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by Sheri White The year 1986 brought a lot of changes to my life. I was with Mitch now, a Marine stationed at the 8th and I Barracks in DC. I had met him in Georgetown at a bar called “Annie’s” and although together less than a year, we got engaged a year to . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) Share
by Sheri White In the Summer of 1981 (my favorite summer in my teen years), Kevin and I were on-again. However, my mom caught us making out on the porch one night and I wasn’t allowed to see him anymore. Right. It was really hard for her to enforce that since she worked full-time . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: The Shining (1980) Share
by Sheri White December of 1981 was a heady time for me. Kevin and I had been on-again since November, and he and I went to my school’s Christmas dance. This was my first semi-formal dance, and I was so happy and excited. I wore a beautiful light purple dress with a dark purple . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Neighbors (1981) Share
by Sheri White In early Fall of 1982, Marybeth and I (and a few other friends) were working at a local amusement park called Wild World. What cooler place was there for a teenager to work? It was a brand new park, so there weren’t many rides yet. It did have the largest wave . . . → Read More: It Came from the ’80s: Where Were You in ’82? Share
by Sheri White The Summer of 1981 was the best summer of my teen years. My on-off relationship with Kevin the Lifeguard was on again, I didn’t need to get a job yet, MTV debuted, and most of my time was spent at the pool (although Kevin was no longer a lifeguard) or watching . . . → Read More: It Came From the 80s: Stripes and the Art of Popcorn Throwing! Share
By Sheri White In the summer of 1987, I flew to Texas to visit with my dad. I was married to the Marine at the time, but he had been to deployed to Okinawa (I did get to go visit him there; it was very cool). I was lonely a lot, though, and needed . . . → Read More: It Came From the 80s: What Do You Get When You Mix Pizza, Beer, and… The Fly? Share
by Sheri White In July of 1985, I had been seeing John for about a year. He was cute, very nerdy (majoring in computer programming), very possessive, and usually got his own way about stuff. For instance, movies. I don’t remember seeing many movies I wanted to see while we were dating; they were . . . → Read More: It Came From the 80s: How Valley Girl, Like, Totally Cured My Broken Heart! Share
by Sheri White If you’ve been reading my essays, you’d think that I only saw movies with boys when I was a teenager. Not so! One of my best friends, Marybeth, and I saw The Exorcist together at a midnight movie. We worked together, with some of our other friends, at an amusement . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: How ‘The Exorcist’ Corrupted Two Catholic School Girls! Share
by Sheri White During my Senior year of high school, I was seeing someone named Kevin (not the Kevin from Friday the 13th) who had gone to Marine Corps boot camp after Christmas. I missed him, and hated not having a date on the weekends, but hey – I was dating a Marine. . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983) Share
by Sheri White (Editor’s Note: If you haven’t seen the original Friday the 13th (what’s wrong with you?!?), and you don’t want to know how a major character dies or how the movie ends, beware… here there be spoilers…) At the tender age of 14, I met my first love. His name was . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Friday the 13th (1980) Share
by Sheri White I have a first-date story that can top many others’ first-date stories. I saw what was essentially a porn film with a guy named Mark. I did not do this on purpose; however, I don’t know if Mark knew what the film was about. Really, for all my partying and . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Midnight Movie Memories, Or Why Caligula Makes For an Awkward First Date! Share
by Sheri White When I was a teen back in the early 80s, I loved going to horror movies (I still do). Guys I dated loved this because I wasn’t dragging them to “chick flicks.” And of course I would bury my face in my date’s shoulder or cling to his arm. Win-win . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Movie Review – Happy Birthday to Me Share
Here’s a guest post from Sheri White. You can (and should) check out her blog “Chaos and Contentment” here. This post is a personal essay about her experience growing up as a teen in D.C. during the 80′s. Sheri’s depiction of this time is honest, raw, and full of the white-hot truth-telling that erupts . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Movie Review – Liquid Sky (1982) Share |
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