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....when Labyrinth came out and introduced me to rock and roll through the demi-god that is David Bowie.
....when AIDS was this really mysterious illness that everybody on the schoolyard was talking about, but nobody knew what it was until the Ryan White story came on TV. (at my school, at least)
....when King Kong Lives! came out.
....when they FINALLY showed Evil Lynn's hair on He-Man. (It was white!)
....when monkey bars were metal, rusty, and hella dangerous!
....rat tails! (I had one!)
...when the Redskins won the Super Bowl!
...when DC got a female mayor! (AKA Soror Sharon Pratt Kelly.....her slogan was "It's time to clean house" and had accompanying hand gestures.)
...when we became "African American"....well, not WE, but me and and a few others.
...when "Molly's Pilgrim" came on.
....when VEGETABLE SOUP came on!!!!
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