{"id":20753,"date":"2013-12-23T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T05:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=20753"},"modified":"2013-12-22T00:11:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T05:11:29","slug":"we-gonna-party-like-its-your-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/we-gonna-party-like-its-your-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"“We Gonna Party Like It’s Your Birthday”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m going to be drowning my sorrows in Champagne tonight because it is, indeed, my birthday. As I’ve previously noted, I don’t think birthdays are that much fun anymore, even though they’re better than the alternative.\u00a0 I was much more thrilled by them when this photo was taken … on Dec. 23, 1984, when I turned 17.<\/p>\n

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I dressed in style to celebrate the big day. My hair was teased, my trademark Liza-worthy eyeliner was in place, and a single beaded earring was worn. Under the earring, you can see a rare shot of the blonde, braided “tail<\/a>” that I sported for a couple of years. It looks like I adorned it with a lavender ribbon to match the earring. Interestingly, for years I assumed that my hair had been inspired by Aimee Mann’s even-more awesome braided tail in ‘Til Tuesday’s “Voices Carry” video, but now that I look it up, it turns out that video wasn’t released until 1985.<\/p>\n