Sassy Black Friend

Home from the Holidays

The best part of holiday craziness is when it is finally over. As a serious New Year’s Eve hater, I am done. Nothing particularly interesting happened while I was shuttling my ass up and down the Northeast Corridor, thank goodness.

Saturday the boyfriend and I hid in my apartment, eating stale cookies and watching movies. That was good times. I convinced him to watch my 5 favorite “girl” movies from the 80′s (cable was out). The results?

Heathers
Even better than I remember. “I don’t patronize bunny rabbits.” I’ve owned the DVD for years but didn’t really watch it. That’s a shame. Smoking, screwing, killing. Actual high school was so disappointing for me.

Breakfast Club
Pretty good still. Fantastic music. Still don’t get why everyone thought putting on lipstick from cleavage is so gross. Stupid, but not gross.

Pretty Woman
Wow, I kind of hate this movie now. Worked much better when I was 12. Came out in 1990, but it is 80′s. Boyfriend was shocked that my parents let me see it. Hell, we rented it almost every week. They always were clueless.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Don’t get me started. Gotta love a dance movie. Terrible moves, hair and clothes. Yikes. But, now I have “dancing in heaven I never thought I’d ever get my feet this far…” stuck in my head forever.

Dirty Dancing
Yeah, more dancing. Ah, the halcyon days of illegal abortion. Sigh. While typing this I’m seeing a commercial for an interview with Patrick Swayze. Seems like he’s doing well after the dire diagnosis.