Here are things that I remember from my childhood, things that someday will show how old I am:
Seeing Vanna White actually turn the letters on Wheel of Fortune, instead of just touching the screen (which she doesn't even need to do).
Watching Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and seeing how crayons are made during the "Picture Picture" segment.
Coloring with markers that would stain clothes, walls, skin, and carpet if they didn't stay on the paper.
Shining Time Station and the little conductor.
Going to Arctic Circle for fast food because it was the only fast food place in town.
Playing with homemade playdough and kitchen utensils.
Listening to "Mmmbop" by Hanson on my sister's Walkman/tapedeck.
Wearing cut off shorts and two shirts with the sleeves rolled up so you can see the color of the shirt underneath.
Being born in the 80s and growing up in the 90s--remembering the Y2K scare.
Having a civilization's textbook that said "East and West Germany will never be one again." (Or maybe that's dating my sixth grade textbook and not me.)
Having a television that was incased in wood and had knobs that you turned instead of buttons.
Going to Disneyland for my seventh birthday the year the Indiana Jones ride opened. There was no California Adventure and the 3-D movie starred Michael Jackson (I thought he was a woman, even back then).
Rolling the car windows down by hand.
Our first DVD was A Bug's Life that we got free with our new iMac. We didn't have a DVD player so we had to watch it on the computer.
Listening to Christmas albums on our record player (again, this actually ages my parents more than me).
Oregon Trail was the best computer game ever!
All we needed to be happy on a summer's day was some chalk, a blank driveway, a popsicle, and the sprinklers.
Riding our bikes to the grocery store and getting Shastas for 25 cents.
We only needed 7 channels, and even then we only watched 3.
The Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday.
TGIF on ABC every Friday!
We didn't need toys with batteries, just our imagination.
Speaking of toys: troll dolls, beanie babies, furbies (::shudder::), Barbie before she underwent breast reduction, legos, and care bears.
The first CD I bought myself was 98* Revelation. Man, I loved that CD.
I was just thinking about how different things were when I was little, but it seems to be such a short amount of time. What kinds of things are different from when you all were kids?
I remember when it was cool if you had cable because not everyone had it. I remember my first CDs being Backstreet Boys and Ace of Base.
ReplyDeleteAnd Barbie had a breast reduction? I do remember her with terrible pink and blue eyeshadow. And I remember the first bendy Barbie!
Yeah, about ten or twelve years ago they came out with the "new Barbie" who had a more believable body: smaller breasts/hips, slightly bigger waist, I think she may be shorter. But I remember the blue and pink eyeshadow.
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