The 80's Lives On!

Inspired by the one and only John X. Loux, I have decided to post this to all those who mock the decade of cheese, the 1980's. Truly, the only ones with the authority to mock that genre are those who lived through it (with the parachute pants to prove it). I, too, have felt the brunt of the jokes against my generation and have felt the wave of emotion watching the trends of my youth be called "vintage" and "retro". Let me just say to all of you under 30 who have mocked the '80's -- mock no more if you can say yes to any of the following!

I have....

.....purchased anything from J. Crew in the last 6 months (has anyone noticed those alligators and chinos?? From Bobbie Brooks to the big time!)

.....worn a polo with the collar turned up (this idea was not orginated in this millenium)

.....thought about wearing leggings or leg warmers this season

.....carried a purse with a wooden handle

.....asked for a haircut that resembles Farrah Faucet (ya' know, short on top, long on the bottom. They don't call it "feather" any more, that's all)

.....sung along with any song from Sting, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, R.E.M. or U2. (The '80's is what made these people famous -- unfortunately)

.....finished any sentence with "like it's 1999"


I was 10 when the decade began and married by the time it ended. Those were the best of times, those were the the worst of times. In fact, it's the end of the world as we know it. But I feel fine. I want to be the one to walk in the sun. Girls want to have fun. What a feeling to be dancing on the ceiling. Here I am, playing with your memories again. We could change it if we'd just accept the gift of faith. Don't stop believin'. Wow,now the wheels are going round and round in my mind. We all need circus clowns to make us smile, don't we? Didn't we almost have it all? El Shaddai. More power to ya. I speak love in any language. It's fluently spoken here. Let's rock the world with a new beat and may all who go behind us find us faithful!!