Old habit...
It's Monday. So, in the spirit of Mondays gone by, I decided to meet J-mo and Kyle at the Guad. Haven't been there in forever...well, at least not since Stacey got sick after eating there (a pregnancy thing, not a food issue). I was also 'flying solo' tonight (leaving Kailyn/Stacey at home), so the cost of eating was kept to a minimum.
J-mo bugged out after eating to go to CVS, but wound up roaming around the mall briefly with Kyle. I think we both are a bit concerned about the bright, fluffy, happy return of psuedo-80s clothes in all the stores. Bright blues, oranges, yellows, and...most of all...pinks. It literally made the stores seem 'bright,' too. And these are GUYS' clothes I'm talking about. Think "Miami Vice" meets "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Yikes. I even read an article on MSN this week stating that white jeans are making a comeback, too. God help us all.
I admit, I liked the 80s. But even then, I was out on a lot of the fashion trends (maybe that's why I was such a nerd). I just couldn't get into parachute pants, Air Jordans, pure white jeans, and permed 'mullets.' Nor did I find girls with ultra-big hair all that attractive, either (you could hurt yourself on hair with that much hair spray in it). I did, however, love 80s television (Airwolf, The A-Team, Knight Rider), real 80s heavy metal/hard rock (Van Halen), and the beautiful technological wonder called the Atari 2600 that sat under the VCR on the TV stand.
But enough was enough. I grew up. Admit it...you can play Asteroids on the Atari for 24 hours and never 'beat' the game. Boring. Give me Far Cry or Splinter Cell anyday. Furthermore, the shows on TV really were ridiculous. ANY time a car flipped over multiple times on the "A-Team," the bad guys inside would ALWAYS deliriously crawl out. No one in that show could shoot, either...even though their guns had infinite amounts of bullets. Even the beloved K.I.T.T. of Knight Rider was no longer a novelty once Firebirds were all over the highways. Finally, 80s metal was forever tainted by the over-exposed hair bands that had me convinced that some of the lead singers actually took estrogen injections or something to hit the high notes they hit (think: Steelheart...-shudder-).
Why there seems to be such a fascination with the 80s emerging in our 21st century culture is beyond me. Songs like "1985" by Bowling for Soup ('entertaining' video, however). The afore-mentioned fashion trends.
How did I get started on this rant, anyway?
Do I have a point?
No.
But thanks for reading this far, anyway...
J-mo bugged out after eating to go to CVS, but wound up roaming around the mall briefly with Kyle. I think we both are a bit concerned about the bright, fluffy, happy return of psuedo-80s clothes in all the stores. Bright blues, oranges, yellows, and...most of all...pinks. It literally made the stores seem 'bright,' too. And these are GUYS' clothes I'm talking about. Think "Miami Vice" meets "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Yikes. I even read an article on MSN this week stating that white jeans are making a comeback, too. God help us all.
I admit, I liked the 80s. But even then, I was out on a lot of the fashion trends (maybe that's why I was such a nerd). I just couldn't get into parachute pants, Air Jordans, pure white jeans, and permed 'mullets.' Nor did I find girls with ultra-big hair all that attractive, either (you could hurt yourself on hair with that much hair spray in it). I did, however, love 80s television (Airwolf, The A-Team, Knight Rider), real 80s heavy metal/hard rock (Van Halen), and the beautiful technological wonder called the Atari 2600 that sat under the VCR on the TV stand.
But enough was enough. I grew up. Admit it...you can play Asteroids on the Atari for 24 hours and never 'beat' the game. Boring. Give me Far Cry or Splinter Cell anyday. Furthermore, the shows on TV really were ridiculous. ANY time a car flipped over multiple times on the "A-Team," the bad guys inside would ALWAYS deliriously crawl out. No one in that show could shoot, either...even though their guns had infinite amounts of bullets. Even the beloved K.I.T.T. of Knight Rider was no longer a novelty once Firebirds were all over the highways. Finally, 80s metal was forever tainted by the over-exposed hair bands that had me convinced that some of the lead singers actually took estrogen injections or something to hit the high notes they hit (think: Steelheart...-shudder-).
Why there seems to be such a fascination with the 80s emerging in our 21st century culture is beyond me. Songs like "1985" by Bowling for Soup ('entertaining' video, however). The afore-mentioned fashion trends.
How did I get started on this rant, anyway?
Do I have a point?
No.
But thanks for reading this far, anyway...
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