Hump-day Top Five List

What with the long weekend and all, today doesn't feel QUITE as humpy as most Wednesdays, but hump-day is hump-day, and that means it's time for a top-five list. This week's topic: Trends of the '80s. Cast your mind back to those hallowed days of yore, when Reagan ruled the roost and the Russians were our biggest foreign enemy. What trends - fashion, music, political, or otherwise - really bring back the decade of excess for you? As a high school grad of '89, here's my list:

1. John Hughes movies, before they jumped the shark with Macaulay Culkin.
2. The new British Invasion: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, Spandau Ballet. That's some fucking MUSIC.
3. Rubber jelly bracelets. I typically wore them about 30 to each arm.
4. Insanely permed hair. Even I got perms, and my hair is naturally curly.
5. Acid-washed, ankle-zippered jeans, so tight you lost circulation in your feet.

OK, now that I've thoroughly dated myself, what's on your list?