Friday, September 12, 2008

You know you're an 80's child if...

I put a star next to those I truly connected with.

You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.**
You wanted to be on StarSearch.
You ever uttered the word "Radical!"
You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets
You thought "Ghostbusters" was by far the coolest movie
You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster" , "Webster", "You Can't Do That On Television" , "Wild&Crazy Kids" and "Double Dare"
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
You wore a banana clip in your hair or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.*
You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans.*
You wore loafers with everything, and you put the laces in those little rolls.
You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.*
You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
You can name half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."*
You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!*
You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.*
You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.***
You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony" , "Rainbow Brite" , and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
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 know what "sike" and "not!" mean
You fell victim to 80's fashion : big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop earrings, and possibly the worst:you wore spandex pants.
You wanted to be a Goonie, or Elliot from E.T.
You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing....*
You could breakdance, or wished you could.
You know who He-Man and She-Ra are.*
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.*
You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".*
You remember MC hammer well.You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".
You own any cassettes.*
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
You remember and/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from PizzaHut.
Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang.
Poltergeist freaked you out.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an E.T. lunchbox.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.*
You totally LOVED Barbie's cooler, punkier counterpart, "Jem" and her "Rockers"*
You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.*
You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.*
You layered your multi-colored slouch socks, and added suspenders to make your outfit complete.*
You ever had a Swatch Watch.
You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
You had a crush on one of the Coreys
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had WonderWoman or Superman underwear.**
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power"
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You ever owned or wanted any of the NKOTB action figures or dolls.**(still do!)
You remember when Deborah Gibson was "Debbie" Gibson
You know who Max Headroom is

10 comments:

Breanne said...

Ok, that list is just so true!! I wish I still had my Joey NKOTB doll and my JEM dolls! They were awesome! Did I tell you that I'm going to NKOTB in Nov! So excited!

Stefanie said...

Oh that is too funny!! and yeah - by the power of Greyskull - awesome! Thanks for posting!
Stefanie (Walker) Shoell

Anonymous said...

That's so funny! I could only relate to a few of them because I'm a 70s child, but I loved the 80s! Go Cyndi!

Nat said...

That was a great list of memories! When I was a SR, I took a few girls to school from Seminary and would blast the NKOTB Christmas Tape in the car. The girls HATED IT! It as a great start to everybodys day!

Adrie said...

That was too funny, I really enjoyed reading that. You are so cute! Hey I'm so excited for you don't you leave Friday? AHHHH I can't wait for mine, if you pass a cruise ship in the water wave because it might be ours! Have fun and be safe!!!

Molly said...

Susan, Thanks for stalking me!! ha, ha - I do the same thing and realize I have wasted TOO much time reading up on everyone's life. Looks like you guys are doing great! -Molly

Wendy Day said...

I was the hulk for halloween. Not kidding. Mom and Dad didn't buy me a costume for some reason and that was the only choice I had.I've been wondering when the whole paint splatter fashion was going to come back in to style.

Natalie said...

Hey Susan! Good to hear from you! It has been a while since we've bumped into each other at maceys or Walmart! cute blog! Looks like you are sure keeping busy!

MeKell and Aaron said...

Ha Ha, those are way funny. I'm so glad you found me. Your blog is way cute!

The Queen "B" said...

That is probably the best 80's list I've seen! I could relate to almost all of those! Unlike most however, I had a crush on Jordan - not Joey! I think he turned out to be gay - but o'well, when I was in elementary school I don't think I fully understood what that meant anyway! Hope you have fun in D.W. See you soon!