May 29, 2005 07:16
Sorry about the long post, but I can't remember how to LJ-CUT at the moment.
You know you're a child of the '90s when:
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH!"
True.
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
I had little poundpuppy dolls.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air."
Yo listen up, cuz here's the story... Okay, you get the point.
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
Wasn't allowed to wear skirts...
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby Sitters Club and tried to start a club of your own.
I soo did!
6. You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
One.
7. You know that "WHOA" comes from Joey on "Blossom."
Whoa! Duh!
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."
hehe yeah.
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.
I had a boys bike bestowed on me.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales."
The greatest theme song ever written!
12. You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
Yes, yes I do.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side [back] of your head.
Wasn't allowed to wear ponytails.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.
Cowabunga!!!!!
15. You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail Day in computer class at school.
YAY! (we played on those Apple II's)
16. You played the game "MASH." (Mansion Apartment Shack House)
Once or twice. Don't remember how it goes, though.
17. You wore a Jordache Jean jacket and you were proud of it.
I wanted one...
18. L.A. Gear
19. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.
20. You remember reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and all the Ramona books.
I still love those stories...
21. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF."
Hehe...
22. You wanted to be a Goonie. Truffle Shuffle! Boodie Trap!
23. You ever wore flourescent clothing.
I wasn't allowed... It was too wild for my mother.
24. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
The Phynx would be proud.
25. You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
I still think about that often.
26. You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
I had a new one every week!
27. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. oh, the heartbreak.
*Sobs*
28. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence
No I don't... NOT!
29. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts.
30. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
31. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up.
32. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.
33. You owned a pair of jelly sandals.
I still wear jelly sandals.
34. After you saw "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" you kept saying "I know what you are, but what am I?"
I have nothing clever to say, but true.
35. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up!"
36. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
That was so much fun!
37. You even got seriously injured on a Slip 'n' Slide.
I have scars.
38. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
Loved it, broke it, cried, stole my cousin's.
39. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonald's.
I went to one about twice a month, one year.
40. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "awesome."
Awesome!
41. You remember Popples.
42. "Don't worry, be happy."
yeah.
43. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights.
44. You wore socks scrunched down.
I still do... I look like a dork.
45. "Miss Mary MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK, with silver BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS all down her BACK, BACK, BACK!"
That was fun! I remember the girl who taught me that. I forget how the rest goes, though.
46. You remember boom boxes vs. CD players.
I still have a boombox.
47. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
yup!
48. You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"
Yes!!
49. You remember watching "Rainbow Brite" and "My Little Ponies."
The ponies were so cute!
50. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.
I had a lunchbox with them on it!
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell."
I miss that show...
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi.
Still sqeal with delight when I hear him on the radio.
55. You played and/or collected "Pogs."
Yeah, I couldn't get enough of them.
56. You used to pretend that you could transform into a Power Ranger.
That was my weekend and after school play-dates with my best friend.
57. You had a variety of colors for Buddha beads.
58. "Where's Waldo?" was a big hit
I miss those...
59. "Lean on me ... when you're not strong ... and I'll be your friend. I'll help you carrrryyyy onnnn."
Still a great song... I'm searching for the MP3.
60. The GREY Nintendo Gameboys
I still have one!
61. Besides gameboy, you remember Gamegear
Still have one.
62. You owned a Furby
No.
63. Your friends had a group where each girl was a Spice Girl
I wasn't popular enough.
64. Chuck E Cheese Parties.
Every other weekend!
65. Discovery Zone was better than Chuck E. Cheese
66. You watched American Gladiators
I wish they'd show it on Game Show Network.
67. You played with Stretch Armstrong
...and opened him up!
68. You played with Crash Dummies
I still have them somewhere...
69. When thinking about gummy bears you imagine them in a line, dancing into their bag.
Hehe...
70. You read almost every single copy of R.L. Stiens "goosebumps".
I still have some of them.
71. So we were, like, going, like, to that, like, place, like, where, like, people do, like, stuff.
I still do that! I'm like, such a dork!
72. You can hum the mario bros. theme song in three part harmony with friends.
lol. Yeah. dodo,do,dedo,do!
73. You watched Eek the Cat
God, he was hilarious!
74. Garfield, Odie, Jon Arbuckle ring a bell
Ohh, they just stopped showing the reruns last year!
75. "Take Chances, get messy, make mistakes." "I know I should have stayed home today." "Okay bus, do your stuff"
Arnold, are you listening?!