even though she died two years before i was born, there were always tabloids in the grocery store about JonBenét Ramsey’s death and “new breaks in the case”. i would always stare at them and wonder who the pretty blonde girl was that died. surprisingly i didn’t know anything about 9/11 until grade school.
JonBenét’s murder is the first thing I really remember, news-story-wise. I actually refused to do pageantry because I thought that if I did, I was gonna get raped and murdered like she did. I still think it was her parents, too.
Michael Jackson’s Thriller video/movie coming out. It was a super big deal.
I always say Nixon/Vietnam, but I think that’s a memory of a story I was told. It’s probably really Jimmy Carter getting elected/1976 Olympics.
“I’m almost 50, and here is the best thing I have learned so far: every strange thing you’ve ever been into, every failed hobby or forgotten instrument, everything you have ever learned will come back to you, will serve you when you need it. No love, however brief, is wasted.” @louisethebaker on Twitter
I will be 50 in four days and this is verifiable fact.
Busting this out for the first time in over a year. Using my vax card to see the first game in the 🦈 Tank. We had tickets to see the Sharks v Coyotes on 3/29. Same team tonight, a little late. #sanjosesharks #hockey #thankyouscience #vaccinepassport https://www.instagram.com/p/COJcLMBhGh2/?igshid=rvyaokegwk46
Do you ever relisten to your favorite new wave synth pop from the 80s and realize what sounds like a plan was just someone having fun pushing all the buttons.