"With our Careless Memories..."

A bit of fun stuff today...
Some of you may not know that, when I was a very young girl (about 7th grade), I became totally and completely obsessed with 2 things: The Outsiders and Duran Duran. My 12 year old niece, Caeli is now obsessed with S.E. Hinton (author of The Outsiders plus a bunch more), and more specifically, Matt Dillon! HA!
I had pages from the teen mags and posters of both obsessions on my bedroom walls...barely an inch of wallpaper was visable amongst the pix of C. Thomas Howell (Ponyboy!) and John Taylor (bassist for DD). I fantasized about the day when John Taylor and I would meet (and fall in love, of course). I would be the happiest girl in the world! I started listening for the bass lines in each and every DD song because my future husband played it. To this day, I hum along to the bass lines of their songs. The first time I saw them in concert (The Spectrum) I just couldn't believe that I was in the SAME BUILDING as my boys! I could barely stand it! I vaguely remember the show (I think I was in shock, fo real!), but I do remember that when they were getting ready to come out I heard what was probably Nick Rhodes' keyboards or Andy Taylor's guitar and then the curtain shook. I...nearly...fainted. My knees went weak and started buckling. They were like gods to me.
I eventually outgrew my obsession...there was the end of highschool, a boyfriend, college, another boyfriend, grunge, more boyfriends, and so on. However, I always cited DD as my 'all-time favorite band.' So today, I really get a kick out of the fact that John Taylor is on Facebook and has been posting alot of stuff (DD just released their 13th album...yes, I'm getting it) and it's getting pretty good reviews. I have, so far, refrained from posting anything on his wall or commenting or 'liking' any of his posts, but it makes me chuckle to think of the little 12 year old girl back in 1981/1982 and how she would have reacted faced with the possibility of 'chatting' with her dream-man online! And yes, I know what you're thinking...it's probably not really JT, but some paid assistant, right?
A girl can dream, can't she?  :-)