What happened in 1989?

[innerSpaceman]

I, too, would have about to embark on what I assumed would be crappy 30's (but they turned out great!)


I don't remember anything else specifically. I must have gone to Epcot, 'cause I was doing that every year in the 80's. I loved seeing Little Mermaid, perhaps more than any subsequent Disney animated feature - because (a) it was the one that surprised me by far from sucking and (b) it was the last one to play on the huge screen in the Cinerama Dome before Disney took over the El Capitan in Hollywood.



Other than that, I don't remember anything specific about 1989. That means nothing terribly sucky happened ... and for that, I am grateful.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Oh yeah, the quake. Had it happened 5 minutes earlier I would have been riding my bike.

I think you're thinking of the Whittier quake. You wouldn't have felt Loma Prieta, what most SoCalers think of as "the San Francisco quake, not the old one, the recent one."

1989 - Finished up my first year of junior high. Hated it, couldn't make friends, couldn't keep up in school. By 1990 I was contemplating suicide, which led me to switch schools and begin the chain of events that would lead me to meeting GD.

I really wanted a Batman T-shirt, even though only guys wore them. We saw Batman and Honey I Shrunk the Kids at the drive-in. I saw Back to the Future II the weekend it was released - I couldn't wait! We took my Dad to see Indy III on Father's Day, I believe. A lot of good movies were released that year.

I know I visited DL at some point before they opened Splash and was able to see most of it, almost finished, behind construction walls. Probably 1989.

The things you'll find on wikipedia! Ah, for the days when my family would read TV Guide as soon as we bought it so we could choose what movies we'd see that week on the networks. I didn't watch the Simpsons because my parents didn't like it - we only had the one TV, and primetime was their time. I used to watch it when I babysat.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

We saw Batman and Honey I Shrunk the Kids at the drive-in...

This tickled me because yesterday I was talking to a youngster {oh, about 18 I guess} and talking about going to see the Friday the 13th movies at the walk-in....

Duh, they don't call them walk-ins any more do they? Isn't it just going to the movies?

Back then it was either the drive in or walk in...well, before '89 I guess.

It's all a blur....

[Alex]

I have never heard of a non drive in theater referred to as a walk in.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I have never heard of a non drive in theater referred to as a walk in.

Ever? Damn, how old are you???

[cirquelover]

The end of 88 and 89 kind of meld together for me.

I remember the TWA flight over Scotland as I was getting ready to fly to Australia to see my mom. I also remember a Hawaiian Airline losing its top right as I was coming home from Australia. I left Australia in early 89 after an altercation with my moms boyfriend and went back to my first husband who was in LA. I saw the premiere of Big in Australia and it became my favorite movie.

There were a lot of earthquakes that year! It really freaked me out! The police helicopters were always flying over our neighborhood. The police presence was amazing to me. Once during a family bbq the helicopters came over and told us to disperse, from our own backyard! I never really understood that.

I was overly sheltered in LA and wasn't even allowed to go to Disneyland so I left to go back to Oregon and live with my brother and his roommates.

I lost two of the most important men in my life my grandfather and a good friend John, I still miss them.

I think that was the yearI went to work in a lumber mill as a a fire watch. If you don't think that was fun weighing 100lbs and carrying around 100+lbs of hose. There was only one big fire that I was too short to put out and it was inside the mill. That one became exciting fast!

[AllyOops!]

This is just the best Thread, because you couldn't have picked a better year, Traci! I will forever remember 1989 as the absolute time of my life. Especially the Summer of '89!

I was 16 & a 1/2 (that 1/2 is way important, you know ) and I was working as a Culinary Hostess at my very first, brand-new job- Disneyland! I worked on Main Street at Coca-Cola Corner & The Cone Shop. It was a Summer of many firsts, actually. My first job, my first car & of course, my first kiss.

I was so shy & very sheltered, so I was kind of scared being in Orange County and away from home (Los Angeles). I drove a little burgundy Ford Escort, which I absolutely loved. I even had a little PVC Ariel that rode on my dashboard.

