Remember when?

**BabyFacedAbortion** · 11-17-2005, 01:48 AM

This is sort of depressing in a way...explained after the list of thingies.

Remember back....
Before the Myspace frenzy
Before the Internet or Text messaging...
Before Sidekicks & Ipods
Before Playstation2 or X-BOX
Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night...
When you rented VHS taps.. 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!!!
***Way back..***
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Hide-N-Go Seek at dusk!
Red light, Green light!
Heads up 7 up!
Playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.
Hopskotch!
Slip-n-Slides
Tree Houses
Mother May I?
Red Rover
Four square
Hula Hoops
the annoying nano pets and furbies
Playing Street Hockey with the neighborhood friends
Running through the sprinklers
Happy Meals where u chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car
Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car
***Wait...
....Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your Garfield comforter...
...Hey Arnold, Doug, RUGRATS!
The ORIGINAL Power Rangers!
Or what about...
The Secret Life of Alex Mac!
Ren and Stimpy
Double Dare!!!
Rocko's Modern Life!
AAAHH!! Real Monsters!!!
Wild & Crazy Kids!
Clarissa explains it all!
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK!
The Original 'All That' Cast Members!
Kenan and Kel!!! lol (who loves orange soda)
Who could forget Snick?! & Nick at Nite! with Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, facts of life & I LOVE LUCY!!!
Where every1 wanted to be in love after watching THE WONDER YEARS!
***Not finished yet...
Kool-Aid was the drink of choice
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips
When Christmas time was the most EXCITING time of the year!
When getting high was swinging on the swingset
When $5 seemed like a million, and another dollar a Miracle.
When you begged to go to McDonalds, for dinner...EVERYDAY.
When Toys r Us overuled the "mall"
***Go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning them lottery....
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Nobody was cooler than Dad
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the fair...
When playing nintendo was the hardest thing ever.
When ninja turtles ruled the world.

This only makes me sort of sad because comparing all the things I used to love and know to the things I know now proves my innocence is completely gone. Does anyone know how I feel? Looking back on your childhood or even today's youth and picking up on the lack of innocence.

Oh, another thing along these lines. 25 sixth graders in a school near me got syphillis. Know how? They were having a rainbow party. I.e girls wearing different coloured lipstick and giving blow-jobs..leaving a ring of colours up the guys schlong. They're 12.

BabyFacedAbortion Reviewed by BabyFacedAbortion on 11-17-2005. Remember when? This is sort of depressing in a way...explained after the list of thingies. Remember back.... Before the Myspace frenzy Before the Internet or Text messaging... Before Sidekicks & Ipods Before Playstation2 or X-BOX Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night... When you rented VHS taps.. not DVDs When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing... Rating: 5

**squareguy** · 11-17-2005, 01:53 AM

i thought clarissa was so hot, when i was 12. we didnt have 'rainbow' parties though.

**Seag420** · 11-17-2005, 01:57 AM

that must of took an age to type! gota say i still love ninja turtles though. yer right though, kids today are growing up compleatly ignorant

**BabyFacedAbortion** · 11-17-2005, 01:59 AM

(I copied and pasted hehe)

**FunkyMonkey** · 11-17-2005, 01:59 AM

I couldnt read it all...yup its depressing to me right about now. Ill try again later and hope itll be a nice stroll down memory lane. Right now it reminds me that Im bringing my children up in a world void of the innocence I enjoyed and took for granted like kids should. "innocence" means "naive" and "vulnurable" nowadays. I mean, its a TOTALLY different reality than I grew up in and its kinda sad tonight.

Btw, some of those things made me question your age.
I mean...I remember but Im 31 and I had you pegged as much younger than your memories imply.

But beta and 8 track are not on your list

( or smurfs, Captain Kangaroo , flinstones, shazaam, etc etc etc...)

**BiG WiCkEd** · 11-17-2005, 02:00 AM

Damn, goin back to the old school dayz...

**BabyFacedAbortion** · 11-17-2005, 02:04 AM

I'm 16.

Didn't mean to depress anyone, just kick starting some thoughts.

**FunkyMonkey** · 11-17-2005, 02:10 AM

NO way youre 16. really?!
want a babysitting job hehehe?

btw its not you depressing me its my own heap'o'shit lately making me reflective and a tad morose. Im looking forward to reading through it when Im in better spirits...a nice stroll down memory lane.

cheers!

**BabyFacedAbortion** · 11-17-2005, 02:13 AM

Hahah yes, I'm really 16 (sadly =P) and I know how that is, it sucks; hopefully you ch eer up