- I was over at Christy's yesterday, and she was talking about Mike Reno of Loverboy, and I remembered... back when I was a kid, I soooo wanted to be him. I thought he was the coolest. And I wanted a pair of red leather pants, like he had on the cover of that album, "Get Lucky." I never got the pants.
But. Back in those days, there were a few notable clothing purchases made simply because I wanted to be like the cool guy in the video...
OK, I remember this well, because it was hard to find a grey and purple striped tie. But I found one. After months of trolling the local Chess King [and whatever other hip young man mall stores were at the time], I managed to find what I was looking for. I found the damned tie. Why this particular tie? I wanted to be like the guys in this video for I Can Dream About You (and whoa, check out the young Diane Lane!). Yes, I know the guys in the vid didn't sing the song... I just wanted to cultivate that look.
Oh! And I also remember having a hard time finding a white tie and the right colored blue shirt... so I could be like Simon LeBon (well, all of Duran Duran, but I really wanted to be Simon) in the video for Is there something I should know? Yes indeed, I strutted around in my slick blue shirt and white tie (tucked in, of course, just like in the vid!).
Needless to say, neither of those looks really worked on me. I was still a big nerd. - I have problems saying the word "girl." Seriously. I don't have this problem with any other word, but when I try to say "girl," it sounds more like "gull." So, usually when I say that word, you'll hear me pause for a second, because I have to make a concious effort to enunciate the erl sound.
- Oh, hey, I just remembered this... apparently, I have a slight lisp. Sometimes. I personally have never noticed it, but then again, I never listen to what I'm saying. (most other people don't, either... lol)
- Oh yeah, this is a good one that I always seem to forget... I was raised as a Catholic. I even went to CCD as a kid (as an adult, I can't even remember what CCD stands for, but I know it was like, religion classes at night for kids... or something like that). The only thing I remember from CCD was that once, we were asked to draw what we thought God looked like. My God looked like a sailor in his dress whites, for some reason.
Obviously, I'm not religious any more, but my mother still is. Like, she goes to church multiple times a week. And she makes sure that I have rosary beads in my car. But me? I never really "bought" religion. I distinctly remember that, even at a young age, I was having problems reconciling the story of Noah's Ark. I mean, really, two of everything? Everything? On one boat? Really? Nawwwww! From there, the rest just fell apart. For me, anyway.
Well, that's 50 out of my 100. Whooaaaaah, we're halfway there.
Posted by mikey at 10:02 AM. Filed under: 100 Things •
