Happy thrashin' Friday

Although at KUAM we never really get extended "laid back" days like some companies do for their employees wherein we get to dress down and take it easy, I've taken the initiative to make today an all-metal Friday. Kat and I have been laboring while listening to 80's hard rock - everything from thrash, to death, to party, to prog-rock, to pop, to power ballads, to glam.

Yes, glam.

Being the elder statesman of my little department, I've been doing my best to explain the meaning behind the songs, who played on them, their album covers, what the lyrics (really) meant, and where I was when they played and how they made me feel. I'm having to revert to 8th Grade Jason in order to get the details correct. Where's my slang book when I need it? At the moment we're crankin' Metallica's timeless "Whiplash".

Dude, I so wanna skate right now.