Okay, I lied; meme today after all

[thatcrazycajun]

Decrepitly dragged from msminlr:

[x] I've been to a drive-in movie theater. So far back I can't even remember the film(s), but we had two in my home town of Lafayette, LA.
[ ] I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
[ ] I voted for (or could have) Ronald Reagan. First time, I was ineligible by about seven months; second time, no way in hell. I was a Carter/Mondale/Ferraro man all the way.
[x] I was in a Christmas pageant in public school.
[ ] I remember what I was doing when John Kennedy died. I remember *now*: wearing diapers. (I was born six months prior.)
[ ] I used to watch Star Trek during its original run. 2G Trekkie; caught on during the 1970s syndicated run.
[x] I know what 45 and 33-1/3 describes. You kidding? My collection of novelty 45s used to be the envy of the neighborhood.
[x] I've ridden in cars that didn't have seat belts. We called them "pickup trucks."
[ ] I used to watch Romper Room.
[ ] I belonged to Future Homemakers of America.
[ ] I've gone to an Elvis Presley concert.
[x] I own/used to own an 8-track player.
[ ] I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church. Nope; in Catholic churches, only the priests and the bishop get to do that.
[ ] I've bought a McDonald's cheeseburger for 18 cents.
[x] I I would go to sleep while or just after watching Johnny Carson.
[x] I have watched a black and white television.
[x] I have/used to have a leisure suit (and wore it!).
[ ] I've been to a tent revival.
[ ] I attended Woodstock.
[x] I've been to a state fair and looked at the animal barns.
[x] I can spin a hula-hoop around my middle.
[x] I've been spanked at school by a teacher/principal.
[ ] I've been to a Cher concert.
[x] I watched The Sonny and Cher Show during its original run.
[x] I looked forward to hearing Guy Lombardo play "Auld Lang Syne."
[x] I called adults "Sir" or "Ma'am." Still do, if they're older than me.
[?] I've had a smallpox vaccination.
[x] I used to watch Dick Clark on American Bandstand.
[x] I've been to a rodeo. We had the Angola Prison Rodeo back home in Louisiana.
[ ] I've competed in a rodeo.
[ ] I scheduled my evenings around Dynasty. Actually, more often around Buck Rogers and the original Galactica.
[x] I've sold Boy Scout candy.
[ ] I am/was in a fraternity/sorority.
[x] I've eaten breakfast at a Sambo's Restaurant.
[x] I had a poster of Farrah Fawcett on my wall/door.
[ ] I had a crush on Ricky Nelson. Nah, mine was on Jane Seymour.
[x] I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
[ ] I had an aluminum Christmas tree and a color-wheel lamp. Real trees or nothing in my family...but I do remember seeing the lamp.
[x] I've used a rotary phone.
[x] I remember when African-Americans were called "colored people" in polite company. I grew up where they were called that...and more often, other things in not-so-polite company. The N-word was by no means unheard in my family, sad to say.
[ ] I've been to West Berlin before German reunification.
[ ] I had a paper credit card.
[x] I played with a Water Wiggle.
[x] I danced all night to Donna Summer and Whitney Houston.
[ ] I've driven/ridden in a Pacer.
[x] I've stayed up all night playing Risk.
[x] I saw the original Star Wars movie in a theater. 12 times at the old Plaza in Lafayette, LA.
[x] I've taken group showers with members of my junior/senior high school class.
[x] I remember when HIV was called HTLV-IV.
[x] I watched The Simpsons when it was a short on The Tracey Ullman Show.
[ ] I had to install MS-DOS on my computer before I installed Windows.
[x] I have/had a Sony Walkman.
[ ] I modeled my hair and clothes on people in Beverly Hills 90210. Too late for me. My role models were Robin Williams as Mork and Denny Terrio on Dance Fever.
[ ] I've played PacMan. And Centipede/Millipede. And Tempest. And Galaga. And Gorf. And, and, and...
[ ] I put on a suit and tie/dress to go shop at the downtown department store.
[ ] I saw Top Gun in the theater more than six times. One cinematic testosterone binge was more than enough for me, thanks.
[ ] I've read Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
[ ] I've used a Jane Fonda workout video. No, but I do remember the outfit she wore in them, leg warmers and all. Hubba, hubba!
[x] I remember when Michael Jackson was black. Hell, I remember when he was a kid and performed with all his bro's!
[x] I know who shot J.R. (Kristin did it.)
[x] I owned a pet rock.
[ ] I have/had a Betamax VCR.
[ ] I had "all the way" sex before I was married and had to keep it secret. Yes to the first part, no to the second. (Never been married...but there's a first time for everything, so they say.)
[ ] I burned a bra and/or draft card.
[ ] I've ridden in a double-decker bus.
[x] I've ridden in the back window of my parents' car.
[ ] I've edged the grass in a yard with hand clippers. Edged? Qu'est-qu çe "edged"? We just mowed the shit. With my daddy's big riding mower, if we behaved.
[x] I had a television aerial outside my house. On the roof, more specifically. And rabbit-ears inside.

Comments

[dmk.livejournal.com]

I used to wear a hat, doilie, or handkerchief on my head in church. Nope; in Catholic churches, only the priests and the bishop get to do that.

Women and girls used to wear head coverings of that sort.