowd and rocking out to a cover of The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" and her own songs off All I Ever Wanted (that I didn't know most of because Leah gave me that album during my post-breakup traumatic stress disorder, and I therefore didn't want to listen to anything involving boys. Couldn't listen to my Pink CD during that period either, and I heart Pink. So sad).

Kelly's "Since U Been Gone" was our anthem senior year. Every time it came on at Moonie's, you sang-screamed at the top of your lungs. Even the nerdy asexual boy who squeaked as he sang rocked out, to our ears' dismay. Every time. Always hammered.

I've sang that song a billion times with friends and looked like an idiot belting it out in the car, but does anyone actually pay attention to the lyrics with a melody that catchy? 'Cause Kelly is saying some decent shit -- worth a listen if you've ever had your heart broken into itty bitty glass shard-sized pieces.

As in: "how can i put it / you put me on / i even fell for that stupid love song / yeah yeah / since you been gone / how come i never hear you say / i just wanna be with you / guess you never felt that way."

And: "i can breathe for the first time / i'm so movin' on / yeah yeah / thanks to you (thanks to you) / now i get (i get) / you should know (you should know) that i get / i get what i want."

It's badass. Kelly (or whoever wrote it) was all like, 'Look loser, you suck ass, I always get what I want, and, yeah, you suck.' But eloquently. And with a catchy tune behind it. I think I've lived my life more in the refrain part than the chorus part as of late, but I'm working on it. The reason for that will come up in due time. For now, let's enjoy the ex-free posts, shall we? I'm going to go find some more Kelly lyrics to tweet about and think, 'Wish I wrote that. Wish boys weren't stupid. Kelly, why aren't you going back to those red and blonde highlights that I'm gettin myself this Saturday, as I do every fall?'

So many important thoughts tonight...

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