80's memories, and the effect they have. [View All]

[Mother Of Four]

(Disclaimer- I am after all 37 years old...I turned 10 in October 1980 and was a teen when Madonna/MJ/BIG HAIR was all the rage...so my timelines might be a little off)


Singing "Eye of the Tiger" ROCKY!

RAMBO!

The Vietnam War Memorial being on the news, and how proud I was that "someday" I could go and trace my Uncles name with a pencil and paper.

Wanting to grow up and be Sally Ride

I remember sitting in horror and shock as Mr Hughes, my science teacher played the radio in highschool...and Challenger Exploded. How all of us looked at each other, and many cried.

Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America

MLK's birthday becomes a National Holiday

Miami Vice (Good lord)

I remember when Arnold was a pretty popular action star.

Geraldine Ferraro

New Coke

WWE and Rowdy Roddy Piper

Finding the Titanic

I remember Nuclear fallout assignments in Science, "You have 12 hours notice...what do you take and where do you go?" and watching "The day after" in class.

Chernobyl

The meetings and tensions between USSR and USA over ending the cold war.

Watching Oliver North with my family on TV

I am Alaskan, Exxon-Valdez (I just live in NC now)

The San Fransisco earthquake

I remember watching my friend Craig whither and die in front of me, and only a handful of people went to see him because of fear. I didn't care, I held his hand anyway.

I remember being the first class to actually have "condom education" due to the AIDS epidemic.

The Berlin Wall (Its strange, my husband now is 13 years my senior...and as a soldier was stationed in Berlin...it's odd to know the man you love is a part of history, even though it's a small part he played in it)




If you are wondering why I posted this...
It's because *MY* memories of the 80's come in bits and peices...the things that most affected me at the time.

They are the past, just as Reagan is past...and Clinton is past. Just as the Bushes will soon be the past.

Those memories are valuable, and helped shape who I am...but they aren't my future.

Lets look to the Future-
Another post supporting John Edwards.