I Lived the 80s (hardback)

<p class=ql-align-justify>Gen X is the forgotten generation. We made our own meals after school and Saturday mornings we got dirty played miles away from home with no way to reach us we told offensive jokes we built and jumped bike ramps broke bones and drank from garden hoses we had three network channels we didn't mediate with bullies--we kicked their asses we had land lines house phones and cordless phones that you could beat someone with <em>MTV</em> showed music videos Steven Spielberg and Michael Jackson ruled we knew who we were gonna call girls had big hair guys popped their collars there were clogs and penny loafers you chose Beta or <em>VHS</em> at the video store high school lunch could be hell we partied like it was 1999 teachers were off the wall we had nerds preps stoners burners geeks jocks we drank <em>Malt Duck</em> White Mountain wine coolers and <em>Mickey's Big Mouths</em> we got our permits at 15 and learned to drive on stick shift the malls were our hangouts. There was no Internet or social media.</p><p class=ql-align-center> </p><p>And we liked it.</p><p> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>(Oh yeah we also had AIDS terrorism crack racism homophobia subway shootings cocaine corrupt politicians pollution book banning political correctness TV preachers climate change stranger danger and <em>Can't Stop the Music</em>.)</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p><br></p>