Don't knock the good ole days

I got to thinking about all the old TV shows and things we youngins had to entertain ourselves with as kids of the 70s and 80s. I myself was born in '68. There wasn't a whole helluva lot to do for fun back then. Well, not what kids of today would consider fun, anyway. There was no cable TV, no internet, no computers for that matter, no CDs, no IPods, no PDAs or whatever the fuck they're called, no cell phones, no playstation and X-Box (Commodore 64 anyone?), no nothing. We had TV like the Donny & Marie Show, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy (anyone remember ZOOM???).... everything was sugar & spice, everything nice.



Kids could run around the neighborhood after dark without a worry or second thought. The only drug to worry about was pot, and what's wrong with a little pot among friends? Then cable TV came along, and, to me, the greatest thing ever known to man: MTV. I watched that shit 24/7 for like 3 days straight when it first came out. Now it sucks ass, I haven't watched it in at least 10 years. I discovered rock & roll, and I LIKED IT. I remember my first favorite bands being Aerosmith & Def Leppard. Then got into Zeppelin, etc. Oh yeah, times were a-changin.

I was a great student before I turned into a defiant teenager. After I turned 13, I started doing such way-cool things as smoking, wearing makeup, learning the art of "big hair" and spandex and throwing in an occasional swear word. It was all downhill from there. Still, there was no worry of AIDS, of being kidnapped, tortured and killed by a sexual deviant, none of that.

It just blows my mind thinking about how much has changed in the 30 years between being 7 and being 37. The thought of even having a kid terrifies the shit out of me. If my kid turned out anything like I was, there would be hella trouble, and my blood pressure's too high as it is. One of just wouldn't make it :o)

So, I think I'm just gonna get me a dog, be happy, maybe find a guy to spend some time with, and continue to just go with the flow and see what happens next. I tend to not like being tied down too long - I was with my ex (including dating and marriage) for 14 years, and by then I was craving something new. I guess I'm just a free spirit and don't want to be too tied down. Mind ya, I wouldn't mind having love in my life and all that jazz - just don't think I'm up for the whole marriage thing again - at least not right now. I can do what I want, when I want, how I want. Holidays are a bit lonely, but I'm vowing to venture away from my TV and beer-filled fridge and get out there and well, do some stuff!