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I didn't mean to bomb my flist, but the QaF DVD I had planned to watch instead arrived from Netflix cracked in half. This has been an ongoing problem. The first disc wouldn't play past the first episode. The second disc had wonky sound. And now this one. If I didn't believe in rightwing conspiracies before...denied hot boy on boy action! So my choices are watch Big Brother with elcazavampiros , watch my weiner dog molest his dog bed or post unecessarily. You go with your strengths!

Gakked from kimberly_a :

Generation gap survey. It's about whether you were around or have memories of various stuff:

1. JFK was assassinated (1963): I was not yet a glimmer in my Daddy's sparkling green eyes. My mom said she had some guy come up to her at work and tell her the news, and she thought it was joke because her co-workers were all JFK haters after he sent the militia into Memphis during the civil rights marches.

2. Man first landed on the moon (1969): I think this was around the time my mom and dad had a really good date that resulted in an uncomfortable phone call a few months later that led to a really roomy wedding dress. Get me?

3. Watergate broke (1972): I was learning how to walk, and I'm sure picking up a few new words like "Fucking Nixon - knew he was a crook!"

4. 3-Mile Island occurred (1979): I remember learning about this in school, but at the time I was way more into my Easy Bake oven, skating to "Funky Town" and reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

5. John Lennon was assassinated (1980): I turned into a huge Beatles fan in the late 80s, but what I remember most about this is the SNL parody "Buckwheat's Been Shot!" And my pentecostal granny telling me John was in "hell" because he was a "moonie." True story. Now, I don't have the insight into where people are going to spend the afterlife, but I don't think Paul's going to get any kind of reward for letting Michael Jackson get a hold of the Beatles catalogue.

6. The Shuttle Challenger exploded (1986): Sophomore year of high school. I remember all of us trooping out into the auditorium that day to watch the updates on TV. I was sad, but hey - no classes! I also remember all of the teachers having white "Christa" carnations on their desk that week, and my boyfriend at the time wondering if we could get a few of them to sign up for the space program. Tacky, tacky teenagers.

7. The Berlin Wall came down (1989): Hanging out in the dorm with uberaeryn and singing Pink Floyd songs and shouting "No war!" Or something like that.

8. The Oklahoma City Bombing (1995) I added this one, because, duh. Getting a call from uberaeryn who asked, "Doesn't Eddie's mom work at the Murrah Building?" I said, "No, she works at the Federal Building." She told me it was the same thing, I lost my shit and called Eddie at work and said, "Your mom's building exploded!" He picked me up, we ran home, saw on TV that half the building was gone and raced across OKC to his parents' house (scary traffic, no cell phone service) and learned that a wall had fallen on her, but she was okay. Still the single scariest, saddest day of my life.

9. 9/11 (2001): At work at the literacy council by myself, watching it on a tiny, tiny TV and freaking out and calling everyone I knew, and then going over to uberaeryn's and sitting on the couch and bawling.

Did you see the following movies in the theatre (or were at least around)?:

1. Sound of Music (1965): Not born yet, but watched it every Easter on TV. Own the dvd and still get "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria" stuck in my head regularly.

2. The Godfather (1972): Caught most of it on cable more than once. Eh.

3. Star Wars – Episode 4 (1977): I remember people really, really loving it, but I didn't see it until it came on TV sometime in the early 80s. However, I'm now married to a man who owns it on VHS and is salivating until the trilogy comes out on dvd. Can now quote, "I'd rather kiss a Wookie" with the best of them.

4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): TV, I think. My little brother had a big Indy phase, complete with hat. "Last Crusade" is my favorite.

5. E.T. (1982): Saw it at the drive-in for my best friend's 11th birthday. Sobbed. Bought Reeses Pieces, collected the trading cards. My brother still hasn't seen it, and refuses to. He thinks that somehow distinguishes him from his generation.

6. Braveheart (1995): Eh. Saw parts of it on dvd. Throw the gay guy at the window, Mel? I got your freedom right here!

7. Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): Took Eddie's niece and nephew (teenagers, thank god) on opening night. Mistake. Still have crick in my neck from sitting on the 2nd row and trying to ogle Legolas and Aragorn at the same time.

1. What year did you graduate high school? 1988.

2. What did you wear to your graduation (under your robe/gown)? High school I don't remember. I read a really sappy poem called "These Dreams" (that I of course wrote) and our class song was "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake. :::snerk::: Junior high I wore a mint green dress with a giant white collar that I *loved*.

3. Was your hair long or short? Shoulder length and bordering on mall hair.

4. What was the first concert you went to (without your parents)? Journey, 1983. Ah, Steve Perry, how I miss you. One day, love with find you - break those chains that bind you! :::plays keyboard against the wall:::

5. Do you still know your high school’s alma mater? We didn't have one. I was supposed to write it (you'd just have to have know where I grew up. You know how John Boy was gawked at for wanting to write on "The Waltons"? That was me. I got smarts.) Anyway, I never finished it, but I did write a parody verse to the tune of "America the Beautiful" that went: "For verdant leaves of Mary Jane, we to you, our school, do sing. Keep us red-eyed and paranoid and forever Zeppelin ring!" It was, ah, Oklahoma in the 80s. Pot. You know.

6. Were your Physical Ed. classes co-ed? No. In fact, I'd never heard of co-ed gym until I saw "The Pack." It was horrifying enough in grade school and junior high, but by the time I was in high school I had cheerleading practice instead. And by practice I mean "eating Doritos and doing eyeliner experiments.

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Y'know a majority of that happened before I was born, so I only remember the OKC bombing and 9/11. I graduated in 2000 and that was 1/2 a year early and every PhysEd class I ever had was co-ed.
:: feels like such a young one sometimes ::

Oh and my first concert? Misfits and Megadeth. Didn't even really like the bands, was just giddy that my mom finally let me go to a concert with my friends. She had denied my request to see Stone Temple Pilots the year before and I still make her feel guilty about it. It was almost 8 years ago.

BTW: You smoke the exact cigs my mom does, I hate when she sends my out to grab her a pack; it's a mouth-full and the clerks always look at you strangely.

I thought you were young...but 2000...meep. Oh, well, I'll always be younger than David Boreanaz and James Marsters, and they aren't getting any older. Snerk.

I gave up the menthols years ago...scary. And yes, the clerks always eyed me strangely. I'd just point. Now I'm much calmer about the smokes, but still indulge. :(

I missed STP, but I saw Pearl Jam, and that's pretty much the same thing...:::ducks kick from Eddie Vedder:::

I'm an old soul :: snerk ::
Actually, the ex says I'm soulless. I took it as a compliment.

I quit smoking... wow, it'll be 4 yrs on Dec. 2 (my b-day). Yes, I quit on my 19th b-day after smoking for 7 years; 2 packs of Newports a day.

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