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[ealgylden]

A meme before bed. Seems a fitting time to look back at my childhood, since tomorrow's my birthday and I'm not dealing with it that well. When did I get so old? Anyway, I nicked this from elke_tanzer.


Ones that were me are in bold.

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE". Even though it annoyed me, it slipped out. Too much exposure, I guess.
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.- I did own a couple, though.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bellair".
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.- okay watch me cringe now
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls. - And I saw the movie, too (though that may have been my younger sister's idea). In fact, I think I still have the bunny that went with the apricot girl somewhere around here.
7. You know that "WHOA" comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer.- wow, this is a scary meme
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock".- I loved it so! It needs to be on DVD.
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales".
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.- Especially Wildfire, Dungeons and Dragons and The Real Ghostbusters. And how I miss those days...
13. You wore a pony tail on the side of your head. - erg. What was i thinking?
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.- I loved that game! Man, I wish I had a copy now...
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House) with friends at school.
18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it. Well, yeah! Tiffany had one!
19. L.A. Gear.....
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. - Ew, no. Timing was wrong and too much pink.
21. You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF".- Well I should hope so.
23. You wanted to be a Goonie. - I worshipped that movie.
24. If you ever wore fluorescent clothing. - though in very small doses. It was tough being a redhead back then.
25. You can remember what Micheal Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
26. If you have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. - Hey, I even remember when she was bad.
27. You took Lunch Pales to school.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.- I remember it, but it wasn't my clique.
29. You remember Robotech.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favourite band.
32. You thought She-ra and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.- Shyeah, of course I thought that!
34. If you ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. - no, because my mom didn't love me. No pony either.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?" - Nope, I said "Tell 'em Large Marge sent ya! Mwa ha ha haaaa!" Fabulous movie. Completely mad.
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up". - God that was annoying.
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates. - No skating rinks in my town, alas
38. If you ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. If you have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "This wasn't from the 80's!"
42. You remember Popples.
43. "Don't worry, be happy".- I still own that album, actually.
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.- not eight, but sorta, yeah
45. You wore socks scrunched down.
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK". - I remember it, but it annoyed me.
47. You remember boom boxes vs cd players.
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.- and the movie Zach Galligan made with Mollie Ringwald about teen suicide, too.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales.
51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot. - Ewwww. My best friend who also liked Kirk Cameron liked him though.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. From before the 1-800-COLLECT commercials.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.- Though my group was too old for them, really. They were more for our little sisters.
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class. - Oh, how I hated Screech....
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THRU THE HEART. - And many more besides. Bon Jovi was awesome.
56. You remember the Thundercats and Transformers.

Comments

Feeling old

[kathlaw.livejournal.com]

Now I am feeling old. Some of the things on that list I wrote for! My tv writing career started on those 80s cartoons. But as one friend of mine in her early 60s says, the secret to not feeling old is having friends older than you are. So, you're still not old. :-) So Happy Birthday!

(Hi! windrose mentioned your delightful feedback, and when she cheered the other day about you being here, I just had to add you to my own list. -- Kath, who's currently listening to the band Survivor, speaking of the 80s.)

Re: Feeling old

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

My tv writing career started on those 80s cartoons.

You wrote for Dungeons and Dragons? How keen, that's one of my all-time faves (I had such a crush on Hank. Who cared that he was animated?). You would have been the coolest person ever to my friends and I- we were all such cartoon junkies. And I like your friend's attitude. Of course, these days I seem to hear more "Yay! I've graduated high school!" or "Yay! I'm just starting college!" than things that don't make me feel old, but oh well.

So thank you and hi and welcome!

Re: Feeling old

[kathlaw.livejournal.com]

It's so nice encountering someone else who developed crushes on animated characters! Not that I've exactly stopped doing it. :-)

Yeah, Hank was definitely cool. If you remember the episode with Venger's sister, Karena, that was my first script assignment.

Hanging out with windrose reminds me of my age, frequently. I have been known to mutter about thumping my cane on the porch next to my rocking chair, all because I saw "Star Wars" when I was 22. If I remember correctly, I'm the same age as Disneyland -- okay, a month older.

Re: Feeling old

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

If you remember the episode with Venger's sister, Karena, that was my first script assignment.

My sister used to have that episode on tape (a gift from a very smart friend, I think). We must have watched it a hundred times. Unfortunately it got broken during a move, and it's not like we can replace it. I'm hoping for a DVD release someday- there's a lot of nostalgic affection for the show still, so fingers crossed.

D&D on DVD

[kathlaw.livejournal.com]

I keep hoping. My tapes from the original 3/4" are nearly 20 years old and I swear it's due in large part to keeping them sealed in the production-quality black case that allows them to still be playable. Not that we'd get any money for DVD releases, unlike live-action, but it'd still be way cool. So far two of the series I've worked on are on DVD, with a third upcoming soon.

[thenightsfall]

Well, hey, Happy Birthday. It's my mom's, too. :-)

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And happy birthday to your mom, too. According to a friend who's into Chinese astrology and the like, today is a particularly auspicious day, so good luck to her!

[thenightsfall]

Thank you! So far my mom has had a wonderful day. Hope you do, as well. :-)

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

This has been a fun meme :) Oh, the nostalgia...

Happy Birthday! Many happy returns, dear fellow redhead.

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Your icon is lovely! Usually I don't pay much attention to Jules (poor fella, he just pales next to Phileas), but he looks so cute and cocky in that picture. And Phileas, well, gorgeous as usual.

And thanks muchly! Hey, do you remember when redheads were trendy for a brief moment back then? I wonder if that was Tiffany's fault.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Your icon is lovely! Usually I don't pay much attention to Jules (poor fella, he just pales next to Phileas), but he looks so cute and cocky in that picture. And Phileas, well, gorgeous as usual.

Thank you! Yes, poor Jules does tend to look slightly shabby compared to Phileas, but I found a good pic of the cast where he was actually wearing a good suit. The manip gave me fits, though, so I'm glad you like it!

And thanks muchly! Hey, do you remember when redheads were trendy for a brief moment back then? I wonder if that was Tiffany's fault.

Hm, I dunno. That moment must've been pretty brief, 'cause I only remember being teased for the red hair. Then I had my turn to laugh at everyone who tried to match the color once I was older *g*

[ex-declinean757.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! And ow, do I remember most of this stuff, too, lol!

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And I'm just waiting until the eighties come around for their big fashion and nostalgia revival, like the sixties and seventies did. Scary, scary thought.