You Know U Grew Up in the 80s/90s If............

I can relate to almost all of these.. with a few exceptions....


You Know U Grew Up In the 80s/ Early 90s If...

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE-check
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.- check--loved them!
3. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Belair...and can do the Carlton-you betcha!
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylish and sexy.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own. I wanted to be Claudia because she was such a fashionista
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that WOAH; comes from Joey on Blossom. I loved Joey.. I got his cd.. had the biggest crush on him
8. Two words: Hammer Pants.. yes.. in three different colours.. :S
9. If you ever watched Fraggle Rock... I wanted to chill in their cave with them!
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.. I tried to ride my bike as fast as I could to make the streamers fly..
11. You can sing the entire theme song to DuckTales.. Duck Tales wooo oooo
12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons YES!
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head Mmmhmmm
14. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen...and still know the turtles names. Yes.. AND I remember that Technotronic came out with the song "Get Up" for the soundtrack of the movie.. "Get up, get up, get busy do it, I wanna see you party, get up people now get down do it, before the night is over"... :D
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your Mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side. In all different shades and colours..
17. You played the game MASH (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it. Sadly so...
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more? Had a pink and white pair
20. You wanted to change your name to JEM in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous.) Shoot, I would STILL change my name to Jem..
21. You remember reading Tales of a fourth grade nothing and all the Ramona books. I heart Romona.. the first time I heard a Romona book was Miss Armstrong's second grade class (Romona the Pest).. I just bought that book from amazon a few months ago and plan on buying the rest of the Romona collection very soon!
22. You know the profound meaning of WAX ON, WAX OFF Yes! And I had the BIGGEST crush on the Karate Kid..
23. You wanted to be a Goonie. Indeed.. especially after I watched the movie for the first time in grade 3
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe) Oh yeah.. down to my socks, shoes and even FINGER nails!
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted. Yes..
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. I still do!
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail kids in the schoolyard. My first lunch box was a yellow She-Ra lunch box with a matching thermos.. and yes, I traded Garbage Pail kids cards until they were BANNED at our school!
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. Stupid schools banning fun stuff!
29. You still get the urge to say NOT after every sentence. My parents used to get so annoyed when I did that
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts. Yes!
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band. Nope.. Jem and the Holograms.. then The Misfits and then Barbie and the Rockers!
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up EEW! No! They were BROTHER AND SISTER you NASTY ASS!.. that's just gross!
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.. made from both thread and "gimp"
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like ..24, probably in neon colors, too) I'd say about 3 pairs..
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying, "I know you are, but what am I?" How did you know?
36. You remember I've fallen and I can't get up.. I crank called some random person and said that.. she called our home back and told my mom.. needless to say she was not amused and I got into big trouble!
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates YES! To classic 80's music!
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It. Yes.. with that faulty ass timer thing that never worked properly!
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.. Central Parkway Mall Represent!
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement For the most part..
42. You remember Popples LOVED THEM!
43. Don't worry, be happy.. My dad would always sing that to my mom..
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down Check
46. You remember boom boxes..and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that... Ummm.. people don't do that anymore.. whoops! ;)
47. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.. Gizmo was the cutest!
48. You know what it meant to say Care Bear Stare!! Yup.. did it last night at Dunkin Donuts.. lol.. just kidding..
49. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales.. yes! Had a Rainbow Brite colouring book with matching crayons! And I had a My Little Pony named Masquerade.. I loved both shows..
50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot... I thought Sam was very pretty.. Doogie didn't do much for me back then..
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. I loved how he always tried to eat the cat when no one was looking.. I thought that was the funniest thing..
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and refer to them as NKOTB Sorry I STILL think that they are cool.. don't hate!
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on Saved By The Bell,The ORIGINAL class. Yes! I always hated Slater's high, pleated pants though.. those were not cool!
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. Nope.. more like Living on a Prayer!
55. You just sang those words to yourself. Okay.. so I did!
56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird. Classic!
57. Homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better) Not if my mother could help it! No short shorts allowed!
58. You remember when mullets were cool! They were?
59. You had a mullet or a close relative did! Umm.. no.. sorry
60. You still sing We are the World Damn skippy!
61. You tight rolled your jeans. Sad, but true
62. You owned a bannana clip. Check
63. You remember Where's the Beef?
64. You used to (and probably still do) say;What you talkin' about Willis? Used to.. not any more
65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it. Eww.. don't remind me.. bad, repressed memories when I didn't have access to hair care products to settle my crazy hair down
66. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!!! Maybe....

