“I gave her my heart. She gave me a pen.” Wiser words have never been spoken on the Big Screen, and if you’re a fan of John Cusack or the ’80s, those two short sentences speak volumes. They come from 1989’s Say Anything, which cued a perfect ending to the perfect Bubble Gum Decade. Yes, the ’80s. Atari. Bubble Yum. Cartoons. Star Wars. And the land of horrifically awful (yet I loved every single one) sitcoms. …
Everybody’s got a “Happy Place.” You know, that island in your mind you go to when you just need to get away and relax from the stress of life? Yeah, mine isn’t so much a place as it is a decade. I may have been born in the ’70s, but I grew up in the ’80s. I am most definitely a child of the Bubble Gum Decade. It’s crazy to me that it has been …
It’s a depressing time of year again. No, not the winter blues. I’m talking about the end of another football season. Sure, there’s one more Big Game left but that means I’ll just have to wait months and months for it to start up again. This past weekend, I didn’t want to miss a minute of the action! So to prepare for a diligent day of lounging on the couch, stuffing my face while watching …