"I Had the Time of My Life..."

Our Revolution Ministry Appreciation 80's prom has quickly been hitting the blog-waves, as I see that Trotter and Bobby both have Prom-postings up. No worries...I have an added bonus for you later. Sunday night was bumpin with sounds of drum-machines and synthesizers as we hit the dance floor. Yep...this was an era of extravagance. More makeup, more hair, more fabric! I still wonder how we made it out of that decade alive, and why we choose to still revisit the hideousness. I remember a time when I wanted my wedding colors to be peach and teal, when I owned a pair of pink legwarmers, and when...sadly...I knew all the words to "Kharma Chamelion."

With that being said, I felt very appreciated for the work I've done at Revolution in my short time there. It's clear that the MANY volunteers that serve each week look forward to these events from time to time, and I can see why. Rev's staff is crazy, and we LOVE it! In between a great dinner and dance contests, we did have time to snap a few pics (thanks, Stephanie!)

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"...Bridget, Steph, Rachel and me.

And, the LBC Life Group gang (or...our nostrils, at least.)

BONUS TIME!
YOU MIGHT BE A CHILD OF THE 80's IF...

You remember Don Johnson when he was "cool" ('specially in that white suit!)
You know who shot J.R
You owned at least one skinny leather tie.
Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick.
You wore L.A. Gear tennis shoes.
You know the meaning of Wax on/Wax Off
If you can "See Better" with sunglasses that have paint splattered all over the lenses.

You can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in you.
You need a shopping cart to carry your personal stereo with you.
You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before the surgery.
You go rollerskating every Friday night (not to skate, but to 'hang out')
You still want to take Karate...(after you move to California)

"Outrageous!" is the term to describe something neat and cool
There was nothing to question about Bert n' Ernie living together
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
You went out and purchased the sound track for 'Miami Vice'
You remember the magazines of song lyrics
If you think Hulk Hogan is the best wrestler of all time.

Two words: The Clapper.
Six words: "This is your brain on drugs."
You want to live in 'the Valley'.
Ferris Bueller was your idol.
You watched 'Star Search' on a regular basis.
Every now and then, you blurt out: "Ooh noo, Mr. Bill!!!"
If you had an entire wardrobe of Esprit clothing (or coveted one.)
Your bangs are teased perfectly to 7 inches above the rest of your hair.
Have multi-colored earrings that touch your shoulders
You wore lace gloves with the fingers cut off, bangle bracelets up to your elbows,
bright red Reebok high tops and parachute pants to a school dance

You're still bitter that WHAM broke up
You know whose phone number is 867-5309
You drink Diet Coke because Max Headroom told you to
You still watch things on Beta tapes
You have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts
Everything in your wardrobe is either pastel or fluorescent

You know all the words to "I'm just a bill, sitting up on Capitol Hill" and "School House Rock."
The feeling in your thumb is only now just returning after holding down the Atari joystick to control the racecar in Enduro Racer
You still can't believe that Milli Vanilli was deceiving you all that time
You still wear a bandana tied around your leg and/or a ponytail off-center on the side of your head.
You still carry your boom box on your shoulder
A piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune.
You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.

You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut.
You thought a Commodore 64 was the highest technology available
You want to be "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"
One Phrase, "The Plane, The Plane"
You can name at least three members of the Brat Pack
Still think banana clips were a godsend
Still wear Wet n' Wild makeup
If your idea of hi-tech toys is still the heat-sensitive color-changing sticker on Transformers
If you remember Bruce Willis from Moonlighting, not Die Hard
You still wear your "Members Only" jacket.

You had snap bracelets
You remember when Pee-Wee wasn't a pervert.
You had had five pairs of socks on at any given time
You still think Donkey Kong can beat Mario up
If you still have your scratch-n-sniff sticker collection
If you remember when you heard that drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks would make your stomach asplode
You still play with that CASIO SK-1 Keyboard (literally...I just gave mine away last year.)