Livin' in the 80s Month!

a few weeks ago, i decided i wanted to live an entire month confined to 1980s culture (for nothing other than my own personal kicks).
december was going to be too busy, so i settled on january & here we are, january 1st.
i rang in the new year last night with some footage from the countdown to 1984 & distressingly woke up with "she blinded me with science" in my head, fuck it. i hate that song. i mean, i hate that latest smash hit by thomas dolby.
i'll be updating this blog daily with how i'm going. here's the rules:

• movies/TV: i can only watch movies and TV shows that were released/aired during the 80s. watching qualifying shows/movies on free to air television is risky, as i can't watch the ads, so i'll likely be avoiding it altogether and just relying on my own collection (we've disconnected the aerial).
  
• music: i can only listen to music released during the 80s.
• books/magazines: i can only read books/magazines released/issued during the 80s.
• food/drink: i can only consume food and drink that was available in the 80s. it doesn't necessarily have to have been available in australia during the 80s, anywhere in the world will suffice (for instance, today i had bubble tea, which originated in taiwan in the 80s, but did not become available here until much later).
• video games: i'm a nintendo nerd, but we only have consoles from SNES onwards, so no video games for me. we have plenty of board games, though (unfortunately my all time favourite, the home improvement board game, will have to have the month off).
  
• technology: given how hard it was going to be to access enough old technology to get me through the month (signing up for a home phone again, obtaining playable VHS tapes etc.) & the fact that i wanted to keep an internet based record of this whole thing, i am giving myself a fair amount of leeway with this. my movies and tv shows are all either on DVDs or are avi files being watched through a usb stick connected to my set top box. i can only use the internet for work related reasons, for research purposes relating to this project (e.g. was cadbury top deck available in the 80s?), and for the purposes of updating this blog and my facebook regarding this project. my "home phone" is in fact my iphone, however i am banned from using it for anything other than phonecalls, and facebooking/internet relating solely to this project or work (i am rather upset that all my words with friends games are going to lapse!).
• news: i cannot watch any televised news, read a newspaper, or listen to radio. i can however read news from the 80s. my husband kyle is planning on printing a page of news from online archives every day for me to read.
  
• work: i work two jobs, one being as a pathology collector in a medical centre. i have my own room there & usually have talkback radio playing for background noise/entertainment/patient distraction. this will have to stay off for the month. i can't even play gold fm, because they play 90s music now (plus the news updates & ads are a problem). i don't anticipate other problems there, apart from patients talking to me about the news, as they sometimes do. my action plan if that happens is to just yell "LOOK, KITTY!" and point to the pictures of my kitties i have around. my other job is at a LUSH cosmetics store, the girls there have already been given the heads up & have pledged support to only play 80s cds when i'm rostered on, chaaaaaaamps! i sometimes need to use the internet to update our store's facebook page & this is allowed.
• language: i am awkwardly trying to incorporate 80s slang into my everyday vocabulary...so, ah, bag your face.

other rules/issues will be dealt with as they happen. day one's blog post to come in the morning!