Livin' in the 80s Month: Day Two

movies:

• war of the roses (1989) i remember all the bitter divorcées of my childhood loving this movie. divorce/unhappy marriage was seemingly all the rage in the 80s. i am not a bitter divorcée, but i love this movie. michael douglas is grody to the max, but kathleen turner is one righteous babe.
• mr. mom (1983) ahhhh, this was so cute! written by john hughes. martin mull is in it, always a plus.

tv shows:

• married...with children (1987-97) season 1, eps 1-6. i grew up with this show, so it's pretty rad that 3 & 1/2 seasons aired in the 80s, so i can watch them this month. bitchin'! i remember my dad, brother & i loved it & didn't miss an episode, while my mum hated it & grumbled in the background. al bundy is hands down one of the greatest tv characters of all time. it's good straight off from the pilot episode too, most shows take at least half a season to get into the swing of things. uh, tubular.
• freddy's nightmares (1988-90) season 1, ep 1. this show was a spin-off from the nightmare on elm street movies & is an anthology show, like the twilight zone. the first episode was about how freddy became freddy basically & was a bit slow moving. from what i know of it, most of the stories don't actually involve freddy. maybe it gets better, or maybe it's a pile of crap, we'll see.

music:

• the human league's dare (1981) while i cooked dinner. i seriously considered phil oakey-ing my hair for this month (i still kind of want to).

food & drink:

• eggs & avocado on multigrain & a cappuccino for breakfast.

• shin ramyun noodles for lunch.

• smiths crinkle cut chips.

• spinach & potato patties and avocado w/ raspberry vinaigrette for dinner. both are recipes from my trusty margaret fulton book of vegetarian cooking (1989). i made the avocado dish just because it looked like the most hilariously 80s thing in there, but it was actually completely awesome. stoked. margaret fulton looks alive on the back cover of this book, far more pleasant than the zombie apocalypse cardboard stand that haunted me in coles all last year.

challenges/comments:

spent the entire day vegged out at home, safe from outside influences.

i miss my 5:30 eddie mcguire fix. i wish i had some episodes of sale of the century or wheel of fortune to tide me over. i don't think i ever would've crushed on tony barber like i do on eddie, though. burgo on the other hand...