Friday, April 4, 2008

god, i'm O-L-D!!!

you're a 90's kid if:
  • you can sing the rap to 'the fresh prince of bel air'.
  • you know that 'woah' comes from joey from 'blossom' and that 'how rude!' comes from stephanie from 'full house'.
  • you remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a saturday to watch cartoons.
  • you remember reading 'goosebumps'.
  • you know the profound meaning of 'wax on, wax off'.
  • you took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
  • you made paper scrunchies to see who you'd end up marrying
  • you danced to 'wannabe' by the spice girls, females: had a new motto, males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want).
  • you remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.
  • you still get the urge to say 'not' after (almost) every sentence...not...
  • where in the world is carmen san diego? was both a game and a tv game show.
  • captain planet.
  • you knew that kimberly, the pink ranger, and tommy, the green ranger were meant to be together.
  • you remember when super nintendos became popular.
  • you remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on iintruders'.
  • 'i've fallen and i can't get up'.
  • you remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
  • you remember new kids on the block when they were cool.
  • you knew all the characters names and their life stories on 'saved by the bell'.
  • you played and/or collected 'pogs'.
  • you had at least one tamagotchi, gigapet or nano and brought it everywhere.
  • you watched the original care bears, my little pony, and ninja turtles.
  • nancy drew and the hardy boys were the best myster books.
  • yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!
  • all your school supplies were 'lisa frank' brand.(pencils, notebooks, binders, etc.).
  • you remember when the new beanie babies were always sold out.
  • you used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.
  • you've gotten creeped out by 'are you afraid of the dark?'
  • you know the macarena by heart.
  • 'talk to the hand' ... enough said.
  • you thought brain would finally take over the world.
  • you always said, 'then why don't you marry it!'
  • you remember when everyone went slinky crazy.
  • you remember when razor scooters were cool.
  • when we were younger: before the myspace frenzy...before the internet & text messaging...before sidekicks & ipods...before playstation2 or x-box......
  • back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
  • when light up sneakers were cool.
  • when you rented vhs tapes, not dvds.
  • when gas was $0.95 a gallon & caller id was a new thing.
  • when we recorded stuff on vcrs & paid $3.50 for a movie.
  • when we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.
  • when the chicago bulls were the best team ever.
  • tag.
  • get over here!!!! means something to you.
  • hide-n-go seek at dusk.
  • red light, green light.
  • heads up 7 up.
  • playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.
  • hopskotch.
  • tree houses.
  • hula hoops.
  • hello......hot wheels!!!
  • running through the sprinklers.
  • that 'little Mermaid'.
  • crying when mufasa died in the lion king.
  • happy meals where you chose a barbie or a hot wheels car.
  • getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car.
  • drinking sqeeze it 'squeeze the fun out of it'.
  • hey arnold.
  • rugrats.
  • the secret world of alex mac.
  • rocco's modern life.
  • are you afraid of the dark?
  • doug.
  • magic school bus.
  • aladdin.
  • pinky and the brain.
  • sailor moon.
  • punky brewster.
  • blossom.
  • beavis & butt-head.
  • wishbone.
  • bill nye the science guy.
  • mr. rodgers!!!!
  • where everyone wanted to be in love after watching the wonder years.
  • under the umbrella tree
  • pee-wee!!!
  • the big comfy couch.
  • kool-aid was the drink of choice.
  • class field trips.
  • when christmas was the most exciting time of year.
  • when $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.
  • when you begged to go to mcdonalds for dinner everyday.
  • when toys r us overuled the mall.
  • decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.
  • money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'monopoly.'
  • being old referred to anyone over 20.
  • a chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.
  • when ninja turtles ruled the world.
  • when aladdin was new.
  • before the trilogy was complete.
  • before we realized all this would eventually disappear.

who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much???

1 comment:

Justin said...

I miss the 90s because I had no reponsibility. With the keys to my dad's car and $20, I could have a great weekend.

I can't even put half a tank of gas in there now.