Grey Matter...

Isaiah Washington better watch his back.. Katherine Heigl looks like she can take him.. and she said that she would "throw down" for T.R. Knight.. he better watch it.. that's all I have to say...

Last night's episode of Grey's made me cry.. it wasn't just the phenomenal story line that got to me.. it was the fact that it reminded me of how my uncle died in late 2005.. the similarities were eerie.. I'm just glad that my cousin (my uncle's daughter) that was most impacted by my uncle's death, is in Indonesia right now and didn't see last night's episode. I wouldn't want her to see it.. it would bring up too many memories..

After seeing how much my aunt and cousin's went through when my uncle was diagnosed with cancer (it happened very suddenly.. he died within three months of being diagnosed) and witnessing his death, I am extremely terrified of having to deal with such a situation.. I can't even think of something happening to my parents or my brother.. the very thought of it sends my mind spinning and often brings tears to my eyes..

I don't know how my cousin's did it... they remained so strong and composed (in front of others anyway).. I know I wouldn't be able to hold myself together long enough to form a proper sentence if I went through such a thing..

I wish that everyone could just live forever.. that we never had to experience death or have to go through seeing people in such grave pain.. wishful thinking.. I know.. but how I wish it were reality.. reality is very, very frightening at times..

Happy Birthday Jay!

A big birthday shout out to my beautiful friend Jay! Here's to many, many more years of true friendship and good fortune..

Your birthday has brought me much luck this year! It must have been in the stars or something.. I was meant to land this wonderful job today.. did you have something to do with it missy?..... humm.... now you got me thinking.....

Thank you for being my soul sista.. I love you much!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE! MUUUUUUUAH!

A Racist Tale...

Z and I were at Dunkin Donuts (my Tim Horton's alternative-- because you KNOW I'm not going to Starbucks!-- their coffee is horrible and on top of that its overpriced-- not a good combination)...

So Z and I were in line at Dunkin Donuts last night and in front of us was a man who was mumbling to himself about how there were only Hispanic employees at this particular location "Damn spics need to go back to where they came from.. taking over our jobs..." Z and I both looked at one another and raised a brow.. so then when this racist was ordering his coffee he asked the cashier if she spoke English (she was already speaking English with him, not Spanish... he was being a jackass).. She smiled and said "Yes sir, I speak English very well".. and then when she told him his total he said, "Oh so, do I like have to pay with pesos or some shit like that?".. My jaw dropped.. I could not believe that he said that.. I punched Z's leg, and we both looked at each other again.. we both then spoke up (oddly at the same time) that they accept American dollars, not pesos and he turned around and shot us a dirty look--- we shot it right back.. I was amazed at the cashier's tolerance level though because she did not crack.. she didn't get mad or upset (at least visibly).. Z and I were more upset than she was.. when the fucker was done with his order he called out to his wife and said "Man, these people are taking over our country"... and then walked out the door.. I'm pretty sure that the idiot concluded that Z and I were Hispanic as well and that he was outnumbered in the coffee shop..


Never, in my life, have I seen such a blatant display of hatred against someone.. I mean I have been called probably every racist name in the book, but I have never been put in a situation like the cashier was..

Z and I both stayed afterwards to speak to the girl and apologized on the fucker's behalf.. she said that it didn't get to her.. that she was used to it.. she said that a lot of "trucker" types come in and spew their racist venom, trying to get her and her co-workers to act out so that they can get them into trouble.. that's why she tries to be even kinder to such people...

My hat goes off to this girl because I don't think that I could do the same.. I have a high tolerance level, but to hear such utter garbage come out of someone's mouth, disgusts the hell out of me..

