Writer, Artist, and Recovering 80s Hair Spray Addict
The mid to late 1980s were my most formative and rebellious years. I can remember as far back as sixth grade when we had an art assignment to design a record album cover for our favorite album. Of course, at the time my tiny record player was wearing grooves into Duran Duran’s epic album Seven and the Ragged Tiger, so I set out to design my very own cover for the album. I decided to do a split face tiger and woman with a graffiti style background. I…
Read MoreWhen I was a child I somehow knew I was different from all the others. My mother would say it was because I was fat; my siblings have all said in one way or another had it not been for our mother and the way she raised me I would’ve been “normal”. No. The things that made my little heart flutter as a child were not because of any of those external things. I liked classic monster movies like Dracula and Frankenstein, even more so I had a crush…
Read MoreMy name is Laura and I am a music video addict. I remember that wonderful summer of 1981 well. I stayed a few weeks in Pennsylvania with my Dad, even though Mom-ster hated when I stayed there with his family. She especially hated it when I walked down the driveway to visit “Auntie” in her mobile home. I loved spending time with Auntie – she was funny and we would sit and watch game shows or her stories on TV. That day I visited her, Auntie let me…
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