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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2006Ok, David Cassidy has a lot to answer for: Mostly OT hopefully BW
My nearest and dearest all acknowledge that I have an over active imagination and warped mind. This is still not an excuse for the damage to my keyboard. I was playing Bejeweled 2 with my computer playing random music. Now, I cheerfully admit that I have an eclectic selection in music at best, and a disgusting one at worse. I also have an eclectic selection of reading material. I like to read anthologies as I get a varied selection of writing styles and viewpoints. Right now I'm reading a series of stories about alternate outcomes in moon exploration, called "Moon Shots." Some of the stories are really strange and some are out and out scary. So I'm thinking about societal possibilities, playing Bejeweled 2, and getting into "the zone." You who play games know "the zone." It is that place where you are playing automatically without thinking about your next move and everything seems to be going smoothly. When one is playing the speed version of Bejeweled 2, one needs to be in "the zone." Mind you, I was really getting into "the zone" to the point where I am not thinking about the game at all. Ok, I'm a product of the late 60s and early 70s. My computer has music from The Bee Gees, Blood Sweat & Tears, The Doobie Brothers, the Monkees, and The Partridge Family on it. Ok, I was into what I could listen to of bubble gum rock. I wasn't allowed to listen to anything other than country music at home and this is the stuff the school bus driver played on her radio. I also listen to The Carpenters, so ok, sue me. I'm thinking about alternate societies, and the old Star Trek episode where this sociologist institutes Nazism into a society in order to bring some order to it's workings pops into my head. I find myself thinking what would be the most harmless thing a society could be based on. Yup, right then David Cassidy pops up singing "I Think I Love You." Sweet saccharine, totally harmless, right? I had an instant vision of people running around wearing puka shell necklaces, all the females with either really long center parted hair or a short feathered shag hairstyle. The males were wearing shoulder length hair with shirts open to the waist and any chest hair shaved off. People were driving buses painted in wild and strange patterns. Everyone was living in California Tract houses. They all carried Partridge Family lunch boxes, and had garage bands. It was at this point, while I was frozen in shock, that my speed game timed out and I heard a loud MEOW beside me. I jumped and looked over at Sonya, who knocked a can of Diet Coke over, then placed a paw on my shoulder and dug her claws in. I decided that it was time to take a break and find something else to do, like clean the diet soda out of my key board. I am still reeling in shock, but comfort myself by thinking at least I wasn't imagining a society based on The Monkees. Thank Bast that I keep a spare keyboard for these occasions. Pam S. still shuddering. > I find myself thinking what would > be the most harmless thing a society could be based on. Yup, right then [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Everyone was living in California Tract houses. They all carried Partridge > Family lunch boxes, and had garage bands. Sorry to break it to you, Pam, but that wasn't a vision. You were looking out the window! Didn't you know, all that stuff has come back in style? Kids who never had to endure it the first time think it's "fun" and "retro". YOU'LL NEVER GET AWAY FROM IT!!!! <evil laugh> Joyce - still likes the wildly painted hippie buses > > I find myself thinking what would > > be the most harmless thing a society could be based on. Yup, right then [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Joyce - still likes the wildly painted hippie buses I'm still giggling over the shoes on the cover of this weeks Famous Footwear flyer. Take 3/4 of an inch off the heels and every old lady I ever knew as a child wore them. Now I'm no where near young enough to get away with wearing them. Heck, my daughter isn't young enough. My grandson's girl friends maybe. Jo > > I find myself thinking what would > > be the most harmless thing a society could be based on. Yup, right then [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Joyce - still likes the wildly painted hippie buses I saw lots of those when I lived in S.F. Winnie > Sorry to break it to you, Pam, but that wasn't a vision. You were looking > out the window! Didn't you know, all that stuff has come back in style? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joyce - still likes the wildly painted hippie buses Oh the HORROR!!! 6 inch platform shoes, puka bead necklaces, love beads, shirts opened down to the navel (ok, now that isn't so bad but...), VW buses, love-ins, candy music, The Brady Bunch, AAAAACCCCCKKKK. Ok, Joyce, I'm going to nightmares for a week knowing this. Pam S. still shuddering >> Sorry to break it to you, Pam, but that wasn't a vision. You were looking >> out the window! Didn't you know, all that stuff has come back in style? