Do you remeber?

Do you remember?

Before the MySpace frenzy.
Before the Internet & text messaging.
Before Sidekicks & iPods.
Before MIKE JONESSS
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX.
Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night.
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.
Tag.
Hide-n-Go Seek.
Red Light, Green Light.
Heads Up 7 Up.
Playing Kickball & Dodgeball.
Hopskotch.
Slip-n-Slides.
Tree Houses.
Mother May I
Red Rover.
Four Square.
Hula Hoops.
The annoying Nano Pets & Furbies.
Playing Street Hockey with the neighborhood friends.
Running through the sprinklers.
Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.
Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.
Watching 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:
Ren & 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 & Kel.
Who could forger Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.
Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.
Class field trips.
When Santa was your favorite person in the world.
When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.
When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.
When Toys R Us overuled the mall.
Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'
'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'.
It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.
Being old referred to anyone over 20.
A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Nobody was cooler or stronger than Dad.
Scrapes & bruises were kissed & 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.
When Being a Kid was a blast.
But what you remember most was wanting to grow up.

damn dude. that really touched me.

No where on that list is My Little Pony or Captain Planet mentioned. Tsk tsk tsk...

Ah, the days of glory.... I never wanted to grow up, but Time didn't care.

I remember.

no other generation will appreciate that like i (we) do.

what is "our" generation called?

i got a few:

before George W. Bush
back when tetris and simon and pac-man and space invaders were the most violent games around
when M.Jackson was a living legend for his singing instead of being a living legend for raping little boys
before the Game Boy had a letter or word after it

I think our generation is called Generation Z or something ridiculous like that.

Polly Pocket...sniff.

Free Willy.

The Karate Kid. "Wash and wax."

I think we're officially named Generation Z but our nickname is the Mosaics. Or so I heard.

From my sociology book:

Lost Generation=born appr. 1880-1900
GI Generation=born appr. 1900-1920
Silent Generation=born appr. 1920-1940
Baby Boomers=born appr. 1940-1960
Generation X=born appr. 1960-1980
Millenial Generation=born appr. 1980-2000

that doesnt really help us considering it the year 2006 almost.

no, they wont name the generation thats post-2000 for another several years.

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that doesnt really help us considering it the year 2006 almost.

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People BORN from 1980-2000. That is us silly

- Xaej

yes people born. but we are not real people untill we can think for ourselves. this happend for me in the year 2001. silly.

i'm glad you guys appreciate it. I thought i was the only one who felt nostalgic. When i was done writing that i felt like goin back and listening to blink-182 and hanging out with old friends.... man i miss hide and go seek.