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[hyuri]

In 1984 (the year you were born)

Ronald Reagan is president of the US On a Challenger mission, two astronauts become the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft An Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeps toxic gas killing over 2,000 Penthouse magazine publishes nude photographs of Miss America Vanessa Williams The Soviet Union boycotts the Los Angeles Summer Olympics Richard Stallman starts developing GNU "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's airs for the first time The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a computer mouse and GUI interface, is introduced by Apple Ethiopian famine begins Mandy Moore and Avril Lavigne are born Detroit Tigers win the World Series Los Angeles Raiders win Superbowl XVIII Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup Ghost Busters, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and The Karate Kid are top grossing films "When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution spends the most time at the top of US charts Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial The Cosby Show, Punky Brewster, and Who's the Boss? premiere

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Comments

[jess0matickilla.livejournal.com]

Go team 1984!

That's such a pretty song, btw. ^_^

[octobersprite.livejournal.com]

holy shit i'm a year older than you!! i thought you were like 26 or something ^_^;;

[hyuri.livejournal.com]

This is apparently a fairly common belief. I haven't yet found a consistent explanation for it, since some people have expressed surprise at my actual age even having met me face‑to‑face.

Er, badly expressed thought there. What I mean is, people who've met me, interacted with me, face‑to‑face, have later been surprised to discover my actual (chronological) age.

I'm pretty certain that I'm younger than anyone whom I've (LJ‑)friended. Maybe that's why: I always seem to hang around people older than me.

[rizen.livejournal.com]

Similar things happen to me. All the time I find myself getting into conversations involving bars or alcohol and the other party is astonished to find out that I'm too young to do these things legally. "Hey, let's go to that bar over there!" "Well, we could try, but you should know..."

Although this effect is lessening as I actually get older. It seems to be only a few years now, where when I was 15, it was more like 5 years up.

And yeah, I always hung out with people older than me. As a freshman in high school, 95% of my friends were juniors and seniors, which gave rise to the idea that I was a junior. (I ignored the rules about where freshmen sit in the auditorium to sit next to my friends, for one.)

Shit, even at 20 I have a hard time hanging out with some people my age. They're still too damned immature.

[octobersprite.livejournal.com]

lol well i totally know how you feel... all my friends have always been older. i hated people my age. all my friends graduated before me, and when i was 15/16 all my friends were in their 20s, all my friends now are late 20s/early 30s. i wouldn't have it any other way, now that i'm old enough to do stuff (even though i can't, with the baby). i keep reminding myself that my lil boy is the reason i'm stayin out of trouble and i'm not with his abusive father.

[rizen.livejournal.com]

And holy shit, you're only ten days difference from my ex.