Monday, January 28, 2008

I love the 90's Part Deux

Ok, first it was the return of High waisted jeans. Please. No. No woman (unless she has the figure of H. Klum herself) looks good in these things. Let me help you-your rear end looks about the size of TEXAS in those things. Take. Them. Off. Forever. (Oh and to make matters worse, they are also tapering some of them again too. So not only does your rear look like the size of a State but you look like an ice cream cone with legs.) Lord.
Now?
I heard this on the radio (the news no less) today and I almost couldn't believe it.
It's the return of New Kids on the Block.
For real.
Now, it's not that I wasn't an "NKOTB" fan back in the day. I was a little bit older than most fans but we did dance to some of it in class, so that's my excuse. Really, it was great dance music- so there!
Anyway...it makes you think. Why *do* things come back around like they do? The mini skirt, the VW beetle, the large sedans, Candies shoes...what next, shoulder pads???
Maybe it's because we all want to remember back to a simpler time in our lives and each generation brings back those things they remember from childhood. I mean, they still play 70's and 80's music on many stations and, those of us of a certain age, we love it, right?
So if you care to share, what are some things you would like to see 'come back'?
Me? Decent sitcom TV. (a la Friends, Raymond, Will & Grace)
And, well, there was this ice cream topping (the name escapes me) that you put on your ice cream and it would harden. Not like a thin shell (they have that out now), but it made a thick layer of chocolate on top, like a lid almost. Now that can come back and I'll be happy. (Though my waistline certainly would not be happy to see it!)
Oh, and let's not forget that our program-the almost 40 year old "J" is still alive and kicking and always has been. It's no 'comeback kid' but it certainly does remind us all of simpler times and, maybe that's why folks return so often, even after years away. And, of course, the fact that it works!
And maybe, just maybe we will have some new "NKOTB" music to look forward to dancing to in the near future!

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