Friday, 18 September 2009

A great era

"The 90's was awesome."

I'm getting all nostalgic again. I can't stop thinking about the 90's. I was fortunate enough to be born early enough to be a part of it, although barely. The 90's was the time when it was actually worth it to wake up early for cartoons, the time that kids would be allowed to climb trees and have fun outdoors without any of this pollution corrupting our bodies, the time that we'd stay up all night telling each other ghost stories, the time that Tamaguchi was a rage, when having a PlayStation was cool, and when it was fun collecting stuff.

It was the time of marbles, the time of hopscotch, the time of jump rope. The peak of television, as well. What '90's kid can forget these lines? "Psyche!" "You did whaaaat?" "If you love it so much, why don't you marry it?" "[Insert any line here]... Not."

You can't forget quality shows such as Angry Beavers; Doug; Rugrats; Full House; Student Body; Pepper Ann; Hey Arnold!; As Told By Ginger; Recess; Even Stevens; Pink in the Brain; Lloyd in Space; among a lot of others.

Hey, not even forgetting the shows such as X-Files; Friends; The Sopranos; Ally McBeal; Law and Order; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (original); Beverly Hills, 90210; The Bill Cosby Show; Dawson's Creek; Boy Meets World; All That!; among others.

Movies such as Home Alone; Back To The Future.

Ah, yes, the 90's were awesome. In fact, here's a list to tell whether you were part of the awesomeness that is the 90's:

You know the entire theme song to The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
You read GooseBumps.
You got scared watching Are You Afraid Of The Dark.
You collected and/or played Pogs.
You remember collecting and/or fighting over Beanie Babies, Tickle me Elmo toys and/or Furbies.
You went through a slap-stick bracelet phase.
You know the Macarena.
Your shoes had flashing lights. (Oh, man, those were my favourite shoes!)
You learned something from watching Bill Nye.
You had a cassette in your radio so you could record your favourite song when it came on.
You remember the times of VCR's and VHS.
You wanted to find Carmen Sandiego and Waldo.
You predicted your future with one of the paper origami mouth things.
You argued over which was better: Ice Ice Baby or You Can't Touch This.
You thought gas was expensive when it was over $1.
You remember when having the Internet was cool.
You thought that the cool people were those with the biggest walkmans and the biggest headphones.
You remember playing (or owning) a SEGA console.
You used to wake up early just to watch cartoons.
You remember when MTV used to show music.
You remember this: Do you know what the Rock is cooking? and the Undertaker scared the crap out of you.
You actually thought wrestling was real.
You know that The Pink Ranger (Kimberly) and The Green Ranger (Tommy) were meant to be together. (Cool fact: The guy that plays the Green Ranger, Tommy, is in a lot of Power Ranger shows; even the spin-offs)
You took a side when it came to Sonic or Mario.
You collected and/or played Pokemon cards.
You got confused at least once watching Pete And Pete.
You've ended any sentence with either "Not!" or "Psyche!"
Yo-yo's were cool.
You played with either a Gigapet, a Tamaguchi or something similar.
You remember singing along to the songs in The Land Before Time.
You watched Barney, Sesame Street and/or Teletubbies.
You crank called your friends since there wasn't Caller ID.
You were scared of getting Cooties.
You had (or knew someone that had) a miniature car/bike that they "drove" in.
You remember playing with Nerf and Super Soakers.
You remember playing LIFE, Battleships, Guess Who? and when there was only ONE Monopoly.
You remember thinking you could beat those kids in Legends Of The Hidden Temple.
You tried setting traps on people like from Home Alone.
You wanted a DeLorean after watching Back To The Future.
You know that "You said whaaaaat?" was from Full House.
No one was a better basketballer than Michael Jordan.
You wanted to be shrunk like in "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids".
House Arrest was one of your favourite movies.
You wanted to join Johnny Q on his adventures. (The episode where they got trapped in virtual reality... That actually creeped me out)
You remember playing with those jelly toys that would stick to walls.
You had at least one temporary tattoo.
You took a picture with film.
Crash Bandicoot. 'Nuff said.
You remember when the gameboys were about the size of a brick.
You remember playing outside, and that it was boring to stay inside. (Wow, big difference to now, huh?)
You remember that cell phones were huge.
You liked listening to N*Sync, Backstreet Boys, Westlife and/or The Spice Girls.
You remember playing one of those "hand clapping games".
You wanted to be slimed on Nick! (I actually got, too, when I was 6!)
You played with Hotwheels.
You ate carrots because of Bugs Bunny.
You liked Bill and Ted.

Compiled and edited from random sources on the web.

The 90's were EPIC. Now, kids just stay at home with the TV and the computers... Kinda like what I'm doing now... Ah, well, at least I had my fun of climbing trees and just sitting in the grass. Will there ever be an era as good as the 90's again?

In other news, I just want to say this about Kanye: Dude, no one cares if you think Beyoncee's music is better. Taylor Swift won. Deal with it!

Alright, I'm a wee bit sleepy now. Night night.

Salut,

~Joshy~

P.S. I'm in love with KND again. I'm rewatching the show, it's awesome. Nigel and Rachel belong together, don't you agree?

2 comments:

arina78 said...

Reminiscing the 90s ! :')

Anonymous said...

Conseils tres interessants. A quand la suite?

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