Because I’m All About the Self-Humiliation
From the big hair archives of 1988 . . . as a special treat, how would you all like to see what I looked like as a senior in high school?
In the middle of the sixth page so scroll down. Hint: I used to be Marijean Heroux.
Are you as amazed as I am at the gravity-defying hairdos of the era?
A thousand STLWorkingMom cred points to anyone who can point out the boy responsible for my first kiss.
February 8th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Ahh! The eighties….the bane of all us straight haired women. You were nobody without a perm. Thank God it’s over. You look like a very sweet Catholic girl!
February 8th, 2008 at 10:28 am
I’m going with 7th page down - dude with the stache. Hahahaha!!!
February 8th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Liz — HA! Nope, not the guy. Love the ’stache though.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Beth: two words: spiral perm. Do these even exist anymore? Think of the amount of product that was used!
February 8th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I’m voting for Robert Knox.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I love your last words: “Oh my gosh I can’t believe I said that. That’s so retarded.”
February 8th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Marijean- I think it’s what really has caused global warming. All those 80’s perms.
February 8th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
I agree with Jeannette - the “last words” are just as funny as the hair! Love the mall bangs. I was queen of the mall bangs (the kind that you rolled half up and half down and then used a “pick” to fluff them a bit before spraying a can of hairspray on them).
February 9th, 2008 at 7:55 am
My vote is the guy on page 2 with the mullet to beat all mullets.
February 9th, 2008 at 8:04 am
NO! Not Brian Bloome. I am not sure I even met Brian or his mullet. Just think, though, in eight months I may be able to find out if he’s still sporting that renegade hairdo.
So, a hint: you’re not looking for a mullet guy.
February 9th, 2008 at 9:45 am
But, is it Robert Knox? He is so hot!
February 9th, 2008 at 10:05 am
It is also NOT Robert (who was Robbie back then) Knox. As if. I am tall. He is short. I am a height snob when it comes to boys.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
WOW. Just so you know, I also had a spiral perm and some kick-ass bangs as a result. I was a loyal user of Focus hairspray (seemed stronger than Aqua Net). Wow. (That’s all I can say about this blog post.)
February 9th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
How about Patrick Hall with his game show host smirky smile?
February 9th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Patrick Hall is NOT the winner. Sorry.
And, Laptop TV Mom — I was an Aqua Net girl, plus perm, plus hot rollers, plus curling iron . . . it was a process!
February 9th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
The receptionist at my therapist’s office still has the mall bangs! I swear, the first time I saw her I thought, “Oops, she’s messed up her hair in the front.” But it looked the same at every appointment! How much hairspray does it take to do that? It defies gravity!
February 9th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Paul Rapps? “Griffin basketball is awesome!” Must have been tallish?
February 9th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
You look like Anne Hathaway - you beautiful girl, you!
And yep, I had the whole thing, too - perm, hot rollers, curling iron and some freezing hairspray that threatened to poke my boyfriend’s eye out anytime he got close. Come to think of it, it was pretty good birth control - no wonder my mom kept buying the hairspray!
I’m thinking you went for the serious student type - I’m voting Matt McDonald.
February 10th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Zuzu, there’s a runner in my neighborhood with 80’s hair. She runs. With the hair. Not aerodynamic, I would think.
And no to Paul, no to Matt . . . I don’t think I even knew Matt.
Mistie’s getting closer with the serious student type, though.