Do these images look familiar?
And do you remember when...
...President Reagan was nibbling jelly beans in the Oval Office; acid-wash Guess jeans were really hot; Saddam Hussein was our FRIEND because we wanted him to win the Iran-Iraq War; Dustin Hoffman was on the cover of Time Magazine wearing a red sequined evening gown; Eastern Airlines still existed; Tab was a popular drink; no one had ANY IDEA that Darth Vader was Luke's father -- much LESS that Luke & Leia were (GASP!!)
siblings; Underoos were fun to wear; the Space Shuttle was a phenomenal new technology; we cooked Shrinky Dinks in the oven; 9-11 was just a phone number; we were all pretty darn sure we'd die in a Soviet nuclear attack; "The Brat Pack" was the newest thing in Hollywood; Benetton was in every mall; Friday Night Videos were cool; postage stamps were only twenty cents; Argentina & the UK were at war with each other in the Falklands; and the words "internet," "SUV," "e-mail," and "iPod" didn't exist...?
I remember
.
And I
also remember being told by my pediatrician that -- at 5'4" tall and 140 lbs -- I needed to lose 20 lbs. So in addition to everything listed above, 1982 was also the year that I learned (from a graduate of Harvard Medical School, no less) that 140 lbs was fat. Being only 10 years old at the time, and having no idea whatsoever how to lose 20 lbs, it is ALSO the year that I said to myself "I guess I'll just be fat forever."
It has taken me 23 YEARS to get back to 140 lbs. And -- being the kind of person who can hold a grudge for a while -- I would like to say the following to my Harvard-Medical-School-educated (and also deceased) pediatrician:
GUESS WHO'S 140 LBS. & LOOKIN' HOT, BUDDY???
Sorry
I just had to get that outta my system.
Do you remember 1982?
to you for making it to 140!!!!
.
