More heinous flashbacks
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jess79:
1.) You know who Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello are.
Check
2.) You remember the MilliVanilli scandal.
Check. What's worse, I had their album. Yes, that's right, before the scandal broke. I was trying to avoid confessing this, since yesterday's music meme did not quote Milli Vanilli lyrics, but my sordid past has caught up to me. *sob*
3.) You religiously watched 90210, Melrose Place, Party of Five, and My So-Called Life.
No, but I religiously avoided 90210. Does that count?
4.) You tight-rolled your jeans.
Nope. I'm not sure that fad made it to my high school.
5.) You wore big hoop earrings.
Yes. I had one gray metal pair that was about as big as those godawful things Buffy wears, and then one pair, not quite so large, in neon purple and another in neon green. And a pair in gold.
6.) You thought bellbottoms were horrible and couldn't understand why anyone would've ever worn them.
Still do.
7.) You knew how to do the dances called the MC Hammer, the Roger Rabbit, and the Running Man.
Dance? What?
8.) You owned a pair of K-Swiss, Keds, or Air Jordans.
No, but I had a pair of LA Gears in mint green. How's that?
9.) You thought "Ice Ice Baby" was the coolest song ever, and when your parents told you Vanilla Ice would be a shot in the pan, you refused to believe them.
Not quite that bad, but it is very sadly true that every time I hear "Under Pressure," I get "Ice Ice Baby" stuck in my head.
10.) Your bangs were at least 4 inches high, and you thought it looked good.
That was for popular girls.
11.) You tried to sing along to "Informer", no matter how hard it was.
?
12.) You or your sister owned a banana barrette and a T-clip.
Yup.
13.) A hairdryer was required to set your hair.
No, but I owned a hair dryer and sometimes used it. I assure you, for me, this is comparable.
14.) You rolled up the sleeves of your t-shirts, and tucked in the front, letting the back hang out.
I remember, again, the popular girls rolling their t-shirt sleeves. Not so much with the tucking thing.
15.) You had any "No Fear" or "B.U.M." clothing.
No, but you couldn't have thrown a wadded-up ball of paper in the halls of my high school without hitting someone who did.
16.) You wore 2 pairs of neon colored socks.
I'm not sure about the neon, but I do remember once layering bright yellow and bright red socks. What was I thinking?
17.) You wore overalls with only one side connected.
Have never owned overalls. V. sad.
18.) You had Exclamation perfume. (or "Primo!")
Nope.
19.) You remember when cartoons were actually GOOD, and not scary like the Teletubbies.
YES!!!
20.) You loved to slow dance to Power Ballads.
I know not this "slow dance" of which you speak, but I did love the power ballads.
21.) You had a "slap bracelet".
I think I know what these are, sort of, but I don't think they were in vogue at my high school.
22.) You wore your sweatpants pulled up to your knees.
Um, yeah. I think 'cause of Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbusters.
23.) You had a black Debbie Gibson hat.
No hats.
24.) You wanted to be just like Paula Abdul.
I've confessed this one already, but I should probably confess it again. Yes. Yes, I did. I'd still like to be able to move like that. Also, I had "Straight Up" stuck in my head for a good half of yesterday afternoon.
25.) You know the words to "The Humpty Dance".
Somebody help me out here. I think I should know what "The Humpty Dance" is, and then there's the whole part where I don't.
26.) You owned the Spin Doctors tape.
Nope, but Mirrorthaw did. Guilt by association!
27.) You said, "PSYCH" or "WAY!"
Yes. Especially "psych" thusly: suh-iiiiiiike!
28.) You saw "Wayne's World" at least 2 times at the theater.
No, but I did see it. Which is unusual.
29.) You loved the New Kids on the Block (and Joey was probably your favorite.)
I liked them, because I was in my bad, dance music, Bobby Brown and Paula Abdul phase. But I could never tell them apart.
30.) You wore jeans pulled up to your navel.
Okay, I'm confused again. There's another way to wear jeans?
31.) All of your clothes were "baggy."
Jeans must be skin-tight, to the point that it's almost impossible to get them on. Bonus points if they have zippers, buttons, or snaps at the cuffs. Shirts, on the other hand, must be enormous. My thing (and I still secretly think it's kind of a cool look) was my dad's old shirts, untucked, over my skin-tight jeans. Add huge earrings and granny boots, and voilà! High School Truepenny.
32.) You owned a pair of biker shorts, and possibly ones with a neon strip down the middle.
Nope. No biker shorts.
33.) You wore "water shoes" into the pool.
I knew girls who did, and I remember being deeply puzzled by it.
