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When I Turned One...Happy Birthday, Gov Gab!

By: Colleen | September 24, 2008 | Category: Fun

baby colleen The year was 1984...there was something strange in your neighborhood. Who were you calling? Ghostbusters! Bruce Springsteen and a teenage Courtney Cox were "Dancing in the Dark" and everyone was tuned in to Dynasty.

In 1984 (the year, not the Orwell novel), the average movie ticket was $2.50 and a gallon of gas ran you $1.10. The first Apple MacIntosh went on sale and widespread famine in Ethiopia inspired musicians to record, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" under the name "Band Aid." In politics, Geraldine Ferraro was a Vice Presidential nominee.

Fast-forward to 2008: our neighborhoods are still strange. Bruce Springsteen continues to tour, and Dynasty is a work of genius compared to the reality tv we watch today.

While the cost of movies and gas have us saving our pennies, Mac has us wired to iPods and iPhones. "Do They Know It's Christmas" is in heavy radio rotation the day after Halloween, and once again a woman is a Vice Presidential nominee.

I suppose it's accurate to say, "everything old is new again." However, considering my current Internet and cell phone addictions, I'm not willing to go back to the 80's. Plus, the hair? Just bad.