Sarcomical

When I Was In First Grade...

I looked like this:

Feathered hair is Hottt.

My principal was especially excited that year to be in the Business of Education:

"Look! I'm pointing to where we are RIGHT NOW! Right here! Doesn't that just BLOW. YOUR. MIND?!?"

Apparently, the Little House on the Prairie Look was sweeping the school:

Neck ruffles are the new black.

I began to nurture a blossoming love of expressing myself via LOTS OF WORDS. I may not have been able to write them all yet, but I could definitely say so many of them that I often drove my parents crazy:

Aaand, a future member of the blogging generation rears its chatty, TMI head.

This was my class:

Mrs. Bricker was sweet and pretty, and she wanted to move me up a grade or two because I was a smarty-pants extraordinaire. My parents decided to keep me with my age group, which was probably good. Funny to think I would not have met The Husband if this had changed, and my entire life would probably be different. That's creepy...

Another trend among many of the ladies was the classic "metal barrette with ribbons braided into it", with long ends trailing down to complete the effect:

I myself had several of these lovely accessories in various shades, so as to be able to coordinate them with any color palette. AWESOME.

I was super-cute. I'm just saying:

Three of the top songs this year I was in school were "Bette Davis Eyes", "Physical" and "Eye of the Tiger". Wow.

technorati tags: 1980's, 1981, 1982

One-Word Sarcomical Sunday #16: Good for Your Brains

You know this is a brain-soother for you...kind of like crossword puzzles or sudoku, or lining up the magazines in perfect squares on the coffee table. Oh...maybe that's just me obsessed with things being in precise piles. Ah, well! (To clarify: there can be loads and loads of stuff out, but it must all be in nice, square stacks or my brain gets all discombobulated.) So even though this is going up late on Sunday, you know you'll welcome the accomplishment you'll feel even if you're filling it out on Monday, or Wednesday, or next July.

*Here are the ground rules for the newbies:

1. After reading my answers, copy and paste the list into your comment.
   
2. Change my one-word responses with yours (yes, only ONE WORD, even if it hurts the most painful of hurts).
   
3. Submit your comment.
   
4. And hey, you can always post your finished list on your blog, too. (Yes, a post idea! You're welcome.) Enjoy.

You're Feeling: Sleepy
To Your Left: Papasan
On Your Mind: Completing
Last Meal Included: Scallops
You Sometimes Find it Hard To: Prioritize
The Weather: ENOUGH!
Something You Have a Collection of: Sputniks
A Smell that Cheers You Up: Mowing
A Smell that Can Ruin Your Mood: Windex
How Long Since You Last Shaved: Days
The Current State of Your Hair: Pinned
The Largest Item On Your Desk/Workspace Right Now (besides computer): Press
Your Skill with Chopsticks: Passable
Which Section You Head to First In the Bookstore: Periodicals
...and After That?: Photography
Something You're Craving: Community
Your General Thoughts On the Presidential Race: Hmmm...
How Many Times You've Been Hospitalized this Year: Zero
A Favorite Place to Go for Quiet Time: Bathtub
You've Always Secretly Thought You'd Be a Good: Vocalist
Something that Freaks You Out a Little: Worms
Something You've Eaten Too Much of Lately: Nuts
You Have Never: Camped
You Never Want To: Skydive