items of interest: Bobby's room (vintage)

In 1981, Uncanny X-Men #146 was published. In it, there was a panel in which we see the room of "college sophomore Bobby Drake". I have blown up the pertinent panel and labeled it with (red) numbers on a few things I want to point out.

1. Skis! :D
2. "YIELD" sign. Naughty Bobby, vandalizing municipal signage like that.
3. Space Cruiser Yamato poster. THAT'S RIGHT! An anime poster right over his bed in '81. *hugs him*
4. He's got one of those beds where the headboard is a bookcase. :D I love those things, the bed I left at my parents' is like that. It's super handy.
5. A centerfold has been taped to the wall. Classy.
6. This is a bra. A bra which is nailed to a plaque on the wall. Wouldn't you love to know what the story behind that one is?
7. Whatever this is, it's purple. It might be a sock? It might be briefs, or a sleeve?
8. "STA WA" is probably "STAR WARS" -- I think this is the movie soundtrack on record. I submit for your consideration that Hank McCoy had every single episode of the original Star Trek series on VHS. Do you think they had that stereotypical Trekkie vs Warsian thing going? ;3
9. Another record, this time the self-titled first album of KISS. I'm always interested in his musical tastes, I admit. Do you think any of those other records are any of the seven other albums KISS put out before this issue saw print? :D
10. Look! Stubble! I don't think we'll see it on Bobby's face again for another 300 issues of UXM.

Items 2, 5, and 6 lead me to believe that this is a dorm room as opposed to a room at his parents' house. I could be wrong. I don't actually own this issue -- I just have the one right after it. ;_;

Also, I think he mustn't have any overhead lights in that room, because he's got like three lamps that we can see.

That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me.

I watched Ghostbusters today. Oh, how I love that movie. It's always nice to refresh my memory of how Egon is a violent freak. I mean, I never forget the freak part -- how can I? His first line is in defense of wanting to drill into his own head with a power tool. But I forget little details like him attacking Peck in the middle of a crowd of cops, with his face all RAR. Or the way he rolled his eyes and patted Janine's shoulder when she said she was afraid he would die and hugged him. Or his happy crazy face when he's telling all the jailbirds about a human sacrifice cult.

Oh, Dr. Spengler. ♥

fanfic (X-Men): "Santa's Elves Aren't This Upscale"

Title: Santa's Elves Aren't This Upscale
Rating: Pg-13 for language and saucy innuendo
Summary: Just a little Christmas shopping fic to kick off November.
Characters: Iceman, Northstar, White Queen
Author's notes: This is more or less for you, timemonkey ;3 Feel free to take it as a challenge/prompt/thing to be continued down any path you choose.

( You've got style; that's what all the girls say )