your first kiss?
the first teacher you hated?
the first teacher you loved?
FADS...
stirrup
pants your first pair of
Guess jeans jelly
bracelets double
socks banana
clips clogs friendship bracelets
and pins jelly
shoes hair
crimpers P.J.'s with
feet Lee Press on
Nails Esprit
bags mittens with
strings name
earrings rat tails Aqua
"Helmet"/Net holes in your
jeans jean skirts &
jean jackets nylons and socks
(together) t-shirts 4 times too
big the Madonna
look the Cyndi Lauper
look MC Hammer
pants moonboots were the
coolest thing to be seen in leg warmers (showing
only your toes) rolling your jeans
-- the tighter the better alligator clips with
feathers worn in your hair wearing your collar
up, even on polo shirts going without socks
(even in the winter) blue mascara and
blue eye shadow at the same time the "Freshman Wall
of Hair" -- where your hair went straight up with only a
little bit flipped back over the top
THINGS YOU DID...
took swimming
lessons built
forts Get in Shape
Girl 5 cent lemonade
stands played
house played war
games those pyramid things
made out of paper--you know, the ones that said who you were
going to marry when you opened them up (colors on the
outside, numbers in the middle, names on the
inside) put cards in your
bicycle spokes to make cool noises watched MTV at your
friend's because you never had cable prank phone
calls jump rope
chants
GAMES YOU PLAYED...
Barrel O'
Monkeys Don't Break the
Ice Don't Spill the
Beans Ants in the
Pants Lite
Brite Ghost in the
Graveyard Kickball Memory PacMan Hungry, Hungry
Hippos Pitfall Kerplunk Twister Red Light, Green
Light Chinese jump
rope Truth or
Dare Red Rover Atari Simon
Says Hopscotch Kick the
Can Spin the
Bottle Battleship Capture the
Flag Light as a Feather,
Stiff as a Board Concentration dodge ball (didn't
you always try to peg the other person as hard as you
could?)
TOYS/THINGS YOU HAD...
Cabbage Patch
Kids big
wheels Tonka
Trucks Rubik's
cube Barbie and
Ken banana seat
bikes Nerf
anything Sit and
Spin roller
skates cap guns hoola
hoops Tiddlywinks Playdough Barber
Shop Shrinky
Dinks Mr. Potato
Head Fashion
Plates Silly
Putty Koosh
balls kazoos rubber stamps
slinky Etch-A-Sketch pogo
balls matchbox
cars paint by
numbers Yo-Yo's Legos Erector
sets Electric
Toothbrushes cooties The Betty Crocker
Bake Oven smeller
markers sticker
books Oxy-10
READING MATERIAL...
Nancy Drew and the
Hardy Boys The Babysitter's
Club MadLibs Highlights
magazine
THE FOODS YOU ATE...
Spaghetti O's and
Meatballs Little Debbie
Cakes Fruit Roll
Ups Push-up-Pops Dinosaur
eggs Pixy Stix Capri Sun Sugar
Daddy's candy
buttons candy necklaces
Mr.
Freeze's Bubble
Tape PEZ Hubba
Bubba Atomic
Fireballs Pop Rocks Red Hots Big League
Chew
CHARACTERS...
Alf the
Chipmunks Snoopy -- AKA "Joe
Cool" Mr. Bill from Gumby
and Pokey Pound
Puppies The Jolly Green
Giant He-man Thundercats Transformers Underdog Mighty
Mouse Danger
Mouse Speedy
Gonzales Strawberry
Shortcake Rainbow
Brite My Little
Ponies Smurfs Snorks G.I. Joe She-Ra Scooby
Doo Wonderwoman Jem Gummi
Bears Fraggles Muppets Warm
Fuzzies Fat
Albert Golden
Girls Winnie the
Pooh Holly
Hobby Pee Wee
T.V. SHOWS...
Chips You Can't Do That on
Television Dallas Dukes of
Hazard Miami
Vice Dynasty Falcon
Crest The
A-Team Knots
Landing Cosby
Show Family
Ties Knight
Rider Laverne and
Shirley Mork and
Mindy Double
Dare Three's
Company American
Bandstand Star
Search Growing
Pains Who's the
Boss? Different
Strokes the NEW Mickey Mouse
Club The REAL Looney
Toons The Bloodhound
Gang Little House on the
Prairie Nancy Drew and the
Hardy Boys Bionic Woman and the
6 Million Dollar Man The Facts of
Life
MOVIES...
Teen Wolf any After-School
Special Ferris Bueller's Day
Off Back to the
Future Star Wars
Top Gun Can't Buy Me
Love Pretty in
Pink Sixteen
Candles Breakfast
Club
ACTORS & ACTRESSES...
Molly
Ringwold Michael J
Fox Alyssa
Milano Johnny
Depp
MUSIC GROUPS AND SINGERS...
Air
Supply Mike and the
Mechanics Depeche
Mode Pet Shop
Boys Billy
Ocean The California
Raisins Debbie
Gibson Tiffani New Kids on the
Block Chicago Starship Van Halen Heart Fleetwood
Mac The
Bangles Katrina and the
Waves Michael Jackson (in
all three stages -- cool, not cool, white)
THE SONGS...
All I Need is a
Miracle St. Elmo's
Fire Karma
Cameleon Wild
Thing Amadeus 867-5309 Take on Me
Walk Like an
Egyptian Jessie's
Girl Wild, Wild
West So Alive Eternal
Flame Waiting for a Girl
Like You I Just Died in Your
Arms Queen of
Hearts Morning
Train Ghostbusters
Broken
Wings When I'm With
You When I see you
Smile I Can't Fight this
Feeling Manic
Monday We Are the
World The Search is
Over Angel
Eyes Jump
Do you remember...
your first date?
your first kiss?
the first teacher you hated?
the first teacher you loved?