I make no apologies for the music of the 1990's. Grunge happened, rap happened, boy bands happened, Britney Spears happened, the Spice Girls happened, and they were all awesome.
Classic Skating. Yeah, I know, it was around before my time too. But the last generation to truly enjoy an in line skating rink was my generation. They became either abandoned, ghetto-fied, or dance-floored after 1999.
oh our sweet, sweet styles. No sweat pants too bright, no windbreaker to...windbreaker-ish. No plaid shirt was too baggie, no plaid mini-skirt was too school girl. The world was our very fashionable oyster. I suppose that is why we wore the big flower hats?
I know Beanie Babies will never be worth money (as was promised us) but I would never sell mine anyway. I love their little plushy faces, and their cliche names, and their arbitrary birthdays too much to hand them over to someone else. I would, however, sell my skip-it in a heartbeat.
"Long before he was spending his days foisting his mediocre children on us, Will Smith was actually the perfect human specimen. He also undoubtedly holds some world record for saving the world the most times while simultaneously delivering flawless catchphrases and giving cool guy nods to the camera. The Men In Black rap song, at the time, was created and received by the public without the slightest trace of irony. Really. He was that good."
This Blog post was inspired by the following article. The above is a direct quotation from said article:
10 Things 90s Kids Will Have to Explain to Their Children
If it makes you feel better I was six and a half when the nineties hit, so I don't remember much of the eighties. I, too, define myself as a child of the ninties. Lisa Frank...still had her stuff in eighth grade....Oddly enough my musical taste tends to equate more with 00's than with the ninties. I do consider 80's music oldies. It kind of creeps me out when people think 90's music is an oldie. Liam thinks your monkey beanie babies are worth money, and he's still plotting on how to get them back. Here's to the nineties...and that big flower hat that I had which Garrett and Becky made fun of (they ran around calling me Jackie Kennedy).
ReplyDeleteAt the time, we were all pretty eager to get to the 90s and put the 80s behind us. I still feel that way. In retrospect, the 80s were a great time to be a kid. The toys and cartoons were top notch. And no one was genuinely afraid of being offed by a drug dealer or snatched by a kidnapper.
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