Today's blog challenge dealt with something I miss. The woman above is named Crematia Mortem & she was a host of a late-night creature feature show. There was also Uncle Ed. If I remember right, he was one the with the cats named Caffiena & Nicotina. I loved these shows. Tulsa had it's own.
Later there was USA's Up All Night & MonsterVision with Joe Bob Briggs. Fox had it's Werewolf show. I was a total B-Movie, horror buff. The stuff SyFy puts out isn't nearly as fun.
All through the 80's & well into the 90's I was at the theater nearly every weekend & often during the week. Movies were cheap & plentiful. There were Dollar Theaters & cheap concessions. I went to tons of concerts, because I liked the music & they were cheap. Those days are gone movies & concert are way too expensive to go to them like I used to.
I miss good malls. I was an 80's teen. Malls today are to crappy &/or family-centric. Malls were meant for teens. I miss the arcades & yes I know about game consoles, they're not the same. I miss being there all day with friends & having a blast. We'd start early in the morning on Saturday, take the bus to the mall & hang out literally all day. We'd shop, go to the arcade, sit in the food court, see movies, shop some more & eventually hit the midnight movie before heading home or to a teen club. Those days are gone.
The 90's brought in Cartoon Network, which I used to love, but the last vestige of real loyalty went out when they killed Toonami. I used to live to watch SciFi channel while it still played Dark Shadows, but then it dropped it's old line up & got prissy with a new name, SyFy.
There are other things I miss. I miss traveling, but now I'm like Hedwig & travelling exhausts me. I miss college & the parties. I miss the night clubs, not that I'd have the stamina to stay awake now. I miss some of my old friends from school who went to wherever. I wish them well. I miss being healthy.
Well, there's some of my nostalgia for you, what's yours?
Cya
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