Pumping Iron has one of the most absurd, ridiculous, inappropriate, scratch your head and say "huh..." quotes of all time. For propriety and decency reasons I won't publish it here. Anyone who remembers the movie I'm sure remembers the quote - about feeling the burn in the muscle, or "the pump" as Arnold describes it.
My Quick Smells Like French Toast.
I forgot to mention...I saw the movie 'Center Stage' in the theater, and I continue to thoroughly enjoy it.
.......that I read all these and have nothing to add.
...but I'm just curious what everyone thinks about this:
Should I be embarrassed that I'm 32 years old and I play more video games than my kids, or that I've read or viewed and enjoyed all the Harry Potter books and movies NOT screening them for the kids, but for my own enjoyment (since my kids won't be old enough to read them for another almost 10 years)? Thinking about it does make me feel a little embarrassed.
If you should be embarrassed by this, then I should, too. I'm older than you and have no kids, but I have read all the Harry Potter books and own all of the movies. I also play some video games (I am a big Zelda fan).
Personally, I think that the Harry Potter books are great. I know lots of adults that read and enjoy them.
I just downloaded the pilot of Gossip Girl.
....that I take pride in the fact that this thread has gotten long enough for the "Last Page" icon to appear??? I think its the first time this has happened to one of my threads on here, woohoo!
I owned a Pulsar doll...
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Hey, that toy rocked in the 80s. You could press a button in his back and see his heart beat, lungs expand, and blood flow throughout the torso.
Also, you could open up his face and put a colorful plastic disk in his head. This gave him some kind of super power, I think.
Now that I think about it. What the HELL!?
-EarlJam
I wonder if the embarrassment is a guy thing? I'm thoroughly proud of the awesomely bad movies, tv, and music I enjoy. I actually made a mix CD entitled "songs that are embarrassing to listen to with your windows down"- because I find it's liberating to embrace your inner bad taste and bop along to some classic milli vanilli or new kids on the block, or sing a journey or chicago ballad at the top of your lungs.
anyway, tv shows- 90210, the OC, real world (and all related reunions and challenges)
movies- drumline, bring it on, cruel intentions, you got served, center stage. I'm a sucker for dance-themed movies, no matter how awful they are. and when drumline comes on tv (which it does every couple of weeks), I watch it until the end. even though I own it.
music- well, anything I listened to growing up (80s-90s) I still like. that includes the standard belinda carlisle/richard marx/madonna phase, the hair band years (warrant, whitesnake, skid row, etc), 90s R&B like bobby brown and bell biv devoe, and finally, the late 90s boy band era. I just dug out my favorite def leppard album and put it into the rotation last week. good stuff.
I actually think Living La Vida Loca is kind of a groovy song.