My 80's Omage

What does a post stomach flu-snowy day and a ton of laundry have in common? A flash back to the 80's. I know your thinking, how odd. However, I would interject that there is something about the drugary of adult life while listening to the tunes of your adolescence that will make anyone feel almost young again. I loved everything about the 80's. The hair (not hair bands) the bright layered clothes and mounds of accessories. I however never ever had a perm or the Utah Claw and at the time I was such a fashion rebel for not sporting said claw.

I can remember being in my friends room looking at a debut album (in vinyl) titled "Madonna," with a woman wearing a belt buckle with the words Boy Toy wondering what a "Boy Toy," was.

My first celebrity crush was Sean Austin (Sam from The Lord of the Rings) in Goonies.
Boy did I want to kiss him braces and all. After seeing the movie I got the latest copy of Bop magazine, tore out the poster of him and hung it in my closet. I wasn't brave enough to hang it in my room and risk ridicule from my brothers.


I can also remember seeing ET thinking Drew Barrimore acted like such a baby (she and I are the same age).

When Chris and I got married in Feb 94 our song was "In Your Eyes," by Peter Gabriel. He and I both loved that movie sooo much, but for some reason we couldn't see that our song was about a dysfunctional relationship. Go figure, young love. There was something about John Cusack holding up that stereo that defined mature eternal love. In truth we still don't have a new, "mature," song.


In tribute I would like to offer a new play list of oldies but goodies, and I defy you to listen to the songs without being transported back in time to the exact time you sported the claw and wanted to be Molly Ringwall.

Oh, I must also add my musical experience was more Duran Duran etc than Metallic or Whitney Houston. To this day I can't stomach screechy ballads or songs about wet women laying on top of cars. Ironically, if you were to ask Chris to compile a play list of his adolescence it would only include wet women on top of cars.