You're a child of the 80's if...

*Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day ~ {John had a HUGE crush on her with a big poster of her on his wall when we first met}

*You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool, was there an 80's movie she WASN'T in? ~ {sooo wanted to kiss Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles...sigh, and member

"what's a happenin' hot stuf"}

*You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours ~ {still catch a re-run here and there} *You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock

*You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.

*You were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion, which you were probably watching in school at the time ~ {I was in the 7th grade}

*You know what "Sike" means

*You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off." ~ {was so in love with Ralph Macchio}

*You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer" *You had Kool-Aid in every flavor and color

*You have ever called 867-5309 ~ {Jenny I need your number}

*You inserted the word "like" into, like, every sentence ~ {sometimes still do}

*You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt ~ {still have mine} *You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Cameron, or Michael J. Fox on your wall

*The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna *You know who Mr. T is. (What's my name fool!) *You know who Fat Albert is. ~ {Hey! Hey! Hey!} *You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing. (Every color!) ~ {and socks and scrunchie to match} *You ever wore the "hypercolor" shirts that changed color from hot pink to orange when ever you stood in the sun or got hot! *You could breakdance, or wish you could. ~ {I can still moonwalk} *You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween ~ {no but I was Wonder Woman} *You begged your mom to get you Gizmo for your birthday or Christmas *You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!" ~ {had a little bro who had ALL these guys} *Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away *You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye *For the girls... you wore your hair on the side of your head and you wore your L.A. Brats. *You wanted to be on Star Search ~ {still do} *You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black *You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth ~ {I even think I was still wearin' one in the early 90's} *You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some ~ {glad those went away}

*You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout" *You knew "Rut row raggy" and "Zoinks" *You HAD to have your MTV. (they ACTUALLY played videos??) *You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie ~ {soooo wanted to "dirty dance" with Patrick Swayze} *You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system ~ {had one} *You owned only cassettes *You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon. *You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or the Muppets glasses from McDonalds *Poltergeist freaked you out ~ {still does} *You knew who Ben Stein was before you could win his money, "Bueller?" *You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Strawberry Shortcake or A-Team lunch box. *You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf ~ {not till now} *You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair ~ {several} *You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish *You wore your Izod shirt with the collar flipped up *You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard ~ {no but wanted one real bad} *Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal *You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag *You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny *You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos *You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is *You had to come in the house when the street lights came on *You had to change into play clothes after school ~ {and I make my kids change too}

*You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64 ~ {had one} *You hated Scrappy Doo ~ {not really, did you hate him?} *You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box ~ {on cassettes} *You wish you had a light saber *Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's" *Your arm was full of rubber bracelets ~ {in every color} *You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon" *You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons *You had to get up to change the channel *You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine on Sesame Street. *You thought the "Thriller" video was pretty cool ~ {so cool} *You remember the first time you went into a video store to rent a movie *You wore those wide, colorfull shoelaces ~ {I had rainbow ones} *Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the noise" was the best song - ever ~ {still is isn't it? ROCK ON!!} *You know where "I want my two dollars" came from ~ {no I don't} *Yo still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie - Jaws *El Debarge's "Get a beat to the Rythem of the night" plagued the radio every hour

You owned a pair of parachute pants ~ {loved mine} *You remember life before minivans and SUVs

*You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases: "When I was younger" "When I was your age" "You know, back when..." "Because I SAID so, that's why" "What the HECK is this noise on the radio?" "Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"

If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a "Child of the 80's." Now, how old do you feel? ; )