Consider this: at what other age are you autonomous enough to meet the necessities, but young enough to lean on "not knowing any better" as a valid excuse. Your classroom is life and cannot be contained in a cinder block building. The four-year-old's chief responsibility is going outside to play.
That's how I remember four. But during that year...
- Nintendo makes its debut in Japan.
- The best personal computer produces 16 colors... for those with the money to afford it.
- Diet Coke had recently been released, adding fire to the ongoing cola wars.
- Nuclear activity from the USSR is a real threat.
- Thriller tops the charts, making Michael Jackson the most beloved celebrity in the music industry. The moonwalk is performed for the first time.
- The McNugget is introduced. McDonald's targets children with an aggressive advertising campaign.
- Darth Vader is unmasked, producing a house full of "Oooooohs" at the downtown movie theater. (Hayden Christensen had just turned two a month before.)
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Last week I watched "Midnight in Paris." It wasn't anything like the 3-sentence Redbox summary. Turns out, this chic-flick totally challenged me about living in the glory days. They talk about that mysterious "golden age" when life would have been perfect. Like I think living in a monastery would solve problems, or like sometimes I dream about a woodsy life more akin to Robin Hood or the elves in Tolkein. Like if I ride a horse in the woods with a hooded cape, then I must be problem-free. The cape seems to be the common theme! :) Or college. Always in my glory-days list. It's a good movie, if you're in the mood someday to choose the present instead.
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