Babies of the 80s

I’m so pathetic sometimes….but I have nothing else I want to write about and this actually made me happy.

Highlight all that apply

1. You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word “PSYCH!”
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air.”
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-Sitters Club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that “WOAH” comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer
9. If you ever watched “Fraggle Rock.”
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars. But damn I wanted them!
11. You can sing the entire theme song to “Duck Tales.”
12. You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. – I did on the weekdays too.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” on the big screen.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You played the game “MASH”
17. You wore a Jordache Jean jacket and you were proud of it.
18. L.A. Gear.
19. You wanted to change your name to “JEM” in Kindergarten.
20. You remember reading “Tales of a fourth grade nothing” and all the Ramona books.
21. You know the profound meaning of “WAX ON, WAX OFF.”
22. You wanted to be a Goonie. Truffle Shuffle! Booty Trap!
24. You ever wore flourescent clothing.
23. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
25. You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
26. You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
27. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
28. You still get the urge to say “NOT” after (almost) every sentence.
29. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts.
30. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
31. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up.
32. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.
33. You owned a pair of jelly sandals.
34. After you saw Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure you kept saying “I know you are, but what am I?”
35. You remember “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”
36. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
37. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip ‘n’ Slide. – Hey that was two years ago!!
38. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
39. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonald’s.
40. You’ve gone through this list occasionally saying “totally awesome.”
41. You remember Popples.
42. “Don’t worry, be happy.”
43. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights.
44. You wore socks scrunched down.
45. “Miss MARY MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BACK” “With silver BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS all down her BACK, BACK, BACK!”
46. You remember boom boxes vs. CD players.
47. You remember watching both “Gremlins” movies.
48. You knew what it meant to say “Care Bear Stare!”
49. You remember watching Rainbow Brite and My Little ponies.
50. You thought Doogie Howser was hot. – He still is!!!!
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool. – I never thought they were cool.
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on “Saved By the Bell”
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi.
55. You played and or collected “Pogs”.
56. You used to pretend that you could transform into a Power Ranger. – Sad but true!

I grew up on five-alive
And transformers and slip-n-slide
Toy’s R Us and Chuck-e-Cheeze
Disco out and techno in
to synthesize my favorite sin
And here I am on my knees
To get it back again

Babies of the 80’s
Little girls in lycra shorts
Tented beds, nerf contact sports
My babies of the 80’s
Shout it out just one more time
For the generation that was all mine

We learned to crawl on linoleum floors
Ronald Regan fought Star Wars
But he’ll never be Han Solo
Students march Tienemen Square
They took him out hey that’s not fair
Dad said it’s good to be free
As we watched from our T.V.

Babies of the 80’s
Little girls in lycra shorts
Tented beds, nerf contact sports
My babies of the 80’s
Shout it out just one more time
For the generation that was all mine

We watched the wall fall down
Woke up early for Bozo the clown
MTV and Nick at Night
And I slept for the first time
Without the light

My Babies of the 80’s
Little girls in jelly shoes
got the ferris bueller blues
My babies of the 80’s
this could be something after
Who knew this could be something after

Babies of the 80s ~ Something Corporate