The Breakfast Club

Remember? The Breakfast Club. 1985, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall. Young adulthood for me, out of high school, dating, going to tech school, working, social life, late nights...and the endless questions about life. Is this all there is? Is any of this going to be worth it in the long haul? What the hell am I doing with myself? And of course...it's 3 AM and nope...I'm still not home yet. :) Yeah, I have to be at work in 4 hours. Plenty of time!
Good stuff.

Not that I ever forget the movie, we watch it regularly in fact, but tonight I was reminded of the final scene. And one of the best songs ever, in my opinion. What I didn't know is that Billy Idol had a shot to do the song, as a single, and passed. HA.

 The final scene is the one that always matters to me. We each are, as they say, all of the characters. We each have many "me's", and it took me awhile to accept that about myself. I would see people and think that they just had it sooooo together, why did I feel so pulled and drawn and sectioned out? Why were my interests so varied? Heck, why could I see so many different points of view, even if I didn't agree with them? Was there something wrong with me? 

No. 

Multi-faceted people, we all are. Or should be, imo. 

At any rate, the final scene of the movie...followed by the song itself.

Dear Mr. Vernon,
We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole s

Saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong, b

But we think you're crazy for making us write an essay telling you who we think we are.
You see us as you want to see us, in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out, is that each one of us is:

 a brain,
and an athlete,
and a basketcase,
a princess,
and a criminal.

Does that answer your question?

Sincerely yours,

The Breakfast Club.

Don't You Forget About Me

Simple Minds

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Ooh, oh

Won't you come see about me?

I'll be alone, dancing, you know it baby

Tell me your troubles and doubts

Giving me everything inside and out

And love's strange so real in the dark

Think of the tender things that we were working on

Slow change may pull us apart

When the light gets into your heart, baby

Don't you forget about me

Don't, don't, don't, don't

Don't you forget about me

Will you stand above me?

Look my way, never love me

Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling

Down, down, down

Will you recognize me?

Call my name or walk on by

Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling

Down, down, down, down

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Ooh, oh

Don't you try to pretend

It's my feeling, we'll win in the end

I won't harm you or touch your defenses

Vanity and security

Don't you forget about me

I'll be alone, dancing, you know it baby

Going to take you apart

I'll put us back together at heart, baby

Don't you forget about me

Don't, don't, don't, don't

Don't you forget about me

As you walk on by

Will you call my name?

As you walk on by

Will you call my name?

When you walk away

Or will you walk away?

Will you walk on by?

Come on, call my name

Will you call my name?

I say, la la la

When you walk on by

And you call my name