Over spring break I rediscovered a long lost friend. She was out of my life for about eight years and has now slowly crept back in, infultrating my every thought.

In these rough times — a month before graduation and my life changing forever — "Xena: Warrior Princess" has returned to me.

It all started when Marina Gaft, one of the assistant news editors, and I started talking about our love for the show. I hadn't really thought about "Xena" for a while ... despite having a cardboard cutout of her lurking in my hallway to scare my housemates whenver I could.

Anyway, "Xena's" musical episode was always one of my favorites. I found the soundtrack under my bed at home and it's been in constant rotation since then. I'm a mess of emotions because graduation is less than a month away and I have no future plans yet ... so I've returned to one of the few constants in my life: my obsession with "Xena." The familiarity of the characters, the power of the songs, the cheese factor, etc. It's all still there and I LOVE it. I never thought "Xena" would be comfort music, but we all work in mysterious ways ...