September 23, 2006
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Memorable Decade
Latest assignment from Featured_Grownups:
A Memorable Decade of your Life: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s ….
Tell us about an entire decade of your life — be it music, food, news events, popular movies and TV, Commercials, family memories…. use pictures where you can and/or want to.
Remember, when you are done come back and leave a link to your post or if you don’t know how just a comment and I’ll make a link for you!
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So, here we go:
Everything old becomes new again. I say this as they have great 80’s night on the radio and continuously play things like Boy George, and Prince (the artist now once again known as….). Flares, fringe and feathered hair is all back. To my great horror I even saw a terry cloth jumper… yikes (although that was more 70’s). Break dancing is back, as are Mohawks and safety pins in bodies.
The 80’s was my coming of age decade. In the 80’s I:
Went to high school
Was labeled a “freak” or a “head”
Listened to Heavy Metal – Scorpions, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Rush
Marched in the Rose Bowl Parade
Lost my grandfather
Got too involved with my recreational methods
Got clean and sober
Learned what a dysfunctional family was
Got promised
Lost something I held onto for too short of a time and could never get back
Got my heart broken
Learned to drive
Learned to dance
Graduated from High School – a year early (*ahem*)
Started college
Got engaged, and then married.
Moved out of my parent’s house
Moved out of the country
Visited East Berlin and saw the Wall, went through “checkpoint Charley” (and Alpha and Bravo)
Learned to play poker
Listened to classic rock: Pink Floyd, the Eagles, Eric Claypton, and heavy metal.
Learned to ski.
Drove 800 miles in 7 hours and 15 minutes (stopping for lunch) on the German Autobahn. (I drove 5 of those hours).
Grew my hair long
Moved back into the country.
Cut my hair short
Bought my first house
Watched the Wall come down
Learned to ride a motorcycle
Bought my first motorcycle
Worked as a peer counselor, fast food worker, car wash attendant, cashier, sales associate, and warehouse stocker.
Started college again.
Listened to Queensryce, Tom Petty, classic rock and heavy metal.
Grew up and came of age.
Many good things happened in the 80’s. There was good music, good movies and good times. Some bad times, some momentous times and some life-changing times. All in all… it was Memorable.
Comments (22)
Commodore 64… nintendo… there are a million of them.. What stands out for me the most was the… sit and spin!! Big Wheels… hehe i could go all night
I’m so excited! It’s that time of the year again! Please come see what’s in store for October! Tell your friends too!~Kween
Seems like a lot of stuff to go through in 10 years doesn’t it? My brother was stationed in Germany right before the wall came down. He was so disappointed that he missed it. I was just glad to have my brother home.
whoah, that’ll put bugs on your teeth! What a decade for you.
great post! almost sounds like i wrote it! :sunny:
“Got too involved with my recreational methods” I laughed at this, fun choice of words! :fun:
Sheesh 800 miles in less than 8 hours, you were going FAAAAST. That’s awesome!
Thanks for sharing!
RYC: Yes, for some reason I can remember a lot of little stuff from my childhood, but I can’t remember what I did two days ago, or I can’t remember to do things that I need to do tomorrow, you know? LOL…
Go 80′s. I still swear we should be neighbors…we could so hang.
thank you for sharing
I marched in the Parade too. What year did you do that? Wow I did quite a few of the things you did. I didn’t do any recreational bad things but I was too busy being a weirdo. Learned to drive, discovered I needed glasses, Had my first boyfriend. Thanks for the flashback.
Oh and BTW I owned a terrycloth jumper. Yikes.
Have a good weekend
Great post…smile
I so enjoyed this post, thanks for sharing :sunny:
Great memories. Thanks for sharing.
The country united behind a Republican president to the tune of 49 states
I’m STILL trying to grow my hair long. Commenting on your previous post…there’s a gal at work who dyes her hair purple…and she’s close to 60.
RYC: You can check out all the sale and regular catalog at YourAvon.com. If you want to order for this week, I would just need your order by tomorrow night. I can also send you a catalog for the new order campaign. This Ebay thing has been horrible. Now I have to change all my passwords and everything. GRRRRRR
Have a great Sunday.
Great post…80′s for me too. I don’t think I did nearly as much as you though. I’d have to think about it. I did drive in a hurricaine! That was kinda stupid.
80s are for me too. Great post! I love listening to mtv and watching headbangers ball when it was on there and listening to Ratt Poison scorpions and warrant.Those were the good old days eh?
RYC: :sunny: Of course I would ship to HI for you. If you did order something between now and tomorrow night then when I ship your stuff I would include the catalog and any other goodies I can find. If you don’t want to order though I can send the catalog by itself.
Just let me know. You can message me on Xanga or email me. Either way. TTYL
I loved growing up in the 80′s too. I think it was the best decade to go to high school….
RYC: I love the DOg and I really love his wife, I hope they are as cool as I think they are….
Hope you have a wonderful day! xoxoxo, QE
wow! you packed alot into the 80s! enjoyed reading your featured content submission!
Seems very interesting. I’ll try to come back and read this more closely later. Miles to go before I sleep.
that was excellent!