big hair days

Today at work my co-workers and I started talking about Helix because I needed some music and the best CD was the Flaming Lips, but the others didn't like it so they streamed a new age station that wound up being a downer (a shock, I know), so then we started talking about Helix. I'm not sure why Helix was the band we talked about, but it started us searching for an '80s hair band station to stream.

For the rest of the afternoon we listened to a bunch of old favourites from our high school years (three of the four of us are around the same age). It was sort of weird to squeal with delight over "Talk Dirty To Me," "Shake Me," "Follow Your Heart" and "Crazy Train." Yet we did. It seemed like every song made one of us exclaim, "I love this song!"

Eventually the station wasn't enough. We started searching for videos on You Tube after I described the video for "Round and Round" by RATT because it made me think about crawling around on the receiving conveyor while the fan blew my hair. So we found that and various others, and were both pleased and disturbed that all of the ones we searched for were easily found.

Seriously, that Triumph song is awesome. And they have Stryper!

I said Paul Stanley was hot at one time while we watched "Heaven's On Fire." We watched an AC/DC video that I didn't know and discussed which songs the old and new singers sang. I shared the little trivia that CeCe DeVille was a hairstylist. It was a bonding kind of day.

The fourth co-worker is quite a bit younger than us and lamented how lucky we were to grow up with the music we did; she had N'Sync, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. No hair band is as embarrassing as N'Sync, even with Justin "bring the sexy back" Timberlake.

Also today:
1) I put some nearly expired yogurt in the freezer and had yummy frozen yogurt after dinner. It was so much better frozen than in the thin consistency it decided to be in the fridge.
2) Sears and the Bay are having ridiculous sales right now. I am extremely close to buying a new winter coat (need one for next year, so might as well get it at 50 - 70% off) and bought ladies intimates for prices close to thievery. Also got a cute polka dot dress on sale, even though it wasn't marked as such.
3) Instead of reading for class tomorrow, I helped my friend re-write his statement of intent for grad school (back east), which he seems to have decided to apply to at some point today after earlier deciding not to and missing the deadline at UBC. I also have never written a statement of intent for grad school, so this is even more hilarious. I suspect I should stay up and read now, but am not particularly interested in management at this moment.

I also kind of love strawberry soy milk today.

Currently listening :
Elastica
By Elastica
Release date: 14 March, 1995