I spent last weekend basking in all that is Blissdom Canada…Meeting, smiling, laughing, crying, drinking, dancing, learning, with some of the most amazing people and writers on the Social Media scene in Canada.
And this post is suppose to be about all the wonderful things I learned and the amazing connections I made …but it’s not..
It’s about the fact that…
I’M GETTING OLD…………..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How did it go from that…to there..?
It’s a sad story, one that I did not see coming and one that took the wind out of my gravity stricken sails…
Every Blissdom on the Saturday night there is a Costume Karaoke Party and it FABOOSH…Everyone kicks it up Old School Style… (see OLD)…And pulls out all the stops on their costumes…
Year 1 I went as …Bret Michaels
Pic by the Faboosh CL Buchanan
Year 2 I went as Slash…
Pic by the Fab CL Buchanan
Year 3 I went as…
PIPPE FREAKING LONGSTOCKING ????????
CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW ????????????????????????
WTF??????????????
Then it hit me……….Like a Slouch Sock fell from above and smacked me right in the head…
She is too YOUNG to know who I am……..
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
So I quickly say….” No no I am Boy George”…
Then the other Slouch Sock fell and knocked my 80′s Ass to ground when she replied…..
WHO?
Followed by an…
Oh ya wasn’t he that guy…who did community service cus of that bathroom thing…..?
CURSE YOU TMZ………..
Since then I have been thinking about all those other things that kids don’t know about these days but were huge parts in some way shape or form of my life growing up…Here’s a little trip down my memory lane…
Lipstick #57 …………..
Cotton Ginny Slouch Socks…..a pair in every colour
I am just gonna Blame in on the Rain…
Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane…
Cheers
24 Responses to Pippi FREAKING Longstocking?
UGH! Don’t you hate when that… happens to me all the time now!
Great list – I said – the Consumers catalogue! out loud!
OMG I LOVED Consumers Distributing…they had great lay away LOL
First of all – everyone should know who Boy George is (and I totally knew who you were) I made it a point to ensure that my kids know the words to (and love) Karmachameleon. Also – they know the Mama’s and the Papa’s, Harry Chapin, and Bob Dylan. It was a requirement before they were allowed to listen to their own music…
I’m with you sista… turning 42 next week. How did that happen??? If it makes you feel any better I saw a tweet of that pic and thought -what a totally rad Boy George costume!
I won’t ask who
Getting old isn’t for the faint of heart.
Faces? Totally had a kiosk right outside the Cotton Ginny where I worked. So I could get half-priced slouch socks & the matching O/S pastel t-shirts
Bahhhhh hahaha! I love everything about this. Well, except for the ‘you getting old part’ because I am, ahem, older than you, so what does that make me? OLDER, that’s what. And sweet holy hayzeus, that Faces #57 was the best and the worst. We all had it and thought we looked like the cat’s ass. And we did, in fact, look like a cat’s ass. We were so young. And dumb. P.S. I now have, “Do you really wanna hurt me?” stuck in my damn head. Curse you.
I’m so old that I wanted to marry Gage & DeSoto from Emergency. And they JUST came out with Dubble Bubble and it was a real innovation, although expensive at 25 cents for a package.
Cotton Ginny slouch socks! Banana clips! Neither i
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I think I had every colour of Cotton Ginny socks and wore my hair up in a banana clip everyday of junior high. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
I am feeling an odd sense of shock and horror that someone didn’t know who Boy George was!! And since I know everything in the post clearly I am old as well. Awesome.
We rock.
you completely killed it as Boy George! The people that didn’t know must have been the same ones that thought I was in the shower. Frigin young whippersnappers!
Oh god…at first I was crying that she didn’t recognize Boy George (which anyone could see you were), but by Duckie I was laughing.
Long live Macho Man Randy Savage. Poor Elizabeth. I weep for a world where Boy George is no longer a relevant part of the pop culture lexicon. *sob*
The 80s … i don’t remember them, they were so long ago.
I see ducky, but what about the breakfast club. Classic
I was working with a young guy and mentioned Fleetwood Mac… I nearly keeled over when he said who?? Fleetwood Freaking Mac!!! Your costumes are awesome… us oldtimers get it
Shock! How can anyone not know Boy George? And to confuse him with George Michael… be still my heart…
Hahaha, Captain Jack Sparrow! All I can picture is Michael Bolton signing that ridiculous song when I hear that now. Dee, you were excellent as Boy George! For me, seeing the Garbage Pail Kids made me laugh out loud. They were such a huge part of my youth and I was even looking over my old ones the other day
You know, because I’m Geeky and I Know It!
Oh my gosh, really??? I loved George
I do have to say that I must be older than you because some of your things are in my late, late teens. But alas, I do remember them all. Long live the ’80s 
Yup. True story. That is pretty much how it went down.
I may have been born in ’85 but whenever a women in their 80′s, 70′s, 60′s, 50′s, 40′s, etc take a moment to teach me a thing or two I stop & soak in every moment of the wisdom that they are willing to share. It’s crazy times these days and we all have a lot to teach each other. I’m glad that I know you, Dee. You impact me in positive ways more than I would ever say out loud. Send me a PM pre next BlissDom so we don’t have to have the awko taco convo again ;o)
We must be very close in age because I was so excited about all the pics you posted and might have to go watch Pretty in Pink soon. A teacher at work the other day didn’t know who Kurt Cobain was. KURT COBAIN!!! That was my OMG, I’m so old moment of the day.
Yes! Yes to it all! And you make a kick-ass Boy George.