Hip-Hop gospel

I am sitting in my patient's room; he is intubated and sedated, but his family brought in a bunch of CDs of modern gospel music and I like to play music or movies for my patients. The CD I have playing right now is WOW gospel 2007. Now, when I think of gospel, I think, you know, like traditional gospel. But this is just like stuff you hear on hip-hop and R&B stations, and you can barely tell what they are saying, and when you can, it is so loosely based on gospel themes that I would be hard-pressed to identify it as Christ-centered music. It reminds me a lot of the new Christian rock music, with lyrics like "I just want to get close to you, oooohh yeah I don't want to let you go" and stuff. I guess, though, that is you like that style of music and you are gonna listen to it anyway, you might as well be absorbing somewhat positive themes.

I find that in my old age, I am getting more conservative about stuff, especially regarding clothing for young girls. I think it is totally gross the way young girls are dressing like mini-whores. Granted, I used to bring an alternate outfit in my school bag and change at my friend's house before loading on the bus, and change back when I got off the bus. But I hardly think I dressed whorish. I am sure I made some awful clothing choices but not in that regard. I remember I had a couple outfits that I would rotate all the time, including a black above-the-knee skirt (scandalous) and this grey tunic top that really accentuated the bosoms, but was unattractive in every other way.

Man... my 10-year reunion is coming up. I am considering going, but am alse terrified of the thought. Plus, is it worth it to drive up to Cape Cod and spend all that dough for a probably-lame reunion at the conference hall at the Holiday Inn in Hyannis? James, are you going?