1987

1987

State College, PA

My age: 31- 32

School: Penn State University, I finished my doctoral program in March and earned a DEd in Educational Administration. THANK GOD!!!  I was now certified the a high school principal.

Work:

• I was a Career Advisory for the Community Education Program for the State College School District, State College, PA. 
• I was also spending lots of time interviewing for a position of assistant principal for a high school.  This proved to be a challenge as so few women held this position.  It was thought by many that women could not handle this position because high school boys are too tough to handle.

Housing- I moved a lot this year because I was looking for a permanent job and didn't want to sign a year lease for an apartment so I filled in on other people's sublets.  I think I moved every three months.

Music

• "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangle a strange song
• "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"- Whitney Houston
• "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"Starship
• "Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
• "La Bamba" - Los Lobos
• "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung
• "Don't Dream It's Over"-  Crowded House
• "With or Without You" - U2
• "Head to Toe" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
• "I Think We're Alone Now"- Tiffany
• "Mony Mony" -Billy Idol
• "At This Moment" Billy Vera and the Beaters
• "The Lady in Red" - Chris de Burgh
• "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Whitney Houston
• "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2
• "I Want Your Sex" George Michael
• "Only in My Dreams" Debbie Gibson
• "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
• "The Next Time I Fall" =Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
• "You Keep Me Hangin' On" =Kim Wilde
• "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"= Aretha Franklin and George Michael
• "Control"- Janet Jackson
• "U Got the Look" - Prince
• "Somewhere Out There" - Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
• "Who's That Girl" Madonna
• "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett
• "Hip to Be Square" Huey Lewis and the News
• "Will You Still Love Me?" Chicago
• "Little Lies" Fleetwood Mac
• "Luka"Suzanne Vega 
• "Songbird"Kenny G
• "Carrie" Europe
• "Bad" Michael Jackson
• "Sign o' the Times" Prince
• "Change of Heart" Cyndi Lauper
• "Mandolin Rain"Bruce Hornsby and the Range
• "Breakout"- Swing Out Sister
• "Stand by Me"- Ben E. King
• "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"- Genesis
• "Big Time" - Peter Gabriel
• "Something So Strong" - Crowded House
• "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)"- Beastie Boys
• "Funkytown"- Pseudo Echo

Movies

• Three Men and a Baby 
• Fatal Attraction -it scared the shit out of me. OMG, this movie scared the shit out of me.
• Beverly Hills Cop II - mindless entertainment
• Good Morning, Vietnam- I loved the music in this movie.
• The Untouchables 
• Stakeout 
• Lethal Weapon- Mel Gibson wasn't crazy back then.
• The Witches of Eastwick
• The Last Emperor - I didn't know much of this story line.  I must not have been paying attention in my history classes.  This story was news to me.
• Wall Street - they were despicable back then and they are only getting worse.
• Dirty Dancing - a fun, summer movie. 
• Moonstruck 

Books- I was no longer reading just textbooks.  Now I could read for pleasure again.  I read People Magazine and Time and Newsweek and the Smithsonian.

Travels

• I went to London for a week between Christmas and the New Year. We spent New Year's Eve a Piccadilly Circus and people were so damn drunk that it was scary.
• I had friends living in Buffalo and I would visit with them from time to time.

News events

• The stock market took big dive but that had no effect on me because I didnt have any damn money.
• FOX started broadcasting.  What a shame.
• There was a custody case for a surrogacy issue.  I remember thinking how strange all of this was.
• Reagon told the Russians to "tear down that wall."  I never thought it would ever happen but it was the beginning of the end of the Cold War.
• ATZ is finally approved and there is finally somehow for people suffering from AIDS.
• Terry Waite is kidnapped as he is trying to negoiate other kidnappings.  This was frightening.
• The world population reached 5,000,000,000.

Family and friends:

• My aunt Jodi died suddenly. She was only in her early 60s.
• I think I lived in three or four different apartments this year as I was always trying to find the cheapest place to live.
• I drove a Ford Granada.  I was the 4th owner of this car and it took all of my money to maintain the damn thing. I called AAA so often that I got kicked out of the program.
• I defended my dissertation in March and became a Doctor of Education (DEd) with a major in Educational Leadership. It took five years to complete this damn degree.