Hi, my name is _______, and I'm a/an ________ survivor.

[Jammies]

Hi, my name is Jammies, and I'm a "Hee-Haw" survivor. My dad used to line me and my brothers up on the couch every Saturday night and subject us to an hour of cheese-laden, 1970s country music.

*sobs*

[Mary]

My name is Mary and I am a Sing along with Mitch Miller survivor. Just follow the bouncing ball!

[Angel]

Hi, my name is Angel and I'm a Lawrence Welk survivor. Dear gods...the polkas...the bubbles... Sorry, flashbacks.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Dear God, Ko. I couldn't stand more than about ten minutes of Cats, watching a DVD of it.
Those are NOT CATS. They are scary Broadway dancers.

[Angel]

Very, very scary...and often annoying.

[Jammies]

*hugs Mary and Angel and Jackie and Ko*

You brave, brave women!

[Félix]

I'm Larry, and I'm a 60s survivor.

[Angel]

Now... this is important, Larry. How old were you during *whispers* THAT decade

[Félix]

Oh very young. :)

[Angel]

Good! Then you've escaped with just some strange memories that seem like bizarre dreams. :D

[Félix]

Koeeoaddi wrote: "Larry wrote: "Oh very young. :)"

But, that song came out in the early 70s. ;)"

Yeah I also survived the 70s.

[Pat]

My name is Pat and I am a survivor of 12 years of catholic school (complete with nuns and harsh discipline).

[Helena]

Pat wrote: "My name is Pat and I am a survivor of 12 years of catholic school (complete with nuns and harsh discipline)."

I feel your pain Pat- I’m a Catholic school survivor too. :D

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm having awful, awful flashbacks.

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[Janice]

Koeeoaddi wrote: "Hi, Jammies, I'm Ko and I survived a live performance of Cats. The whole two hours and fifty-five minutes.

*shudders at the memory*"

I survived Rum Tum Tugger nibbling on my ear while he sang at the Cats performance I went to.

[Janice]

Were you on the dating game, LG???

[Janice]

I'm Janice and I survived Hockey Night in Canada.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

No, fortunately. It was on my TV.

[[deleted user]]

Hi, my name is Clark and I'm a disco survivor and proud to say I've never worn a silk shirt or tight polyester trousers, danced the hustle, owned a copy of "Saturday Night Fever," or thought to myself, "You go, girl" while listening to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive."

Get down, boogie oogie oogie...

[[deleted user]]

Ha! It doesn't matter what you say now Clark, the image I have of you will be in a silk shirt and tight polyester pants.

[Jammies]

*notices that Clark didn't say that he didn't wear gold chains around his neck*

[[deleted user]]

Jammies wrote: "*notices that Clark didn't say that he didn't wear gold chains around his neck*"

Memo to myself: Add gold chains, platform shoes, helmet hair, and really bad cologne to the list.

[Jim]

Larry wrote: "Koeeoaddi wrote: "Larry wrote: "Oh very young. :)"

But, that song came out in the early 70s. ;)"

Yeah I also survived the 70s."

How about the 80s, did you survive them?

[Félix]

I most especially did survive the 80s. Each of these decades was formative for my life. They have made me what I am today. For better or worse.

[Sarah]

I saw Cats on Broadway when I was eight. I think that is exactly the right age to enjoy it.

[Jammies]

Barb wrote: "... evolution ..."

Ya say you wanna evolution, well ya know...

Clark, I bet you had all of those things back in the day.

[Kevin]

hi, i'm kevin and i'm a full package of pop rocks in the mouth survivor

[Jammies]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "hi, i'm kevin and i'm a full package of pop rocks in the mouth survivor"

With or without soda?

[~Geektastic~]

Hi, I'm Amber and I'm a my-mom-is-southern-baptist-and-my-dad-is-an-atheist survivor.

[[deleted user]]

Hi I'm Gail and I'm a survivor

[Jammies]

Gail «Cyborg» wrote: "Hi I'm Gail and I'm a survivor"

The suspense is killing me!

[[deleted user]]

Haha oooops. I forgot to put in the full stop. ::sigh::
I'm just surviving, period.

[Jammies]

Ooooh, you're a birth survivor! You poor dear. *brings tea and cookies for Gail*

[[deleted user]]

Thank you Jammies. ::breaths in the aroma of the tea:: Mmmmmmm.

[[deleted user]]

Jammies wrote: "Barb wrote: "... evolution ..."

Ya say you wanna evolution, well ya know...

Clark, I bet you had all of those things back in the day."


Nuh-uh!

[Lisa]

I feel like I've survived everything.

My dad used to randomly shout at me as I walked through the living room, "You have to watch this!" and make me sit down and watch the movie from the middle. This was in the days pre-VCR and pre-cable (really!), where having a movie on TV was a rare and wondrous thing. Though we did pay HBO to put a giant three-story antenna on our roof so we could get HBO and nothing else. The movies on the dad "You have to watch this!" list ranged from The Jerk (okay, I love it to this day) and Blazing Saddles (somehow I always managed to escape) to The Ten Commandments (which was always on during Easter week). Survived them all. And another Dad favorite, UHF, as well.

I have also survived Smurfs, legwarmers, pegged jeans, puffy sleeves, floral prints, The Neverending Story, junior high, high school, college at a large and soulless state school, grad school, writing a dissertation, Oregon winters 2003-2010, huge swaths of unemployment, dating a painter, dating an actor, my mother's death from lung cancer, and...oh my god, what the hell is going on with the legwarmers, pegged jeans, puffy sleeves, and floral prints? NEVER AGAIN!

[Janice]

Oh Lisa! Be grateful you never had to wear bell-bottoms. I remember the ones that were tight to the knee and then flared out with copious amounts of fabric.

[Jammies]

Lisa, we've lived through a lot of things, and I'd have to add *shudder* gauchos to your list. What did we do to be punished by having to live through '70s fashions twice?

[RandomAnthony]

Lisa, aren't you from Minnesota? Why would Oregon winters be a challenge after Minnesota winters?

[Cara]

I'm Cara and I survived the 60's. I even made it through Woodstock!

[Jammies]

Hi Cara, and welcome to TC!

[Cara]

I'm not new but thanks for the welcome.

[Jammies]

Oops, my apologies. Welcome back? :)

[Zen]

Hi my name is Zen and I'm a trip-hop lady.

[ms.petra]

Clark wrote: "Jammies wrote: "*notices that Clark didn't say that he didn't wear gold chains around his neck*"

Memo to myself: Add gold chains, platform shoes, helmet hair, and really bad cologne to the list."

what about a "members only" jacket or parachute pants, Clark?
I survived the 80's, just barely ;)

[Félix]

Welcome back trip-hop lady.

[Zen]

Larry wrote: "Welcome back trip-hop lady."

Why thank you, Crabby-Crusty-I-Love-Larry!

[Félix]

:)

[[deleted user]]

ms.petra wrote: "what about a "members only" jacket or parachute pants, Clark?"

I remember them both, but never owned either. I think my dad had a "Members Only" jacket, albeit a conservative one.

I did, however, own a couple of horizontally-striped t-shirts.

[Michele]

I'm Michele and I am a survivor of the unending multiplicity of stupid reality shows.