Monday, July 18, 2005

Bowling for Soup

Damn Internet problems kept me down during the weekend. Spent yesterday afternoon trying to figure it out and couldn’t. I have wireless connection through a Linksys router but can’t really do much online unless I go ‘wired’ through the modem or ‘wired’ through the router. I thought it could now be my Linksys wireless PCMCIA card, but my Mac (housing an Airport card) is having the same difficulties as my laptop.

I need to figure this out or just say screw wireless and crawl under the house and ‘get wired’. But for the past five years I’ve had no real problems. There’s got to be something in the air that is interfering or someone else is going through my connection. I enabled security so they’d need to know the password to get online. Nothing is working. I hate the Internet.

Back to the daily life of things that pass you by. That being the year 1985. This song could be my Mantra, except I’m not a girl and I’m cool. But the rest rings true and boy, does this song nail it on the head.

Bowling for Soup 1985 Lyrics
Woo-hoo-hoo

Woo-hoo-hoo

Debbie just hit the wall
She never had it all
One Prozac a day
Husbands a CPA
Her dreams went out the door
When she turned twenty four
Only been with one man
What happen to her plan?

She was gonna be an actress
She was gonna be a star
She was gonna shake her ass
On the hood of White Snake's car
Her yellow SUV, is now the enemy
Looks at her average life
And nothing, has been, alright

Since Bruce Springstein, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

Woo-hoo-hoo

1985

Woo-hoo-hoo

She's seen all the classics
She knows every line
Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink
Even Saint Elmo's Fire
She rocked out to wham
Not a big Limp Biscuit fan
Thought she'd get a hand
On a member of Duran Duran

Where's the mini-skirt made of snake skin
And who's the other guy singing in Van Halen
When did reality, become T.V.
What ever happen to sitcoms, game shows

On the radio was

Springstein, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

Woo-hoo-hoo

She hates time, make it stop
When did Motley Crue become classic rock?
And when did Ozzy become an actor?
Please make this stop!
Stop!
Stop!

And bring back

Springstein, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she's still preoccupied
With 1985

Bruce Springstein, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

I identify with this like you wouldn't believe and I'm sure a ton of 30 somethings do as well.

Remember when we were not even 20 somethings and we were watching "Thirty Somthing"??? I guess I can identify with those characters now. How that all seemed so 'fantasy like.' Living the fantasy isn't as easy as represented in the tv show.

I treated myself to a DVD collection this weekend.

After Jake and I went to the Car Show on Brand we went to Barnes & Noble and I couldn't resist the packaging of: "The Fantastic Four Animation Series" The inside is really cool. I love the four disc display when you open it up. Each DVD has the image of one of the FF members. I watched the first episode on the first DVD... It's kinda - eh... but I still like it. I am going to buy the Spiderman animation series from 2003 and the X-Men one as well. Love those.

Jake put some headphones on and it just so happens the Revenge of the Sith soundtrack was on. He was hooked and wanted to listen to it over and over again. I wasn't forced, but I bought it for him because he was so into it. I remember being like that with the theme song back in 5th grade. He's only in Kindergarten. He's way ahead of me. :)

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