what's old is new...and apparently cool....

first, sorry i haven't posted in a while. three kids, full time house, full time job....excuses, excuses....

so the other day the family and i were at the mall. we were taking daddy shopping for his birthday presents. (see, this lack of planning and extra time extends in to all parts of my life...not just the blog) anyways, little mama and the boy are HUGE fans of where the wild things are. not just b/c of the movie, but because they love the story. but they had this really cool set up of WTWTA merchandise and dolls etc. in the window at urban outfitters. so we went in. all this leads up to the title of the post...

apparently, my past (and that of all you thirtysomethings) is already coming back to haunt us....

in the mens t-shirt section we encountered shirts like these:

yes, thats right, cobra (of g. i. joe fame) and gizmo!

oh wait, there's more.....

Teenage Muntat Ninga turtles....heros on the half shell...turtle power! Ok, the GI Joe movie just came out, so I can see that. And Gizmo, well, that's almost a cult movie. But really, there was not much redeeming value in any of the TMNT cartoons or movies.....

And then we saw this.....

and i knew. I knew there was no WAY anyone who wasn't actually a child of the 80's bothered with the thundercats....nope. And also given that early to mid-30's is not exactly the demographic that urban outfitters is shooting for, I had my worst fears confirmed. The 80s are becoming a trend, a retrp-trend. Which may make me count as "old" more than any numerical indicator could.

And if I was still uncertian....the look that the young hipster boys in the pencil-thin, acid-wash jeans were giving husband and I was we remembered the shows from the various shirts was the final nail in my "cool" coffin.

Oh well, one less thing to worry about! Ha!