The cashier told us that many people from different states end up coming into Dunkin Donuts because they are making "pit stop", so its hard to pin point exactly where these people are from.. you can't assume that they are all from Dallas, or Texas for that matter..

I must say that since I have moved to Dallas, I have noticed that there is a common thread amongst the Hispanic people that I have come across-- they are all very, very resilient and hard working. As much as people complain about them, they fail to realize that they are just trying to make a damn living so that they can support their families. It bugs the hell out of me when people like the bastard from Dunkin Donuts say things like "They are taking our jobs"... no.. they are not taking your jobs, because you wouldn't do the jobs that they do.. these people barely get paid minimum wage, very rarely have health benefits and many of them work two to three jobs... and they do it with a smile on their face, NEVER complaining about the amount of hours they have to be out of their homes...

I hate ignorance.. I hate racists.. I hate people that come to conclusions without knowing jack shit..

The End..

Yo Adoro Realmente America Ferrera

I've loved Miss America since "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"... yes.. I own that dvd and I am not afraid to admit it.. I loved her in it.. She was also magnificent in "Real Women Have Curves".. which I also own.. (amazon.. I'm telling you.. rewards points please...)

I'm so elated by the fact that Ugly Betty has done so well and that America Ferrera is getting the recognition that she deserves..

Go America, Go!

Yeay!

America Ferrera made me cry! Awwww, she won!! Yeees! She owed the Golden Globes.. her and Mr. Sacha Baron Cohen.. he is so hilarious..

Yeay for Forrest Whittaker, Dreamgirls and Grey's Anatomy---- "seriously?" :)

Golden Globes and Immature Hoes....

Yeay for Ugly Betty and Jennifer Hudson!! Sorry Beyonce.. maybe next time girl.. I love how Jamie Foxx always addresses the hip hop crowd at awards shows.. "Jiggga"...lol..

I'm still in the midst of watching the Golden Globes.. i decided to tape the rest though, because I was getting bored and wanted to be able to fast forward through boring people's speeches..

I decided to cancel my hi5 account because there was WAY too much unnecessary drama going on for my liking.. you'd think that some people from high school would have matured a little bit.. but I guess that is expecting too much.. I prefer facebook anyway... I think that my best hi5 experience was getting to know Stella better.. she is such an intriguing person.. I've known her sister Estelle for ages (since middle school), but never really had the opportunity to know Stella until hi5.. so I'm happy about that fact...

Hi5'ers be warned.. people can hack into your account and try to change shit around.. it happened to me.. it was not cool at all.. I had to contact administration to get back into my account and then cancel it.. good times?.... no... not at all... any one can be a bad ass behind a computer screen I suppose...

Hiding Time..

There are big ass pieces of hail falling outside and wind is gushing ear piercingly loud.. I am frightened.. Is the day of reckoning drawing near?.. it seems like it every time I encounter weather like this.. time to hide under my desk..

Unreal

I am addicted to facebook. I joined about two weeks ago, upon the suggestion of a friend and now I am hopelessly hooked.


I have come across people that I haven't heard from since high school/middle school. Both my high school and middle school have groups which discuss old memories from our educational/ social experiences.



I was floored to find out that several teacher's that taught me in middle school are STILL there and continue to use the same teaching styles (or lack thereof) that they used to in the early 90's!



I was browsing dvd titles on amazon today and discovered that there are many new releases that I need to get my hands on.. honestly, amazon NEEDS to have a rewards program, because I have to be one of their best customers...




DVD's I will have my hands on in the near future:

Yeay for Mr. Dreyfuss

Z and I just finished watched Mr. Holland's Opus this afternoon. I can't get enough of that movie. I saw it on the Disney Channel about two years ago and had to buy the dvd.. I think that Richard Dreyfuss is an extraordinary actor and person. I saw him on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher in November and was astounded by his intelligence. Bill Maher usually doesn't allow his panel guests to speak for very long without interrupting them, but he barely interjected when Richard Dreyfuss was discussing the importance of teaching civics in schools. I commend Mr. Dreyfuss for his active role in promoting individual rights, freedom of speech and for having the backbone to call for the impeachment of G.Bush. We need more free thinking individuals like him to aid in making this country a better place..

