Yesterday a bunch of us were reminiscing over video games... blowing out the dust of a Super Nintendo game if it froze.  It reminded me of being a kid, growing up in the 1990s...  here are some other things to look back on...
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"You just cant resist finishing this... "Iiiiiiin west philladelphia born and raised..."You remember TGIF on ABC and wouldnt miss itDown
down baby down down the roller coster sweet sweet baby Ill never let
you go..chimie chie cocoa puffs chimmie chimmie rock, chimmie chimiie
cocoa puffs chimmie chimmie rock.....You remember when Kurt Cobain, 2Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.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 earlyon a Saturday to watch cartoons.You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.You
begged for some GAK, and when you got that they came out with scented
GAK, and when you got that they came out with funny scented GAK.....You remember reading "Goosebumps"You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.You
danced to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto,
Males: got a whole lot ***-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...You
used to listen to the radio all day long just to record "Your FAVORITE
song of ALL time"....with a tape recorder held up to the radio loL!!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. (this was meant for young 80s children)When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who............and still all ended up being Tommy.You remember when super nintendo's became popular.You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos... but never taped anything funny.You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders""I've fallen and I can't get up"You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skatesTwo words... Trapper Keeper."Miss
Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver
buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER
MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS
PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCEhe jumped so
high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back
back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his
toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show showYou remember boom boxes vs. cd playersWriting M.A.S.H. notes.You remember New Kids on The Block when they were coolYou 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 everywhereYou watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja TurtlesYikes 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 and talking Elmo were always sold out.You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.You remember a time before the WB.You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"You know the Macarena by heart."Talk to the hand" ... enough saidYou always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"When we were younger:Before the MySpace frenzy...Before the Internet & text messaging...Before Sidekicks & iPods...Before MIKE JONES...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 2Pac and Biggie where alive.When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.Way back.Before we realized all this would eventually disappearWho would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!Wait
Wait....let's not forget OLD NICK shows....Alex Mac, Salute Your
Shorts, My Brother and Me, Rocko's Modern Life, the ORIGINAL Rugrats,
DOUG!! Cousin Skeeter, Hey Arnold, Clarissa Explains it All, The OLD
All That, Pete and Pete yeah the OLD nick days rules