Much like the silent pressure I felt back in '88, related to under age drinking, sex, fill in the blank____I have yet again (that is NOT an admission to doing the previous mentioned pressures) heheheHee : ) given way to peer pressure and developed a blog. Will anyone read it? The bigger question would be? WHY???? Little ole me, a mediocre at -best writer, even worse on the grammatical front and notorious for sending emails full of typo's. I guess I have adopted the 'Field of Dreams" mentality..."If you build it they will come. " So, here goes nothing.
I have no clue what I will write about and how often, but for now I want to talk about Jake Ryan. Do you know him? Even if you don't think you do, I'd bet money you've seen him before. You see, I like to live like it's 1986 all the time. With that comes an affinity for "big hair", trans Am's and John Hughes movies. Actually, "affinity" is an understatement, I LIVE for John Hughes movies. Sixteen Candles is one of my all time John Hughes favorites and with that comes Jake Ryan. Ah, every girls dreamboat. Jake was the athlete dating the cheerleader, who sees the errors of his ways and shows up at Sam's (un popular, lower classman) sisters wedding looking to make a love connection with Sam. It's the look she gives her Dad, as she pantomimes, "that's him, that's the guy" that still gets me grinning ear to ear. The final scene has Jake & Sam sitting atop a dining room table with a birthday cake, 16 candles illuminating their faces as they lean in for their first kiss. Man, I love that scene. It's so hopeful, even for a 35 year old, married mom! I'm married to Marc, but Jake Ryan will always have a piece of my heart!
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