Some random memery
73% Geek
1.How old were you in 1980?
4, for most of it; 5 for sixteen days of it.
2. How old were you in 1989?
13 for most of it, 14 for the last sixteen days.
3. Were you a Toys R' Us kid?
At heart, I suppose; I actually couldn't be one for real because they didn't have any in Vermont.
4. Did you watch Transformers?
Of course.
5. Did you see E.T. on the big screen?
Indeedy do.
6. Did you own a Lite Bright?
Oh, yes.
7. Who is your Favorite Golden Girl?
Whichever the hell one Betty White played, I guess.
8. When someone says " Who you gonna call? " You think?
Ghostbusters. Or possibly "That's never going to be usable again, is it?" from Buffy, but that's still a Ghostbusters reference.
9.What was your favorite toy?
Tough call. Probably my computer, which I suppose isn't technically a toy, but I played games on it all the time...
10. Did you have a Pogo Ball?
I knew kids who did, but I never had one.
11. Did you listen to New Kids on the Block?
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck no.
12. What New Kid did you have a crush on?
*cough*Lesbian*cough*
13. Did you play M.A.S.H?
Play M.A.S.H.? Do you mean the theme song, or pretend to be the characters? I don't get the question...
14. Did you watch The Care Bears?
I saw the movie, but that's about it.
15. Did you have Jelly bracelets?
A few.
16. Did you have a charm necklace and/or bracelet?
Nope
17. Did you own a glo-worm?
No. Part of me wanted one, but a friend of mine had it and I discovered that they're not even the tiniest bit snuggly. The plastic light-up head is really hard, and so is the internal flashlight...Glo-worm sucked. I love the idea, but...
18. Did you ever own a slap bracelet?
A couple of 'em. Even had a D.A.R.E. slap-bracelet.
19. The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles?
Ooh...tough choice. I love 'em both; The Breakfast Club is a total classic and almost the automatic choice, but Sixteen Candles is so much more lighthearted, which is more me...
20. Did you have a crazy hair style?
Hell, I even sported a mohawk at one point. :D
Looked awful but I thought I was badass. ;)
21. What was your first bike?
Oh, I d'know. Some hand-me-down piece of crap my parents got from someone whose kid had outgrown hers... I actually loved the thing, but looking back on it, it was a piece of shit.
22. Name one thing you remember from your childhood?
Optimism. I always felt like we were just on the verge of something really special, really cool happening, like some awesome scientific discovery that would bring us to the stars. I miss that.
23. Did you have a Cabbage Patch Kid?
Of course. I think I even still know where it is, if I went digging around in my parents' place.
24. Did you dress like Madonna?
Hell, no. Not my style. I was more of a Joan Jett/Cyndi Lauper type.
25. Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake?
...neither? I was a Star Wars girl! :)
26. Did you watch Miami Vice?
I was allowed. Hippie parents; they thought it was too violent. They were probably right, but they made that decision sight-unseen, like a lot of things I wasn't allowed to watch. Like The Dark Crystal and Tron were verboten for the longest time; I had to sneak behind their backs at friends' houses to watch 'em.
27. Did you own a pair of Jelly Shoes?
Not so much, no.
28. Did you own a Trapper Keeper?
I had THIS Trapper Keeper™:
29. Atari or Nintendo?
Nintendo, of course.
Actually, again with the hippie parents, I wasn't allowed to have a video game console; instead, they bought me a TRS-80 because I could allegedly learn on one of those. And I guess I did learn to program in BASIC, but even so...my parents were SUCH killjoys back then. And I had to buy my own Nintendo with my own money--no birthday or Giftmas gift for me!--because, though they had relaxed their no-violent-toys policy, they still wouldn't support my love of the genre.
Little did they know that I'd eventually go on to make video games professionally (however briefly).
30. Did you play Pac-Man?
At just about every pizza joint I ever ate in. What is it with pizza places? If they have any video games at all, one of them will be Pac-Man or a derivative, even today.
31. Which was better: Jem and The Holograms or Barbie and the rockers?
I don't even remember Barbie and the Rockers, so I guess Jem. They both sucked tho.
32. He-Man or She-Ra?
Neither, thanks.
33. What movie scared you the most?
Gosh, I don't even know. There were quite a few. Like many kids, I was terrified by E.T., and because I was pretty sheltered (again with the hippie parents), even Ghostbusters scared the hell out of me.
I don't think I watched it until the 90s, but the movie made in the 80s that freaked me out the most was Aliens; I know most people classify that one as action, but it hit just about every last one of my fear triggers, from being trapped to monsters to nuclear explosions...
34. Did you try to dance like Michael Jackson?
I guess I tried to Moonwalk once or twice; gave it up pretty fast.
35. Punky Brewster or A team?
Oh, so totally The A-team! C'mon!
