Have you ever seen those things that say "You know you were a child of a certain decade if..."?  It looks like I'm a good mix between the 80s and 90s.  I don't remember everything, but every line has something in it that I do remember:

You know you're an 80s kid if:

You wanted to be on Star Search.

You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.

You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.

You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.

You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.

You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."

You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours.

You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."

You'll always hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."

You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."

You know what "psych" means.

You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.

You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."

You ever wore fluorescent—neon if you will—clothing...

You could breakdance, or wished you could.

You know who Max Headroom is.

You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.

You remember when ATARI was a state-of-the-art video gaming system.

You own any cassettes or albums.

You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.

You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.

You wanted to communicate with Synergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.

You inserted the word "like" into, like, every sentence.

You know what a Dozer is.

You ever had a Swatch Watch.

You had Wonder Woman or Superman Underoos.

You have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids" (and perhaps still have a collection of them).

Punks actually "shocked" people.

You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.

You know what a "Whammy" is. ("No Whammy, no whammy, stop!")

Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.

Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day.

3 words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?

You remember the days that hooking your computer into your TV wasn't an expensive option that required gadgets - it was the ONLY WAY to use your computer!

You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was.

You were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion

You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases:

"When I was younger"

"When I was your age"

"You know, back when..."

"Because I SAID so, that's why"

"What is this NOISE on the radio?"

"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"

Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.

You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons.

You used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold chains on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool and the thought that Mr. T made millions seemed rational to you at the time.

The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.

You're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 you have to look out for.

You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.

You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.

You thought eating Reese's Pieces would attract your own Alien.

This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."

You HAD to have your MTV

You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.

You remember when Madonna was just hitting the scene.

You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.

You thought "Weird Science" was a masterpiece.

You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.

You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ".

You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and "spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.

You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales ". (Woo ooh!)

You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing " and all the Ramona books.

You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hookup.

You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

"Don't worry, be happy"

You have ever played with a Skip-It.

You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.

You wore socks scrunched down

"Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK "

You remember boom boxes

You thought Doogie Howser was hot.

You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

You just sang those words to yourself.

You remember when mullets were cool!

"We are the World"

You tight rolled your jeans.

You had big hair and you knew how to use it.

You're still singing shot through the heart in your head,aren't you!

You're a 90's kid if:

You remember when Kurt Cobain, 2Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.

You know what real grunge is.

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.  (YES!!!!)

You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

You used to lisnen to the radio all day long just to record "Your FAVORITE song of ALL time"

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

Captain Planet.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.  (Even worse--mine was metal)

You remember when Super Nintendos became popular.

"I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

If you remember when everything was "da BOMB"

Two words... Trapper Keeper.

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

Writing M.A.S.H. notes.

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

You remember a time before the WB.

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You remember dreaming to be on a Nickelodeon game show: Double Dare, Nick Arcade, GUTS, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Fun House, Figure It Out...

You all know you watched Hey Dude, and Salute Your Shorts...

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.