- 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:
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.
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