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So here's a new playlist for the new year, mostly composed of songs that I feel have a somewhat hopeful message of renewal.

• "The New Year" by Death Cab for Cutie. So this is the new year / And I don't feel any different. 'Nuff said.
• "Auld Land Syne" sung here by Barenaked Ladies. Auld Lang Syne means "old long since" or rather times gone by. We'll take a cup of kindness yet / For auld lang syne.
  
• "Winter Song" by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson. I'm holding this one over from my holiday playlist since it's still winter for a little while. I still believe in summer days / The seasons always change / And life will find a way.
  
• "Seasons of Love" from Rent. This song is performed at the beginning of the film version and then reprised on New Year's Eve. Let's celebrate, remember / A year in the life of friends. How do you measure a year in the life?
  
• "Vagabond" by Wolfmother. This song is featured on (500) Days of Summer and it's awesome.
  
• "Girl" by Tori Amos. Well I'm not seventeen / But I've cuts on my knees / Falling down as the winter / Takes one more cherry tree. It's also about being your own girl. or boy as the case may be.
  
• "Ghost of Corporate Future" by Regina Spektor. This is such a fun and hopeful song. If the world ever stresses you out or the future looks bleak, just take a few minutes and listen to this song.
  
• "You Owe Me Nothing in Return" by Alanis Morissette. She sings about completely unconditional love which actually seems a little masochistic. So Alanis. Still, it's a long enumeration of ways to love someone which is always nice.
• "Hero" by Regina Spektor. I'm the hero of the story / Don't need to be saved. This was also on (500) Days of Summer.
• "All Along the Watchtower" covered by Jimi Hendrix. For pure awesomeness. It also makes my Battlestar Galactica heart happy.
• "Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos. Sometimes I hear my voice and it's been HERE / Silent all these years. This is about learning to speak up for yourself, something I've gotten better at but still need to work on.
• "Human" by The Killers. Because I felt like it
• "Leaving on a Jet Plane" covered by Chantal Kreviazuk, also known as the Armageddon version. This is because I just flew back from Utah, and I don't know when I'll be back again.
• "True Colors" as performed by Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) and the rest of the Glee cast. Because when I saw it on TV, I almost cried. And it's another song about being yourself which is always a good message.
• "Major Tom" covered by Shiny Toy Guns. I stole this from Megan's playlist.
• "Blue Skies" by Noah and the Whale. I also stole this from Megan. It's a song about leaving the past behind and moving on to blue skies. Obviously this band is not from Seattle.
• "Winding Road" by Bonnnie Somerville. Most of you will recognize this from the Garden State soundtrack. Because life is a winding road and we're all along for the ride looking for a place called home.
  
• "Pretty Good Year" by Tori Amos. Tears on the sleeve of a man / Don't want to be a boy today / ... / Hold onto nothing as fast as you can / Well, still, pretty good year.

Well, that's it for me. What songs are you listening to to start off 2010?
Happy New Year.