young, dumb and full of...

so lately i've been regressing to things from my past, particularly pop culture. whether it was music or movies or toys, it all seemed to point back to the good ol' 80's. a time when mullets and "rat-tail" haircuts ruled the earth. remember those? rat-tails? i had one as a child. i cannot tell a lie. however, i feel as though i was an unwilling victim in that particular fashion case.

anyway, with everything so much ado about politics these days, what with clinton gaining ground down south and our old friend stephen harper being accused of bribery here in canada, i've been turning to some old political movies. movies exemplifying the glorious mix of reaganomics, ubber corporate greed, and the age-old standby of young kids so dumb and full of... passion. and politics.

one such movie was st. elmo's fire. a movie, much like the 80's, which had no closure and no resolve, yet captures its place in time so perfectly. it was back in the day when rob lowe had credibility, ally sheedy was still kinda hot, and demi moore still believed she could have a career without a boob job. here's my personal favorite exchange in the movie:

leslie: alec is becoming a republican... and he wants to get married! oh, my god!
jules: i always knew he was a republican.

i can't say it's a great movie, or even a good movie, but it is an appropriate one, if that makes any sense. it captures very well that time in one's life just after graduating from college, where we're faced with the question, "what now?" some of us ran, and some of us took a stand, and there are still a few of us that have yet to find their way nearly ten years out of university. so yeah... what now?