Frosty Days In The Texas Hill Country

Flashlight54-007Hooray! For the first time since May, the temperature got below 90 degrees! It was in the SIXTIES this morning. I’m wearing a 3/4 length sleeve! Who knew putting on more clothes could be so liberating? In addition, we got 27 drops of rain, more than most of summer. I think I see a puddle!

Blowing In The Wind

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In case you didn’t know, the Denton High School marching band is awesome. Their jersey shirts tell you so.

Hard work, perseverance, and dedication will take this band all the way to state. It doesn’t hurt that Alan can really blow. Bronco85016

Jill and Dana are just happy to have an excuse to skip family Uno night each Friday. Jill gets her rebellion on by donning the purple eye shadow that Mom says makes her look like a Runaround Sue, and Dana has splashed her entire being with Jean Nate in an effort to entice Alan. And after the game, it’s endless Capri Suns and Fritos with bean dip!

Bronco85015If Alan is oblivious as usual, maybe she can spark some interest from Josh. Who wouldn’t want to be around Josh, when his enthusiasm is so palpable?

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All Hail The Dork King

Hear ye, hear ye! All ye dweebs and jocks, preppies and new-wavers! All hail the dork king, astride his steed (which resembles a dragon, an homage to his Dungeons and Dragons skills).

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1985 DHS

I played my drum for Him, pa rum pum pum pum.

Bronco85021The crowd goes nuts! A damsel with a parasol tosses Brach’s candies as a sign of support for the new regime!

Bronco85022Competition to be his queen is fierce! Tammy gives him a wink while shamelessly putting her crafty crepe paper skills on display. bronco85023

Bonnie Tyler lyrics run through her head. She can hardly keep her wits about her.

Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need!

Not to be outdone, Travis plunges through her crepe paper mayhem, as though lassoed by her wiles. bronco85024

No need to hold out for a hero any longer, Tammy! I am here with my hairless chest and my peachfuzz ‘stache at your command!

Whom shall she choose?

Cloudy With A Chance That One Of You Drove A Camaro Z28

Who could it be now? Ted, Shawn, or Michael?
Bronco85011It’s a tough call, but my money’s on Shawn. I can see the rumpled Code Bleu jacket in the back seat, next to a can of New Coke, a ticket stub for Rambo: First Blood II, and an empty Dokken cassette case. You rock so hard, Shawn.

While we’re at it, who’s the proud owner of that black Trans-Am that always screeches into the roller rink near closing time, scouting pubescent girls in banana clips and Esprit blouses?

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Is it Ben, Larry, or Franswya? Ben is bringing the preppy Blaine vibe, but I heard he drives a totally rad Ford Bronco. Larry is not allowed to operate heavy machinery until he’s done participating in the clinical trial, so it must be Fran, giddy as heck.

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I do hope that Franswya is not an alternate way of spelling François, but either way, he’s in his 40s now, so he’s at peace with the name. It’s not quite as unsettling to me as boys named Kameron, but like the overrated movie Frozen (really, what was the BIG deal?), I’ll let it go. Let’s focus instead on Bob.

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What about Bob? I don’t care if those keys are to his Porsche 944, I’m not going. I’m taking the school bus home today.

 

Daft Redneck

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We’re up all night to the sun
We’re up all night to get some
We’re up all night for good fun
We’re up all night to get lucky

( from “Get Lucky” 2014 Grammy Record of the Year)

 

Even Corey Hart Wouldn’t Wear These At Night

I don’t need to tell you from which decade this new yearbook hails, do I, peeps? Kiss could shout it, shout it out loud. Oh, how this new yearbook score is laden with delicious 80s-ness! No wiggin’ out over wars to protest or lame women’s rights. Just the sweet self-indulgence of excess. I truly hope that these two hotties (Joel and Tim) are alive and have access to WordPress, because who would not want to revisit his starry-eyed Captain-sans-Tenille, Magnum P.I.-Hawaiian-shirt look? Not I.

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