On the 90s

After attending last Friday's 80s party I started thinking about my childhood and growing up in the 1990s. According to Wikipedia, the 90s was "the decade that started on January 1, 1990 and ended on December 31, 1999." Thanks, Wikipedia. I can always count on you! Anyway here are a few things I miss about the 90s:



Who loves Orange Soda?! Nickelodeon was so cool. Rugrats (the real ones, not the "grown-up" crap), All That, AAHHH! Real Monsters, Pete & Pete, Are You Afraid of the Dark? and so on. Then there were shows like Sailor Moon, Sabrina the Teenage Witch or The Wonder Years (yes I know it came out in the late 80s but it ran through the early 90s); however my absolute favorite was:



I could never get enough of Cory and Topanga, Shawn, Eric and FEENY. I will be honest and admit I cried during the last episode when Feeny looks out over the empty classroom and whispers, "Class dismissed." Sigh.

There was some good music in the 90s too, mostly grunge/alternative stuff. Again I have to admit that I was a huge fan of the following group:



First of all I was a girl, a preteen girl to be exact. Secondly, shut your mouth! Let's not forget Britney Spears and N*SYNC while we're at it. As I got a little older (and a little wiser?) I grew to enjoy artists such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Bush, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins and Depeche Mode. I consider my musical tastes to be fairly well-rounded.



Yet another fad that consumed 95% of the people I knew:



Every time I think of Pokemon I think of all my friends and I walking around with our Gameboys. My Gameboy was turquoise and I had the red and yellow versions, thank you very much. I never got into the Dragon Ball Z craze but I remember that being popular as well. More important than Gameboys were:



I am SUCH a nerd. Just seeing that beautiful machine again makes me miss Donkey Kong, Mortal Kombat, Zelda, Mario & Super Smash Bros. Other games on different systems I especially enjoyed were James Bond: Goldeneye and Soul Calibur. I will stop myself now before the list becomes too extensive...



(Another FANTASTIC show. Yes I still know the entire theme song and probably always will.) One slightly unfortunate thing about the 90s was our style. Grunge and retro comes to mind. Grunge is not bad at all. I do love my rockers and the flannel shirts and Converse, though the greasy hair can go. I am not a fan of the "Unwashed Miscreant" look. I am not condemning Retro either because I enjoy trends from the 60s, 70s and especially 80s but really guys? We could have been a little more original!

Well, that's all for now. I am sure the list could go on and on if I brainstormed a bit more but as I am currently at work I must give the appearance of doing something every now and then. In compliance with this I will go and heat up my lunch.