Getting an ice cream cone at Thrifty drugs for a nickel.
That Reese's commercial where the people accidentally bump into each other whilst separately eating peanut butter and chocolate.
Dreaming about dying.
Singing Delovely in Musical Theater class in college. I was dreadful.
Extricating myself from the LA Acting School that was run by Scientologists.
Getting drunk the first time. I still can't drink rum. (Unless it's super camouflaged, like in a Mai Tai.)
The 45 of Terry Jack's Seasons in the Sun. It was the first I purchased with my own money.
Our cat, Spam, who died after we paid for a $400 blood transfusion.
Winning $100 on a scratch off ticket.
Attaching playing cards to the spokes of our bicycle so that they would make that sound when you rode.
Cool memories! Those Reese's commercials haunt me to this day.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, I'm ALL about the rum baby. All about the rum.
ReplyDeleteMy first drunk was Peach Schnapps. Same lingering horror.
ReplyDeleteAttaching playing cards to the spokes of our bicycle so that they would make that sound when you rode.
ReplyDeleteThat was the coolest thing when I was a kid.
Scientologists are scary folk!
Wow -- I totally forgot about Thrifty drugs and their nickel ice-cream (which later went to 10¢ and then 15¢).
ReplyDeleteAccording to an old superstition, if you dream about somebody dying it's supposed to mean that somebody is going to be married.
"We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun..."
ReplyDeleteOh those were the days!! Cheesy AM music.
Belated congrats on Best Gay Blog.
Jane
Attaching playing cards was SO cool, that sound you were like a god on a bike =P
ReplyDeleteNext time for your cat, just give me 100$, I kill it for ya =P
My friend Tracey liked the song "Season's in the Sun" so much she cried when it was first in the song countdown on New Years Eve that year. Think we were listening to 93KFJ.
ReplyDeletePlaying cards on the spokes - THAT was a good one that I remember... we thought we were just too cool...
ReplyDeletewhat sweet memories. i still have a bunch of 45s, too. i can't make myself part with them, yet i haven't owned a turntable in years. it amazes me that kids can look at them and ask, what's that?
ReplyDeleteMy first 45 was Undercover Angel by Alan O'Day.
ReplyDeleteWhile I didn't get drunk on it, I can no longer tolerate gin.
Two great tastes that taste great together. Still my candy of choice.
Playing cards and bicycle spokes. Did you have the plastic colored tubes you could snap on to the spokes as well?
I remember when the prizes in Cracker Jack were actually fun.
ReplyDeleteSeasons in the Sun, how about Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Suede?
Mmmm... Mai Tais... Now I want one. Care to join?
ReplyDeleteI love the bit about scientologists. How do they do so well? I hear they are actually quite homophobic (well at least L (mo) Ron).
ReplyDeleteYou know what I like about your blog? You ALWAYS say things that remind me of when I was a kid and it ALWAYS makes me smile.
ReplyDelete"Flying a plane is like riding a bicycle. It's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes." - Lloyd Bridges' character in Airplane
ReplyDeletehonestly is there anything better than thrify ice cream? i think no. remember how it was like square or i guess not square, but it had corners? i think that greatly increased the taste.
ReplyDeleteEver put balloons in the spokes? Awesome sound! Oh I..I'm hooked on a feeling, I'm high on believeing that your in love with me... here's an AM song if ever there was one...Yummy, Yummy, Yummy I've got love in my tummy, and I feel like loving you, love you such a sweet thing, good enough to eat thing, and that's just a what I'm gonna do...
ReplyDeleteI remember doing the bicycle thing.....we used straws too :)
ReplyDeleteMy all time favorite flavor at Thrifty's was Lemon Custard. It was a true lemon ice cream, not sherbet.
ReplyDeleteMy first 45 was American Pie. It was so long that I had to turn the record over in the middle of the song. I think I still have it somewhere.
Slurpee's used to be really cheap too. I always liked Cola.
I was so worried that after you became one of the Best Gay Bloggers you would forget your old admirers, but I should have known better of you.
ReplyDeleteToo bad they haven't come up with a way to combine Reeses and Rum, two of my favorite things.
And thanks be to Hubbard you made it out of acting school alive.
Is there anything scientologists AREN'T into? Religion, space, Katie Cruise??
ReplyDeleteAhh, I love this "meme" and may steal it for myself. So cool getting a peek into someone's history.Great snippets!
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