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In celebration of their birthdays, Nguyet and Sarah decided to have a joint, 80's prom themed shindig.

This is amusing because they're barely old enough to really remember most of the 80s first hand. Thankfully there are numerous films to catch you up on the best and worst of the decade.

I, of course, didn't manage to pull together anything near what I had hoped for. Couldn't even find the right pair of sunglasses when I finally had time to run around to do some shopping on the Friday before the shindig. Ended up just going with a sport coat, solid white t-shirt, and jeans. (And a Rubik's Cube and first generation Game Boy.)

The music was mostly decade-specific, but with some modern favorites (of the birthday girls, not particularly mine) and a lot of fun. From my "I do remember the 80s in full" point of view, there were bunches of "standard" songs that were missing from the play list, but there's only so much you can squeeze into seven or so hours of party.

Maybe I'll put together my own 4 or 6 hour "Kier Remembers the 80s" playlist. I think I can half fill it right off the top of my head and I'm sure browsing the Billboard Number One hits of the 80s would jog more out of my aging brain.

The night, though it got off to a rough start (left my wallet and belt at home), the night was fantastic and a tremendous amount of fun.

I'll have to remember to pick up some decade appropriate wigs and costume bits if/when I see them (or next Halloween). That way I'll be ready for the next time this comes up.

As is too often the case, I'm getting off to a late start in the new year.

The good news is, this time around, it's because I've been busy and distracted with mostly good stuff.

But now, just over two weeks into not only the new year but a whole new decade, it's time to look back a little and forward a lot. Especially in all things Durosian.

For those of you just joining us, "Durosia" is this whole virtual "empire" of mine. I've been building it on and off for the better part of 15 years. First as little bits of free webspace here and there in college, then as it's own piece of Internet real estate. Durosia.com is the capital, all of my other blogs, social networking pages, and side projects are semi-autonomous provinces, some more lively than others.

As of right now, these are:

• Active Blogs
  • Durosia.com
  • How to Crush Without Being Crushed
  • Toob Talk
  • The Searcher Journal
  • american-arcane.livejournal.com
• Active Social Networking Contact Points
  • Facebook
  • MySpace
  • LinkedIn
  • Multiply
  • Flickr
  • Twitter
  • Delicious Bookmarks
  • YouTube
• Inactive areas
  • Dragon-Pen.com
  • Various other quickly fading social networking sites

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