i <3 the 80s too...

you know i love the 90s, but there are some things sacred from the 80s...such as teen witch:

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???

d.b. of the week

this week's d.b. of the week is...(drum roll)...

raffaello follieri - anne hathaway's italian boy toy of four years:

the italian property developer was arrested yesterday and charged with trying to pass a bad check, a nypd spokesman said. the check was for around $250,000, as ordered by a washington, d.c., court to pay a public-relations firm $250,000 for work done on his behalf. last year, the wall street journal reported on billionaire ron burkle's lawsuit against follieri for allegedly squandering $1.3 million in business funds to support his extremely lavish lifestyle. follieri denied any wrongdoing.

in february 2007, hathaway told london's sunday times that follieri was a positive influence who helped bring her out of a lengthy depression. 'he's brought out so many positive attributes,' she said. 'before i met him, i wasted so much time. i was just annoying and narcissistic and smelled bad. he's protective without being possessive, passionate without needing to show his temper.'

yeah, well you're still annoying, narcissistic, and i can only imagine how bad you smell...glad to see he's done nothing for you annie...

where are they now???

so i posted only once before for my 'where are they now???' segment but i have a long list of stars who fall into this category from my childhood. therefore, i will begin to make this a much more regular occurrence (especially since i am stuck on bored right now at work).

next up: the robot from small wonder aka tiffany brissette:

then:


birth name: tiffany michelle brissette

tiffany began her 'career' at the very young age of 2 years old. her mother entered her in many pageants and talent competitions during her young life. that led to television voice-over work and many commercial appearances which included, 'care bears', 'florida orange juice', 'ibm', 'jell-o puddin' pops' appearing with bill cosby) and many others.

tiffany was given a career boost after appearing in 'a perfect day for banana fish' with bob hope, and was highly encouraged by her peers to pursue television as a career. her biggest success she shared, was the role as the child robot 'v.i.c.i.' on fox's 1980's successful show, 'small wonder' (1985) which had a popular run from 1985-89. she beat out candance cameron and heather o'rourke for the role.

after 'small wonder' ended, she made various television appearances and was even a guest on the 'the 700 club' in 1991 at the age of 17. tiffany later received her bachelor's degree in psychology from westmont college in santa barbara california. she has not returned to television in almost ten years.

more recently, on march 2, 1997, she participated in the los angeles marathon, finishing in 4:33:06. she placed 921st among 5,312 females, and 101st out of 545 in her age class. she placed 5,110th in an overall field of 15,899 entrants.

as of may, 2002 she was working as a nanny in boulder, colorado but has since become heavily involved with children and young adults as a counselor in san diego.

misc: horseback riding is one of her favorite hobbies.

now:

d.b. of the week

rikki rockett (wtf kind of name is that anyway???), the drummer for poison, was arrested at lax on a rape warrant issued from mississippi. rikki was performing with the group in new zealand and was just getting off a flight when police swooped in. 46-year-old rikki was arrested on monday, taken to jail, booked and it looks like he has been released since then.

prior to starting poison with bret michael's in the 80s, rikki worked as a hairdresser, lifeguard, dishwasher, emergency medical technician and a suit salesman.

really, a suit salesman can't get laid??? go on... and a rape charge in mississippi? if convicted, he's totally going to get the death penalty. they are hardcore down there!!!

way to go d.b....

HAPPY EASTER!!!

how peeps make a living the other 364 days of the year:

the spears sisters at it again!!!

now many of you may have noticed that i haven't blogged about brit brit in a while. i thought it was time to steer away from all of that predictable drama and focus on some other happenings in the world.

that plan of action was going great until this video clip surfaced featuring jamie-lynn and brit brit together. i just had to post it, it was too good to let it slip by...