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Pam S. still shuddering Still, I wouldn't complain *too* much if I could see David Cassidy (as he was then) every day, even with the platform shoes, puka bead necklaces and open necked shirts. *Especially* the opened neck shirts on a pair of nicely formed pecs and a six-pack. Mmmmmm.... Yowie > > I find myself thinking what would > > be the most harmless thing a society could be based on. Yup, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Joyce - still likes the wildly painted hippie buses Hip huggers and tie-dye (we made our own, we didn't buy it!) and lava lamps... tube tops and and all that stuff is back in style? It's too funny, really. Next thing up: disco balls, glitter and good lord, are we gonna do the bump and the hustle? Saturday Night Fever. Oh and spare me the guy wearing white pants and a white vest with a black shirt! ;) Ooooh Oooh Mr. Kotter Talked to Dad this morning. He still doesn't want me to come visit. But he said he's still undergoing chemo. He'd told me he was done with the cancer treatment but we got into an argument when I said I wanted to come visit and he said no. Then he called me back and said he's still undergoing chemo and going through a lot of stuff, which of course I had no idea about because he didn't bother to tell me. My folks are still enjoying watching the neighbors' two black cats that wander around next door. And Dad always hated cats! The cats get along with the white herons that wander around and they occasionally have a great blue heron, which are much bigger than the cats. And the cats don't care, they just look silly sitting next to the birds which are bigger than they are. Oh, and they have saucer outside filled with water that the lizards drink from. Jill >> > I find myself thinking what would >> > be the most harmless thing a society could be based on. Yup, [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > Jill Your Dad still thinks of you as his little girl, and is trying to protect you from the harsh realities of life. It's too bad this makes him push you away at such a time. Joy "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Hip huggers and tie-dye (we made our own, we didn't buy it!) and lava > lamps... tube tops and and all that stuff is back in style? Absolutely!! Hip huggers with those chain belts. Tie dye has been back "in" for years now. And lava lamps are tres chic these days. (I don't have one myself, as I've never quite understood what was so great about them.) Not sure about tube tops, though. > Next thing up: disco balls, glitter and good lord, are we gonna > do the bump and the hustle? Saturday Night Fever. Oh and spare me > the guy wearing white pants and a white vest with a black shirt! ;) I haven't seen much of this, except when someone decides to have a "70s party". But I think of the disco culture as something quite separate from the hippie thing. Maybe if you didn't live through that time, it all tends to mush together, but I was at a critical stage of my life where I was nearing adulthood, and then reaching adulthood and starting life out on my own, throughout the decade. I turned 16 in 1970, and 25 in 1979. Those are years with a lot of changes! So the hippie era of the early 70s (tie dye, painted buses, hip huggers) seems like a whole separate universe from the disco era (glitter balls, Saturday Night Fever, men in white leisure suits, etc). (Speaking of men in leisure suits, whenever I think of this, I think of a scene in the movie The Wedding Singer, which mostly satirized the 80s. But in this scene, the protagonists are auditioning wedding bands, and there's one that has a 70s nostalgia act, singing stuff like "Oh, yes it's ladies' night, and the feelin's right, oh yes it's ladies' night, oh what a night", with Jon Lovitz playing the lead singer, a sleazebag in an open-collar shirt and jacket. He was so utterly GROSS.) Joyce > But I think of the disco culture as something quite separate from the > hippie thing. Maybe if you didn't live through that time, it all tends > to mush together, but I was at a critical stage of my life where I was > nearing adulthood, and then reaching adulthood and starting life out > on my own, throughout the decade. I turned 16 in 1970, and 25 in 1979. Oh yes I remember 1970, the VietNam war and all the student protests. It was a turbulent time. Also 1979, that was the year when I was first layoff and went back to school for the second time. As the song lyrics: "Those were the days my friend, I thought they never end, ......" Winnie > Those are years with a lot of changes! So the hippie era of the early > 70s (tie dye, painted buses, hip huggers) seems like a whole separate [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Joyce > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > universe from the disco era (glitter balls, Saturday Night Fever, men in > white leisure suits, etc). We must be about the same age. To me, the disco culture *was* a separate universe. By 1975 I was a music orphan and didn't like much of anything in top 40 until the 80's. 70's fashion was rather disgusting though. I should scan a pic of DH & me in his brown leisure suit and I in my boho-mutton-sleeved juliet dress that honest to God I don't know what kept my whole butt from showing when I bent over. It probably did. I still have one artifact from the 70's in the back closet that I cannot part with. It is a leather jacket with 