Random

I can't sleep.. the new year has brought me a slow growing wisdom tooth that is making my mouth hurt like a beyatch, which therefore isn't allowing me to sleep.. who would have thought at the age of 26, I would have a wisdom tooth growing inside my mouth... my first one at that.. meh..



I've been downloading music like nobody's business lately.. my new trick has been to look up albums on amazon and then copying and pasting song titles into limewire.. Hey you can't criticize me for downloading because I spend a heck of a lot of money buying cds as well.. my cd collection is extremely insane.. I can't help it.. I've always loved music..

I've rediscovered so many old songs that I totally forgot about.. such as "Mercedes Boy" by Pebbles.. that one totally slipped my mind until I looked up Pebbles on amazon..



The following are songs I have been jamming to for the past few days.. my January playlist, so to speak..I'm known for being extremely random as you'll discover while reading the following song titles..

• Vivan Green- Emotional Rollercoaster


• Zion I- Mind Blow


• Tamia- Officially Missing You


• Keith Murry-The Most Beautifulest Thing


• Maxwell- Ascension


• Kish- I Rhyme The World


• Al Green-Love and Happiness


• Bilal-Soul Sista
• Donnie Hathaway-For All We Know


• Jane Child-Don't Wanna Fall In Love
• Das EFX-Real Hip Hop


• Donnell Jones-He Won't Hurt You
• Pete Rock and CL Smooth-Its A Love Thing
• Aaliyah-At Your Best (You Are Love)


• En Vogue-Hold On


• Bootsy Collins-I'd Rather Be With You


• Deniece Williams- Let's Hear It For The Boy


• Glenn Maderios feat Bobby Brown- She Ain't Worth It


• Gorillaz- Tomorrow Comes Today


• Mariah Carey-Can't Let Go


• Sanchez feat Beenie Man- Going Away


• The Beatles-Hard Days Night


• Gwen Stephani- Wonderful Life


• Atlantic Star-Shower Me With Your Love


• LL Cool J-Around The Way Girl
• Domino-Sweet Potato Pie
  
• K-os-Sunday Morning


• Incubus- Anna Molly


• Van Morrison-Brown Eyed Girl


• Jennifer Hudson- And I Am Telling You
• Nappy Roots-Round The Globe
• Alanis Morissette-Flinch


• Glenn Lewis-Something About Your Love


• Robin Thicke- Lost Without You
• Counting Crows-Mr. Jones


• Angie Stone- With I Didn't Miss You
• Cassie-Me And You
• Sam Roberts-Brother Down


• The Killers-Bones


• Expose-I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me
• Fu Shnickens-Ring The Alarm


• Fantasia feat Big Boi- Hood Boy
• Smashing Pumpkins-1979


• Stevie Wonder-They Won't Go When I Go


• Inner Circle- Girl I Want To Make You Sweat


• Kid N Play- Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody


• Goapele-Back To You


• Audioslave-Doesn't Remind Me
• Stevie Wonder-Sir Duke
• Nas-One Love


• Monifah-You


• Bran Van 3000-Astounded
• Tiffany-I Think We're Alone Now


• XCSCAPE-Who Can I Run To


• T.I.- Top Back


• D'Angelo-Lady remix
• Jerzee Monet feat DMX-Most High


• John Lennon-Imagine


• De La Soul- Break of Dawn


• The Fugees-Ready Or Not


• Roxettte-Fading Like A Flower


• Esthero-Bitch
• Shakira-Ojos Asi
• Oasis-Wonderwall
• Mos Def-Umi Says
• Justin Timberlake-Chop Me Up
• Jay-Z-Song Cry


• Ghetto Boys- My Minds Playing Tricks On Me


• Fleetwood Mac- Tell Me Lies
• Shanice-Saving Forever For You


• Zapp and Roger-Computer Love
• MC Lyte-Paper Thin


• Beres Hammond-They Gonna Talk


• Andre 3000-Prototype


• Michael Jackson-PYT
• Alicia Keys-Diary

And that's the end of my playlist for the beginning of January .. a combination of old and new songs that make me feel like vibin' out...