Retro Reminsce

~ I used to hate picture day in elementary school. There was just something wrong with rocking the brown or navy blue, velour sweater with the thick stripe (sometimes 2 tone stripe), and the bowl haircut. A few years I had crooked bangs or missing teeth (or both!).

~ I miss going home for lunch from school, and watching The Little Rascals or The Andy Griffith Show.

~ I preferred Johnny Sokko and His Giant Robot over Ultraman, The Electric Company and The Great Space Coaster over Sesame Street and Polka Dot Door, The Smurfs over The Snorks, Battle of the Planets (G-Force) over Thundercats (Fuck Snarf!), School House Rock songs over anything from Menudo on ABC, and Kids Incorporated over Saved By The Bell (close race…but Marta Marerro aka Martika, I’ll always love you!).

~ I used to wish I was friends with either Richie Rich, or even Rick Stratton from Silver Spoons. They had such cool stuff! I always wondered where that train in the Stratton mansion went to.

~ Speaking of trains, I would have killed to follow Mr. Roger’s Trolley from his house. I mean, the tracks ran from his kitchen to his living room, then through the dry-wall to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe…crazy! I loved the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, but I HATED all the characters in there. King Friday, Prince Tuesday, Lady Elaine, and X the Owl…they all creeped the fuck out of me.

~ I miss my banana seat bicycle. It had a killer braking system which made the screechiest skids ever! Hockey card clothes-pinned to spoke was also a cool modification.

~ I owned a Big Wheel , but it was the Green Machine
that was the cat’s meow.

~ I used to have Atari 2600 which was the advent of video gaming for me and my friends. The evolution of gaming coolness went like this in my day: Atari 2600, Coleco-Vision, Atari 4800, Commodor Vic20, Commodore 64 (Summer Games rules!), Nintendo, then Super Nintendo. After that, availability of video games came much easier, thus ending the nostalgia.

~ Before home gaming, we used to hit the local arcades or convenience stores to play Double Dragon, Wizard of Wor, Joust, Hyper Olympics (Known as Track & Field in the US -- popsicle sticks were the steroids of this game), Pole Position, and Ms. Pacman.

~ My friends and I used to have air-bands. We’d rock out to J. Geils Band, Asia, John Cougar (before he added the Mellencamp), and Quiet Riot. We had bar stools for drums, tennis rackets for guitars, pillows for keyboards, and hockey sticks for mics.

…geez…I can go on forever with this, and I haven't even hit the highschool years yet. I’ll have to do a part II someday.

"Take a bow, the night is over..."

I am slowly coming down from the high of our Miss Saigon run. After all that hard work rehearsing, and performing in all the shows, it's a sad, empty feeling watching that curtain drop for the last time. *single tear*
For the most part, the show was a success. The reviews from the press and from those that saw it were positive. Most importantly, I had a blast doing it. The cast, as a whole, were fun and great to work with. We have our wrap-party this week and that'll be it for Miss Saigon. I'm sure this won't be the last show I do. That darned stage and spotlight sure are addicting.
I hope to have some behind-the-scenes pics up soon. It'll be worth the wait for you, seeing me with a terrible combover wig and Teenz in her Wonder Woman outfit (minus the tiara, magic lasso, and bullet-proof bracelets). You can, however, see her in her invisible jet!

Pic of the Day...Just a snapshot of me in my formative years:



~update~ Those pants that I previously ripped...yeah...The other week I ended up wearing them to work again (by mistake). Unfortunately, I didn't realize the gaffe until I got home. Yup...coin purseage ALL DAY LONG!!! *ugh*