2 rows of fringe that hang down at least 18". That jacket has been borrowed so many times over the years. It has won 1st place in the 89-ers Land Run re-enactment at grade school; it was donned by Buffalo Bill in a high school play; and it has been to numerous 70's parties most recently worn by a nurse going as Janis Joplin. I just can't bear to throw it away. I loved that jacket. Sherry >> But I think of the disco culture as something quite separate from the >> hippie thing. > We must be about the same age. Born in 1954... > To me, the disco culture *was* a > separate universe. By 1975 I was a music orphan and didn't like much of > anything in top 40 until the 80's. I can't argue with that. I listened to folk stations during the 70s. I lived in Boston, which had a thriving folk/acoustic music scene. So I missed a lot of what was on commercial radio during that time. I agree that 80s pop was great, though. I bought my first car in 1982 and started listening to the radio as I commuted to work. I got totally into it. So now, when I'm up really late at night and watching one of those "Three Hundred of Your Favorite 80s Pop Hits in One Fabulous Collection!!" infomercials, I know all the songs. (Yes, I do watch those - I love hearing the songs.) > 70's fashion was rather disgusting though. Some of it was horrendous, I agree. "Hot pants", platforms, glitter socks, wide lapels, even wider ties, ewwww. But I was partial to the Annie Hall look, which I still like (though no longer wear). Also I liked mid-calf denim skirts with a leotard and vest up top, and knee-high leather boots. Those styles might be dated now, but they're not hideous, at least. >I should scan a pic of DH & me in his brown leisure suit and I > in my boho-mutton-sleeved juliet dress that honest to God I don't know > what kept my whole butt from showing when I bent over. Yes! Jpegs, jpegs!! :) > I still have one artifact from the 70's in the back closet that I > cannot part with. It is a leather jacket with 2 rows of fringe that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > worn by a nurse going as Janis Joplin. > I just can't bear to throw it away. I loved that jacket. Of course you can't throw that away. It's not just a jacket, it's a piece of history. I have a few items of clothing like that. They're size 10 or 12, which I'm quite certain I will never wear again (at least I hope not, as that would indicate a wasting disease), but I have a strong sentimental attachment to them, so they're still in my closet. Joyce > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > have one myself, as I've never quite understood what was so great > about them.) Not sure about tube tops, though. At my last job the decor was so wild you'd have thought someone on acid had designed the place. Purple and green and bright, bright yellow walls. The reception area had purple sofas and green chairs! You'd expect to see a disco ball in the breakroom. It looked like someone had barfed up a combination of the 1960's and disco. All the people who had offices went out and bought lava lamps for their desks. I.T. folks have a strange sense of humour :) Jill > My nearest and dearest all acknowledge that I have an over > active imagination and warped mind. This is still not an excuse [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > > Pam S. still shuddering. I still love the Partridge Family. I had to watch the VH1 special about the show. I also love The Monkeys. Have you ever heard any of their songs remade into metal songs? My favorite musical period is still the 80s, probably because I had so much fun in the 80s, before responsibility really set in. Yes, I had responsibilies but I was also still young. Subject for another time and place. Any way, the Partridge Family was my first exposure to music. Them and Donnie and Marie. LOL  SignatureCheryl >> My nearest and dearest all acknowledge that I have an over >> active imagination and warped mind. This is still not an excuse [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > way, the Partridge Family was my first exposure to music. Them and > Donnie and Marie. LOL It's Elvis Death Week in Memphis, TN... I live outside of Memphis. I remember going to Whitehaven to get a gift for a friend. You really don't want to go there. Trust me. Jill > My nearest and dearest all acknowledge that I have an over active > imagination and warped mind. This is still not an excuse for the damage [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > > Pam S. still shuddering. eeep! I am a child of the 80's. Still, a world as depicted in Duran Duran's _Rio_ wouldn't be all that bad. And I"m sure the male half of the species wouldn' object to _Girls on Film_ world either. LOL Yowie >My nearest and dearest all acknowledge that I have an over active >imagination and warped mind. This is still not an excuse for the damage to [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >still reeling in shock, but comfort myself by thinking at least I wasn't >imagining a society based on The Monkees. Thank heavens!!! Thank Bast that I keep a spare >keyboard for these occasions. > >Pam S. still shuddering. Ginger-lyn who admits to being a big Monkees fan back in the day . . . Home Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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