I am a "Child of the 80's! And I'm Proud of it!!=) I'm also glad to know that I'm not the only person in the world who feels nostalgic about the wonderful decade of glam rock, Cabbage patch Kids, Garbage Pail Kids, legos and music videos on MTV!!
I want to share some of my favorite things about the 80's. I wish it was still the 80's. I remember coming home from school and talking on the phone with my best friend planning our next sleepover, and listening to Def Leppard, Bon jovi, Poison and warrant tapes. Ah those were the days!! I even had some vinyl records!! I still have them but nothing to play them on anymore!=(
My favorite TV show was "The Dukes of Hazzard" I had the entire Hotwheels collection and a huge crush on Bo Duke!=) I liked Max Headroom better when he was doing the Coke commercials.
I had hours of fun playing Laser Tag with my sister. I made myself dizzy on the sit&spin just so I could do it again! We mangled plenty of Slinky's trying to get it to do things that a Slinky was never meant to do, (Or fighting over it!) I had 2 Cabbage Patch Kids. One with red hair and a Blonde with glasses that was sooo cute! I still have my huge Hotwheels collection and my sticker album. I never did solve that rubix cube though, or the missing link. Remember that one? How about the Pyramid?
I spent hours playing games on my Atari and my Commodore 64 computer. Both state of the art and high tech back then.
I hated new coke, loved Mc Donald's and I miss Burger Chef. (Was that a national fast food chain?)
�����You know what a "burnout" is.
You know what "Sike" means.
�����You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
You wanted to be a Goonie.
�����You know who Max Headroom is.
You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
�����You could breakdance, or wish you could.
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
�����You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
�����You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
You wanted to be on StarSearch.
�����You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
�����You HAD to have your MTV.
You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on its butt.
�����You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".
You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future".
�����You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name".
You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
�����You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
You heard of Garbage Pail Kids.
�����You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince".
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
�����You own any cassettes.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
�����Poltergeist freaked you out.
You carried you lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
�����You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
You wore bike shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
�����You ever had a Swatch Watch.
You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).
�����You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
�����You know what a "Whammee" is.
If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's".
If you were born between 1967 and 1977 (give or take a year or two), you will certainly enjoy this as much as I did! If you fall outside of this range, maybe as a parent or older sibling you can relate! Click on the pyramid to read this great story about the 70's & 80's
� It's a tad long, but a great read!
Click on Champ to read some more signs that you grew up in the 80's
