When I was a kid

When I was a kid:

• ‘fun’ was putting little bits of colored plastic on a backlit pegboard to form ‘designs’ (at other kid’s houses cuz your parents refused to buy you one)
• ‘freedom’ was a bicycle, a basketball and an empty court
• ‘video games’ were played (mostly) at an ‘arcade’ and cost a quarter to play (I played mine at a 7-11)
• ‘children’s television’ was muppets or Scooby Doo
• John Hughes made the best movies
• The World Wrestling Federation was cool
• Trading cards meant trading Garbage Pail Kids
• The Dark Crystal freaked you out
• BK’s had nothing to do with ‘Burger King’
• Mr T was an actor, cartoon character and breakfast cereal…
• ‘book stores’ didn’t exist – the Scholastic order form did
• the Trapper Keeper was the height of your school ‘technology’
• ‘Wax on wax off’ blew your mind (and got your ass kicked)
• becoming a ‘Goonie’ was an acceptable life ambition
• you thought you could breakdance (you couldn’t) (you still can’t – stop trying)
• you thought you could make it if only you got on StarSearch…
• Molly Ringwald was your first major crush
• you demanded a Swatch from your parents to be ‘cool’

~P