Today is my birthday and I am looking back to the days when I was a young child. It looks like the age of people who can fluently remember the 90s are starting to push 40 already, which is starting to signify this stuff is getting old. The world was a different world but I don't think much changed much either.
The first distinctive memories of the '90s is when I was about 4 or 5, when I started preschool. I remember kids were walking around with light up sneakers and I wanted to have one too. My mom didn't buy me any light up sneakers. I remember kids were walking around wearing their T shirts very long, especially the older ones that are about 5 or 6th grade. I was trying to stretch my shirt to make the shirt long too but I didn't have long enough shirt. I was also very scared of these older kids and they were not nice to little kids.
I remember the '90s was focused a lot of sports. I remember seeing a lot of basketball ads on TV and everyone was obsessed with basketball - it was Michael Jordan who was the king and it was the Chicago Bulls. Wrestling was a big deal as well and my dad was watching wrestling a lot. It was also some big fat guy with their shirt off yelling in a microphone before they get into a match where there was some body slamming, etc. I always was trying to pretend that my bed was like a wrestling mat.
I don't remember the music that much in the '90s but I heard this certain sound - I know it when you hear it and it was a shopping sound to it. It always had a bunch of female singers singing to a moderate, shuffle beat. Probably somebody like TLC or SWV was on the radio when I was in the stores.
My memories of the '90s were more distinctive when I got cable TV and my just let me watch cartoons all day when she was doing stuff. A lot of the cartoons were old cartoons but I didn't know the differences - at least they were cartoons, that's all I care. A lot of the cartoons were some Power Rangers type superhero type cartoon, and I didn't really care for Power Rangers. Zoog Disney was starting to come out when I was about 7 or 8, and that is when the Hannah Montana Disney channel was starting to come in.
It looks like I spend a lot of time with my grandpa when I was younger and I was exposed to a lot of things out in the farm, but he eventually couldn't handle the farm and started to get a stroke. I was even learning basic gardening and how to drive the tractor, and I had a pretty good imagination. The toys were simple but it required me to be imaginative. I wanted a Buzz Lightyear like anyone else, but I played with it a few times and got bored. What do you do with it and it goes in the closet to be sold on eBay.
I remember people on computers as long as I remember. They were getting me started with computers when I was 4 and they seem to not interest me that much. But I got addicted when they teach me to use some cool drawing software or something like that, which said goodbye to fingerpainting. But they used computers as a reward system in school and that got me hooked on computers. I was conditioned to use computers as a fun thing because of good behavior.
I had some pretty good friends and we used to play very well on the playground. I played with anyone - if it was a kid, I'll will play with them. I just followed kids around and played on the equipment. I had made very good friends and about 1998-2000 was the best time in my school life. Everything was good about that time - it was a very happy and peaceful time. There has been fun times when I was a little kid and I did have many friends. I was even invited to a girls slumber party in second grade - ladiez man yo! These good times are going to return hopefully someday. Maybe when I am 21.
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