1.How old were you in 1980?
4, for most of it; 5 for sixteen days of it.
2. How old were you in 1989?
13 for most of it, 14 for the last sixteen days.
3. Were you a Toys R' Us kid?
At heart, I suppose; I actually couldn't be one for real because they didn't have any in Vermont.
4. Did you watch Transformers?
Of course.
5. Did you see E.T. on the big screen?
Indeedy do.
6. Did you own a Lite Bright?
Oh, yes.
7. Who is your Favorite Golden Girl?
Whichever the hell one Betty White played, I guess.
8. When someone says " Who you gonna call? " You think?
Ghostbusters. Or possibly "That's never going to be usable again, is it?" from Buffy, but that's still a Ghostbusters reference.
9.What was your favorite toy?
Tough call. Probably my computer, which I suppose isn't technically a toy, but I played games on it all the time...
10. Did you have a Pogo Ball?
I knew kids who did, but I never had one.
11. Did you listen to New Kids on the Block?
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck no.
12. What New Kid did you have a crush on?
*cough*Lesbian*cough*
13. Did you play M.A.S.H?
Play M.A.S.H.? Do you mean the theme song, or pretend to be the characters? I don't get the question...
14. Did you watch The Care Bears?
I saw the movie, but that's about it.
15. Did you have Jelly bracelets?
A few.
16. Did you have a charm necklace and/or bracelet?
Nope
17. Did you own a glo-worm?
No. Part of me wanted one, but a friend of mine had it and I discovered that they're not even the tiniest bit snuggly. The plastic light-up head is really hard, and so is the internal flashlight...Glo-worm sucked. I love the idea, but...
18. Did you ever own a slap bracelet?
A couple of 'em. Even had a D.A.R.E. slap-bracelet.
19. The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles?
Ooh...tough choice. I love 'em both; The Breakfast Club is a total classic and almost the automatic choice, but Sixteen Candles is so much more lighthearted, which is more me...
20. Did you have a crazy hair style?
Hell, I even sported a mohawk at one point. :D
Looked awful but I thought I was badass. ;)
21. What was your first bike?
Oh, I d'know. Some hand-me-down piece of crap my parents got from someone whose kid had outgrown hers... I actually loved the thing, but looking back on it, it was a piece of shit.
22. Name one thing you remember from your childhood?
Optimism. I always felt like we were just on the verge of something really special, really cool happening, like some awesome scientific discovery that would bring us to the stars. I miss that.
23. Did you have a Cabbage Patch Kid?
Of course. I think I even still know where it is, if I went digging around in my parents' place.
24. Did you dress like Madonna?
Hell, no. Not my style. I was more of a Joan Jett/Cyndi Lauper type.
25. Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake?
...neither? I was a Star Wars girl! :)
26. Did you watch Miami Vice?
I was allowed. Hippie parents; they thought it was too violent. They were probably right, but they made that decision sight-unseen, like a lot of things I wasn't allowed to watch. Like The Dark Crystal and Tron were verboten for the longest time; I had to sneak behind their backs at friends' houses to watch 'em.
27. Did you own a pair of Jelly Shoes?
Not so much, no.
28. Did you own a Trapper Keeper?
I had THIS Trapper Keeper™:
29. Atari or Nintendo?
Nintendo, of course.
Actually, again with the hippie parents, I wasn't allowed to have a video game console; instead, they bought me a TRS-80 because I could allegedly learn on one of those. And I guess I did learn to program in BASIC, but even so...my parents were SUCH killjoys back then. And I had to buy my own Nintendo with my own money--no birthday or Giftmas gift for me!--because, though they had relaxed their no-violent-toys policy, they still wouldn't support my love of the genre.
Little did they know that I'd eventually go on to make video games professionally (however briefly).
30. Did you play Pac-Man?
At just about every pizza joint I ever ate in. What is it with pizza places? If they have any video games at all, one of them will be Pac-Man or a derivative, even today.
31. Which was better: Jem and The Holograms or Barbie and the rockers?
I don't even remember Barbie and the Rockers, so I guess Jem. They both sucked tho.
32. He-Man or She-Ra?
Neither, thanks.
33. What movie scared you the most?
Gosh, I don't even know. There were quite a few. Like many kids, I was terrified by E.T., and because I was pretty sheltered (again with the hippie parents), even Ghostbusters scared the hell out of me.
I don't think I watched it until the 90s, but the movie made in the 80s that freaked me out the most was Aliens; I know most people classify that one as action, but it hit just about every last one of my fear triggers, from being trapped to monsters to nuclear explosions...
34. Did you try to dance like Michael Jackson?
I guess I tried to Moonwalk once or twice; gave it up pretty fast.
35. Punky Brewster or A team?
Oh, so totally The A-team! C'mon!