Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: aging, Billy Idol, crush, David Letterman, Facebook, idol worship, MTV, rock, teenagers
I started thinking about this earlier today when I noticed that my daughter had become a fan of Joe Jonas on her Facebook page, and that made me smile. He’s such a wholesome looking young man. Nothing like Billy.
It was a different time almost 25 years ago……holy shit, it was that long ago. MTV was actually music television and videos rolled 24/7. That’s when it happened. Idol worshipping began with “Flesh for Fantasy” and “Rebel Yell”. Billy Idol had the bad boy persona down to an art form and I was all over it! Then Rolling Stone came out with a Centerfold of the bad man wearing a leather thong. It pictured him from behind, glancing over his shoulder with his magically famous sneer and I thought I would pass out at the site of those perfect butt cheeks staring at me, daring me to slap them. The image was almost more than I could handle at 14, and just thinking about it again makes me a little weak-kneed! (Dad if you’re reading this, I’m sorry)
Billy Idol
During his rise to fame Billy Idol made an appearance as a guest on late Night with David Letterman. You could have knocked me over with a feather…….the site of Billy Idol, wearing all leather, including the leather vest WITH NO SHIRT UNDERNEATH; and the way he sat in the chair, slouched down like it was no big deal to be on Dave’s show….he was uber cool! Then he did it, he took his hand and rubbed his chest with it…………..
Bad Boy Billy
When I finally came back to consciousness, Dave was asking Billy about drugs. Apparently there were pills on the street with names of Billy Idol songs. He said something like “I understand there are street pills known as white weddings…” and Billy’s response was typical. With that give-a-shit sneer he simply responded “Yeah”. Then Dave said “You must be a very proud young man!” and I thought that was very disrespectful of Dave to say, he was obviously making fun of the man I worshipped and that was wrong.
Then came Money, Money (like moanie, moanie) and my Idol worship ended. I hated that song, I still hate that song. I’m not sure why but I think that part of it was that deep down I knew that Billy Idol singing a cover tune would be the end of his career, and I was pretty much right.
25 years is a long time and Billy is showing serious signs of aging. I would like to think that it’s just aging but there’s no doubt that years of hard living and drug use have taken their toll on him. I have to wonder what FD will think of her teenage crush in 25 years. Of course her “idol” is wholesome and wears a chastity belt…..so he’ll probably age gracefully. But me? Nope, I had to choose the bad boy of 80’s rock, and look at him now 
Yikes, Billy Now
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: addicting, addiction, Blackberry, communication, Facebook, sleep, status update, teenagers, text messaging
OMG, like IDC wat u do…..wat evr!
WHAT? Okay, I’m addicted to Facebook and my new Blackberry(aka: Crackberry)…..and I’m learning how to speak “text” and “chat” and it’s seriously like learning another language. The best part is: I can now communicate with my children again!
Have you ever had the opportunity to check out Facebook? It’s pretty neat, I mean cool, or awesome!Actually it’s a great way to connect with friends, family, co-workers, networks, former classmates…..you name it. This is not an advertisement for Facebook but I am able to connect and communicate with people that I may otherwise loose track of. In fact, I’m catching up with friends that I went to high school with and since I went to HS in New York and now live on the west coast there are quite a few people that I’ve lost touch with. I’m talking and communicating with friends that I haven’t seen in over 20 years, and that is very cool! In fact I’ve been dissed by my HS boyfriend, again! Ah, memories….LOL!
Technology is hard to keep up with though, and in all honesty if it wasn’t for MFH I would probably be lost. He has miraculously “sinked” (I know that’s not how it’s spelled) all of my “stuff”. But, between my Crackberry and FBI have found a much larger addiction. If you are familiar with FB then you will understand: the status update.
Thanks to the mobility of Blackberry and the “status update” on FB, I am now able to tell all of my “friends” exactly how I’m feeling, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! I actually find myself thinking about my mood as I would have it show up on my facebook “wall”. It’s a total addiction! So that you can understand, here are a few of the moods that I have had….and they all begin with ”Stacy is………..”
- “happy for her friends and their laughter!”
- “wishing she wore more comfortable shoes to shop in!”
- “speechless.”
- ”thinking that Tom Cruise has had a nose job……”
The list goes on. It’s been made even more fun by the fact that I can now update my status on my Blackberry!
But here’s the real problem, I find myself thinking in “status mode” throughout the day….constantly. I even woke up the other morning realizing that I had been dreaming in “status” mode: Stacy is falling and afraid she’ll hit the ground…..Stacy is running from an attacker and can’t scream…….Stacy is snuggling with her husband…………for crying out loud, it’s an addiction! Why would people care what the heck I’m doing 24/7??
But they do care, because they respond. They comment on my status. They ask questions and show concern. They are as addicted as I am and we all have a problem. I have over 55 “friends” on FB and at any given time we can know each others mood, feelings, thoughts, whereabouts etc. anytime of the day or night! It’s weird, it’s almost too connected…..but it’s addicting. In all reality I could update my status every minute or less!
And therein lies the next great 12 step program: to ween people off of the Facebook and in particular the need to constantly update everyone on their statusi, 24/7! AND in this fabulous economy that we’re experiencing, I think that I have a winner of a money maker!
(BTW, spellcheck went Ape S*** on this post, LOL! Maybe someone should invent a text dictionary…..ooooo, another money maker!)
