like, oh my god!

i overheard some 20-something women having a conversation today, and it was pretty shocking. unfortunately, not in an interesting way -- i couldn't really even figure out what they were talking about, but one of them was recounting a conversation with someone else. it went like this:

"so i was like BLAH BLAH BLAH. then she was like BLAH BLAH BLAH. then i was like BLAH BLAH BLAH. then she was like BLAH BLAH BLAH. then i was like BLAH BLAH BLAH. then she was like BLAH BLAH BLAH. etc etc."

i shit you not. i lost count of the was likes. i actually laughed out loud because i was just waiting for her to change it up and say "then i said BLAH BLAH BLAH," but it didn't happen! i didn't realize grown people spoke this way! it's a little bit scary. scarier still, i think i'm guilty of using "was like" a lot! but now that i know how ridiculously stupid i must sound, i'm going to make a concerted effort to stop. at least in that context, anyway. i refuse to give up my valley girl likes --they're too much a part of my childhood. like, totally!