34.) You had a boom box, or your stereo was a weird color like pink.
No, because a crap tape player was the best I could get my parents to spring for.
35.) You bought tapes instead of CDs.
Check.
36.) You never missed "Fresh Prince" and you know all the words to the theme song.
Did not watch "Fresh Prince." But I did know what it was.
37.) You or someone you knew wore "Cross-Colors" clothing.
?
38.) You remember when TLC weren't divas, and they dressed like they were in the circus.
Um. Can't actually remember which ones TLC are, so I guess that's a no.
39.) You thought "I'm Too Sexy" was such a cool song.
Hey! It is a cool song! Why are you trying to mess with my head?
40.) You "busted a move" while C&C Music Factory was playing.
No, but I would've liked to.
41.) You remember when Mark Wahlberg was part of MarkyMark and the Funky Bunch.
Yes. In fact, that's still my primary associating with Mark Wahlberg--that and being the younger brother of an NKotB. Which may go a fair ways to explaining why I so deeply dislike him.
42.) You owned a silk shirt, which you tucked into your jeans.
I still own my early 90s silk shirt, and have still been known to tuck it into my jeans on occasion. Indigo blue.
43.) You had jeans in various colors, like green, brown, burgundy, black...
I bought my first pair of non-blue jeans last summer. And they were black. Jeans in weird colors are just wrong.
44.) You had a "Button Your Fly" t-shirt.
Nope, but I remember them. And, in fact, I would kill to be able to find 501s again.
45.) You had a Ren & Stimpy t-shirt.
No. You couldn't have paid me to wear one, either.
46.) You thought long-haired heavy metal bands would never go out of style.
Likejess79 said, Early 90s. Big Hair Metal was already halfway out the door. 'Tho, it must be said, my high school was populated by True Believes. (You know, it wasn't until they came out with "Enter Sandman" that I realized Metallica was a real band, and not just a kind of t-shirt. Because the t-shirts were EVERYWHERE, but I'd never heard one of their songs.)
47.) You were addicted to Nintendo.
No, but I wanted to be.
48.) There was always a "scrunchy" in your pony tail.
There was some scrunchy action, I admit.
49.) You gave the "peace" sign all the time.
No. In my group of friends, we were much more likely to flip each other off.
50.) You loved Beavis and Butthead.
I loathed them with a fiery vengeance.
51.) If you are a guy, you had an "undercut" and you parted it down the middle.
Not a guy. Not hip to the happenings of guy hair.
52.) You owned at least one Hypercolor t-shirt.
No, but I envied my friends who did.
God I'm glad I'm not in high school any longer.
jess79:1.) You know who Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello are.
Check
2.) You remember the MilliVanilli scandal.
Check. What's worse, I had their album. Yes, that's right, before the scandal broke. I was trying to avoid confessing this, since yesterday's music meme did not quote Milli Vanilli lyrics, but my sordid past has caught up to me. *sob*
3.) You religiously watched 90210, Melrose Place, Party of Five, and My So-Called Life.
No, but I religiously avoided 90210. Does that count?
4.) You tight-rolled your jeans.
Nope. I'm not sure that fad made it to my high school.
5.) You wore big hoop earrings.
Yes. I had one gray metal pair that was about as big as those godawful things Buffy wears, and then one pair, not quite so large, in neon purple and another in neon green. And a pair in gold.
6.) You thought bellbottoms were horrible and couldn't understand why anyone would've ever worn them.
Still do.
7.) You knew how to do the dances called the MC Hammer, the Roger Rabbit, and the Running Man.
Dance? What?
8.) You owned a pair of K-Swiss, Keds, or Air Jordans.
No, but I had a pair of LA Gears in mint green. How's that?
9.) You thought "Ice Ice Baby" was the coolest song ever, and when your parents told you Vanilla Ice would be a shot in the pan, you refused to believe them.
Not quite that bad, but it is very sadly true that every time I hear "Under Pressure," I get "Ice Ice Baby" stuck in my head.
10.) Your bangs were at least 4 inches high, and you thought it looked good.
That was for popular girls.
11.) You tried to sing along to "Informer", no matter how hard it was.
?
12.) You or your sister owned a banana barrette and a T-clip.
Yup.
13.) A hairdryer was required to set your hair.
No, but I owned a hair dryer and sometimes used it. I assure you, for me, this is comparable.
14.) You rolled up the sleeves of your t-shirts, and tucked in the front, letting the back hang out.
I remember, again, the popular girls rolling their t-shirt sleeves. Not so much with the tucking thing.