My orientation at Disneyland was such a blast and gave me the chance to make new friends! On our first day of Orientation, when we broke for lunch, our Orientation leaders gave us little Disney boxed lunches. We sat and ate them at the Lunching Pad in Tomorrowland while lots of characters came by to greet us. Mr. Smee picked a pretty pink flower for me, Robin Hood fed me my chicken drumstick, and the adorable Friar Tuck kept signaling "I love you" to me! He also signaled "I want your phone number" which I wasn't prepared for. I was so bashful & definitely NOT an attention-seeker.

Hey, maybe if I wasn't such an innocent Catholic schoolgirl at the time, I could have locked lips with a Holy bear of the Cloth. How many people can claim that?

Speaking of the innocent locking of lips....

My first kiss was with a guy named Chip. He was on his High School wrestling team & such a cutie with the bluest eyes & most golden tan. We were friends who worked together on Main Street and I had a crush on him, not knowing at the time that he felt the same way about me. One night, while we were riding on the Haunted Mansion, he leaned over in our Doombuggy and kissed me! With tongue! I'll never forget that exact moment- it happened in the attic next to the blue bride with the glowing, beating heart. My heart was beating, too. Actually, it was pounding. I was so nervous after that kiss that I burst into tears! Poor Chip! Our second kiss aboard the top deck of the Mark Twain was much more successful. We eventually broke-up after about 1 month, which equals 1 year in teenage time. Shortly after, I began dating Nick, who was also on his high school wrestling team. He was Italian with a total Napoleon Complex who worked on the Canoes. That was the beginning of the "I date arrogant jerks" phase (that carried me though much of my life, unfortunately) . Nick & I were dunzo the minute I said "no" to sex. I was so heartbroken!

When I think back to 1989, I think of my spirit, my energy & my optimistic vision of the whole world. I never left home without wearing my rose-colored glasses.

I was such a dorky, akward permed brunette who had a matching scrunchy for each & every outfit. I remember lots of neon, and tee shirts with sequins and glitter glue designs, Oakley sunglasses and bitchen' watches. Funky, door knocker earrings were so popular. I was a total Wet Seal-aholic when it came to shopping. And Contempo Casuals. I remember clocking in at Harbor House one day dressed in denim jean shorts, a cropped neon lime tank top, complete with a neon lime scrunchy and neon lime SOCKS worn with my tennies. Of course, big and colorful earrings finished the look. ACK!! That still didn't hold a candle to my Christmas outfit of that year- gold LAME' pants, with a matching gold lame' camisole, a sheer black blouse with gold polka dots, and huge gold and black bow earrings with a matching gold scrunchy. It was the hot item at Contempo Casuals and in retrospect maybe the most tacky and cheap look that I've ever sported. In fact, retrospect shmetrospect. I'm willing to bet it was tacky in 1989 as well.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by AllyOfTheDolls

...I was working as a Culinary Hostess...

That title reminds me of the one my fellow co-workers and I gave ourselves when we worked at a service station: Petroleum Transfer Engineer

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

That title reminds me of the one my fellow co-workers and I gave ourselves when we worked at a service station: Petroleum Transfer Engineer

I was a petroleum transfer technician at LGB, many moons ago.

[blueerica]

Oh hey, that's right! Splash Mountain!

I was there on the third day it was open. We were the second family in line, so I was super stoked. Unfortunately, from the get-go, they were having problems that kept the ride from being operational for around 3 hours. I waited and waited. Family members wandered off, here and there, to stave off the boredom, but not me. I wanted Splash, and I wanted it baaaaad. When we finally got to go, I loved it and wanted desperately to go again. My family, unappreciative of the wait said "no." Booo....

I remember it being crowded at the park. I brought a change of clothes since I figured I was going to get wet on Splash - and waiting in the awful women's restroom queue at the entrance of Adventureland. Ugh.

That memory is seared into my BRAIN.