When you're too damn old for this meme.
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gurdymonkeyYou improvise!
1. How old were you in 1980?
22
2. How old were you in 1989?
31
3. Were you a Toys R' Us kid?
No.
4. Did you watch Transformers?
Blade Runner.
5. Did you see E.T. on the big screen?
Yes - and spent most of the movie listening to my mother whisper snide comments about The Talking Potato.
6. Did you own a Lite Bright?
Etch-a-sketch.
Spirograph.
7. Who is your favorite Golden Girl?
Major Margaret Houlihan.
8. When someone says " Who you gonna call? " You think?
My lawers, you plagiarizing bastards! How many of you remember that Huey Lewis successfully sued Ray Parker Jr. over the "I Want A New Drug" soundalike.
9.What was your favorite toy?
In the 80's, my 1982 Tercel hatchback.
10. Did you have a Pogo Ball?
I had riding privileges on my trainer's old showhorse, Cowboy.
11. Did you listen to New Kids on the Block?
The Monkees.
12. What New Kid did you have a crush on?
See 11. Peter Tork. Though that was mostly to separate myself from the Davy Jones crowd.
13. Did you play M.A.S.H?
No, I watched M*A*S*H* - and yes, I know it's not the same thing.
14. Did you watch The Care Bears?
Daktari.
15. Did you have Jelly bracelets?
I had Fun Flowers.
16. Did you have a charm necklace and/or bracelet?
I have estate jewelry. Grandmother's platinum and diamond engagement ring and a big late 19th century cameo of Aunt Floss'.
17. Did you own a glo-worm?
I owned a mood ring.
18. Did you ever own a slap bracelet?
I had a POW/MIA bracelet.
19. The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles?
Better Off Dead if I have to pick a "teen" movie from the 80s. Though The Killing Fields put me in the library basement for two consecutive weekends scrolling through old NY Times articles by Sidney Schanberg.
20. Did you have a crazy hair style?
Somewhere between Liza Minelli and Pat Benetar.
21. What was your first bike?
A blue second hand number with foot brakes, streamers on the handlebars and a white plastic "wicker" basket decorated with big plastic flowers.
22. Name one thing you still own from your childhood?
A doll.
23. Did you have a Cabbage Patch Kid?
I had Nurse Nancy.
24. Did you dress like Madonna?
Not in this lifetime.
25. Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake?
Rocky and Bullwinkle.
26. Did you watch Miami Vice?
Hill Street Blues.
27. Did you own a pair of Jelly Shoes?
Frye boots.
28. Did you own a Trapper Keeper?
No.
29. Atari or Nintendo?
I miss pinball.
30. Did you play Pac-Man
Not really.
31. Which was better JEM or Barbie and the Rockers?
Chrissy Hynde and the Pretenders.
32. He-Man or She-Ra?
Superman. Starring George Reeves. In black and white.
33. What movie scared you the most?
Alien. From the floor in front of the first row of chairs in the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room with our noses pressed up against face grabbing octopoids.
34. Did you try to dance like Michael Jackson?
Interracial Supremes routines with Sharon and Cynthia from down the street.
22
2. How old were you in 1989?
31
3. Were you a Toys R' Us kid?
No.
4. Did you watch Transformers?
Blade Runner.
5. Did you see E.T. on the big screen?
Yes - and spent most of the movie listening to my mother whisper snide comments about The Talking Potato.
6. Did you own a Lite Bright?
Etch-a-sketch.
Spirograph.
7. Who is your favorite Golden Girl?
Major Margaret Houlihan.
8. When someone says " Who you gonna call? " You think?
My lawers, you plagiarizing bastards! How many of you remember that Huey Lewis successfully sued Ray Parker Jr. over the "I Want A New Drug" soundalike.
9.What was your favorite toy?
In the 80's, my 1982 Tercel hatchback.
10. Did you have a Pogo Ball?
I had riding privileges on my trainer's old showhorse, Cowboy.
11. Did you listen to New Kids on the Block?
The Monkees.
12. What New Kid did you have a crush on?
See 11. Peter Tork. Though that was mostly to separate myself from the Davy Jones crowd.
13. Did you play M.A.S.H?
No, I watched M*A*S*H* - and yes, I know it's not the same thing.
14. Did you watch The Care Bears?
Daktari.
15. Did you have Jelly bracelets?
I had Fun Flowers.
16. Did you have a charm necklace and/or bracelet?
I have estate jewelry. Grandmother's platinum and diamond engagement ring and a big late 19th century cameo of Aunt Floss'.
17. Did you own a glo-worm?
I owned a mood ring.
18. Did you ever own a slap bracelet?
I had a POW/MIA bracelet.
19. The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles?
Better Off Dead if I have to pick a "teen" movie from the 80s. Though The Killing Fields put me in the library basement for two consecutive weekends scrolling through old NY Times articles by Sidney Schanberg.
20. Did you have a crazy hair style?
Somewhere between Liza Minelli and Pat Benetar.
21. What was your first bike?
A blue second hand number with foot brakes, streamers on the handlebars and a white plastic "wicker" basket decorated with big plastic flowers.
22. Name one thing you still own from your childhood?
A doll.
23. Did you have a Cabbage Patch Kid?
I had Nurse Nancy.
24. Did you dress like Madonna?
Not in this lifetime.
25. Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake?
Rocky and Bullwinkle.
26. Did you watch Miami Vice?
Hill Street Blues.
27. Did you own a pair of Jelly Shoes?
Frye boots.
28. Did you own a Trapper Keeper?
No.
29. Atari or Nintendo?
I miss pinball.
30. Did you play Pac-Man
Not really.
31. Which was better JEM or Barbie and the Rockers?
Chrissy Hynde and the Pretenders.
32. He-Man or She-Ra?
Superman. Starring George Reeves. In black and white.
33. What movie scared you the most?
Alien. From the floor in front of the first row of chairs in the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room with our noses pressed up against face grabbing octopoids.
34. Did you try to dance like Michael Jackson?
Interracial Supremes routines with Sharon and Cynthia from down the street.
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Date: 2007-12-22 10:45 am (UTC)