15.) You had any "No Fear" or "B.U.M." clothing.
No, but you couldn't have thrown a wadded-up ball of paper in the halls of my high school without hitting someone who did.
16.) You wore 2 pairs of neon colored socks.
I'm not sure about the neon, but I do remember once layering bright yellow and bright red socks. What was I thinking?
17.) You wore overalls with only one side connected.
Have never owned overalls. V. sad.
18.) You had Exclamation perfume. (or "Primo!")
Nope.
19.) You remember when cartoons were actually GOOD, and not scary like the Teletubbies.
YES!!!
20.) You loved to slow dance to Power Ballads.
I know not this "slow dance" of which you speak, but I did love the power ballads.
21.) You had a "slap bracelet".
I think I know what these are, sort of, but I don't think they were in vogue at my high school.
22.) You wore your sweatpants pulled up to your knees.
Um, yeah. I think 'cause of Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbusters.
23.) You had a black Debbie Gibson hat.
No hats.
24.) You wanted to be just like Paula Abdul.
I've confessed this one already, but I should probably confess it again. Yes. Yes, I did. I'd still like to be able to move like that. Also, I had "Straight Up" stuck in my head for a good half of yesterday afternoon.
25.) You know the words to "The Humpty Dance".
Somebody help me out here. I think I should know what "The Humpty Dance" is, and then there's the whole part where I don't.
26.) You owned the Spin Doctors tape.
Nope, but Mirrorthaw did. Guilt by association!
27.) You said, "PSYCH" or "WAY!"
Yes. Especially "psych" thusly: suh-iiiiiiike!
28.) You saw "Wayne's World" at least 2 times at the theater.
No, but I did see it. Which is unusual.
29.) You loved the New Kids on the Block (and Joey was probably your favorite.)
I liked them, because I was in my bad, dance music, Bobby Brown and Paula Abdul phase. But I could never tell them apart.
30.) You wore jeans pulled up to your navel.
Okay, I'm confused again. There's another way to wear jeans?
31.) All of your clothes were "baggy."
Jeans must be skin-tight, to the point that it's almost impossible to get them on. Bonus points if they have zippers, buttons, or snaps at the cuffs. Shirts, on the other hand, must be enormous. My thing (and I still secretly think it's kind of a cool look) was my dad's old shirts, untucked, over my skin-tight jeans. Add huge earrings and granny boots, and voilà! High School Truepenny.
32.) You owned a pair of biker shorts, and possibly ones with a neon strip down the middle.
Nope. No biker shorts.
33.) You wore "water shoes" into the pool.
I knew girls who did, and I remember being deeply puzzled by it.
34.) You had a boom box, or your stereo was a weird color like pink.
No, because a crap tape player was the best I could get my parents to spring for.
35.) You bought tapes instead of CDs.
Check.
36.) You never missed "Fresh Prince" and you know all the words to the theme song.
Did not watch "Fresh Prince." But I did know what it was.
37.) You or someone you knew wore "Cross-Colors" clothing.
?
38.) You remember when TLC weren't divas, and they dressed like they were in the circus.
Um. Can't actually remember which ones TLC are, so I guess that's a no.
39.) You thought "I'm Too Sexy" was such a cool song.
Hey! It is a cool song! Why are you trying to mess with my head?
40.) You "busted a move" while C&C Music Factory was playing.
No, but I would've liked to.
41.) You remember when Mark Wahlberg was part of MarkyMark and the Funky Bunch.
Yes. In fact, that's still my primary associating with Mark Wahlberg--that and being the younger brother of an NKotB. Which may go a fair ways to explaining why I so deeply dislike him.
42.) You owned a silk shirt, which you tucked into your jeans.
I still own my early 90s silk shirt, and have still been known to tuck it into my jeans on occasion. Indigo blue.
43.) You had jeans in various colors, like green, brown, burgundy, black...
I bought my first pair of non-blue jeans last summer. And they were black. Jeans in weird colors are just wrong.
44.) You had a "Button Your Fly" t-shirt.
Nope, but I remember them. And, in fact, I would kill to be able to find 501s again.
45.) You had a Ren & Stimpy t-shirt.
No. You couldn't have paid me to wear one, either.
46.) You thought long-haired heavy metal bands would never go out of style.
Like
jess79 said, Early 90s. Big Hair Metal was already halfway out the door. 'Tho, it must be said, my high school was populated by True Believes. (You know, it wasn't until they came out with "Enter Sandman" that I realized Metallica was a real band, and not just a kind of t-shirt. Because the t-shirts were EVERYWHERE, but I'd never heard one of their songs.)47.) You were addicted to Nintendo.
