I've behaved like a 17yr old for most of my adult life. My obsession with music and T-shirts probably started when I was 11 or 12 and have remained with me into my semi-adult life. They have even become a decent part of my livelihood.

I've seen a lot of people that used to be obsessed with cool/creative things become obsessed with way less-fun things such as: serious jobs, serious mortgages, important 401ks, yelling children, and practical wives.

Not me. From a preventative standpoint the only natural thing for me to do was to regress even further back, back past the loud music and offensive t-shirts, even back past girls alllll the wayyyyyy toooo... TOYS.

No, I don't mean cool-guy, limited edition, vinyl, soft-cutesy, Munnys, Dunnys, or any other kind of _unny.
I mean OG toys like Masters of The Universe, Thundercats, M.U.S.C.L.E., Madballs, Battle Beasts and things of that nature.

So this Christmas the gifts I received were the gifts an 8 year old would receive... in the 80's.

So here are a few of the presents my wonderful woman got me for Christmas:

(it is probably in your best interest to already have a woman, if you are considering on embarking on your own ultra-nerd mission into your childhood)

It's interesting to take a look at why we stopped doing certain things that we did as children.
For instance, I stopped collecting He-Man figures because my peers had informed me he-man was corny (I think they actually said he was "gay"), which He-Man himself obviously was (and not in a tough 'it's a power thing' prison sort of way either), but the other characters were all ill!

and I'm going to leave you with this... I think all of these kids went on to become members of Nuk Fam when they grew up... peep the Park Slope-kid haircuts
_TONE