No, but I wanted to be.
48.) There was always a "scrunchy" in your pony tail.
There was some scrunchy action, I admit.
49.) You gave the "peace" sign all the time.
No. In my group of friends, we were much more likely to flip each other off.
50.) You loved Beavis and Butthead.
I loathed them with a fiery vengeance.
51.) If you are a guy, you had an "undercut" and you parted it down the middle.
Not a guy. Not hip to the happenings of guy hair.
52.) You owned at least one Hypercolor t-shirt.
No, but I envied my friends who did.
God I'm glad I'm not in high school any longer.
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Date: 2003-06-04 06:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-04 06:47 am (UTC)I also looked good in banana clips, when my hair was long. The problem I had was that my hair is both fine and very heavy, so they would always slide slowly out. Getting poked in the neck by a sliding banana clip is both annoying and uncomfortable.
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Date: 2003-06-04 08:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-04 08:39 am (UTC)I own several, yes. And... huh, I never realized silk shirts were an early '90s thing, but it'd explain why I have a couple hanging at the back of my closet that I never want to wear anymore but can't quite bear to give away.
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Date: 2003-06-04 10:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-04 06:49 am (UTC)And I still own scrunchies and use them. And wear black jeans all the time.
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Date: 2003-06-04 06:57 am (UTC)But the flashbacks are still heinous. *g*
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Date: 2003-06-04 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-04 05:02 pm (UTC)(Pity the cards are so damn ugly.)
Thanks!
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Date: 2003-06-04 07:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-04 08:21 am (UTC)Yes. In fact, that's still my primary associating with Mark Wahlberg--that and being the younger brother of an NKotB. Which may go a fair ways to explaining why I so deeply dislike him.
Oddly? Both he and his brother (Donnie) have turned into pretty good actors. If you catch "Boomtown", you'll see what I mean. Freaky.
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Date: 2003-06-04 08:25 am (UTC)Not unless he's imporoved immeasurably since Boogie Nights and Planet of the Apes, I declare.
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Date: 2003-06-04 08:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-04 08:58 am (UTC)Aha!
Date: 2003-06-04 09:33 am (UTC)As for the New Kids, Donnie Wahlburg's actually a pretty good actor. He's quite good on Boomtown and was quietly brilliant in Band of Brothers. He'd never make a good leading man, because he's best as part of an ensemble ... the quiet, loyal soldier who leads when no one else is willing (and doesn't even realize it), or the troubled detective who'll go to any lengths to protect his family.
I don't dislike Mark Wahlburg, but I don't like him much either. He's just sorta there -- The Italian Job might have been the perfect heist film (instead of just a really damn good one) if they'd picked someone with a little more liveliness, a little more charisma, to play the lead role. He was entertaining, jovial enough, but at no time in that (or anything else) has he seemed fully engaged ... sorta like Keanu.
Re: Aha!
Date: 2003-06-04 09:51 am (UTC)Well, that would be me. I don't know if we ever talked about it--although goodness knows we talked about enough weird stuff, we probably did. :)
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Date: 2003-06-04 10:17 am (UTC)LA Gears! ::dies:: Mine were pink, with rhinestones and sparkly laces. Oh, the shame.
Ummmm..
Date: 2003-06-04 01:06 pm (UTC)And I can remember having to lie down to zip my jeans, which I couldn't wear to school because girls weren't allowed to wear pants, and this was a *public* school.
The rest is terra incognita
-class of 67
Re: Ummmm..
Date: 2003-06-04 03:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-04 01:16 pm (UTC)Pamela
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Date: 2003-06-04 03:10 pm (UTC)I think that's a good definition of any culture (or sub-culture) one cares to identify.
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Date: 2003-06-04 04:28 pm (UTC)My thing (and I still secretly think it's kind of a cool look) was my dad's old shirts, untucked, over my skin-tight jeans. Add huge earrings and granny boots, and voilà! High School Truepenny
Amazingly enough? This also would have been me in high school!
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Date: 2003-06-05 12:17 am (UTC)There was scrunchy action, and I was addicted to Nintendo.
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Date: 2003-06-05 05:51 am (UTC)by Digital Underground, a pop/rap group known for humorous songs. Sometimes I still sing the chorus:
The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump [horns]
[falsetto]Hump to me, baby
Do the Humpty Hump, come on and do the Humpty Hump
[falsetto]Hump to me, baby
Do the Humpty Hump, just watch me do the Humpty Hump
Complete lyrics. (http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?id=75527) Download available. (http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/5260.html)