My Fortress of Solitude....
Plagued by thoughts and feelings..one must express or be buried by them...
December 11, 2006: When I Was Young.....
When i was young, life seemed simpler...i spent my time focusing on the good, and there was no pain...but lets, for fun, walk down nostalgic lane....





When i was younger...



-Only business people had cellphone, and they were HUGE

-People still had to remember phone numbers

-People used watches to tell the time

-To see a BMW on the road was hard enough, let alone a Benz

-Scarborough was a city

-Kim Campbell made fun of Chretiens looks on National TV

-I watched PJ Paul, PJ Katie, PJ Aashna, PJ Phil and Snit on YTV

-I sang "if i were an Oscar Meyer Weiner, Phil and Paul would be in love with me"....:S

-POGS were the SHIT

-I collected MARVEL cards...Flair baby...flair....also baseball cards.....

..........and they didnt do anything other than look cool...they didnt project 17hp points if used with a wizards wand... :|

-I watched the original discrimatory Power Rangers...the one where the YELLOW ranger was Chinese and the BLACK ranger was BLACK....

- the Toronto Blue Jays still had their original logo..and they won the world series BACK TO BACK....

- my Elementary Principal would play "OK, BLUE JAYS" in the morning after prayer, instead of the National Anthem...

- i bought books from the book fair...

- i ordered pizza/hotdogs/hamburgers on pizza/hotdogs/hamburger days

- GOOSEBUMPS were the books to read...JK Rowling, at the time was still poor

- there was only one Iraq war to think about

- the movie Wizard showed new gaming technology, the power fist..Super Mario Brothers 3....and that retarded kid..."Cal-if-Ornia....."

- Star Wars was still a Trilogy

- i watched Big Bad Beatle Borgs....and VR Troopers....

- FOX played WICKED CARTOONS on Saturday mornings

including

             .Silver Surfer

             .Xmen

             .Spiderman

             .W.i.l.dCats

             .TMNT

             .the Avengers

             .Ironman

             .the Hulk

             .Eek the Cat

             .Bobby's World.....

             .Biker Mice from Mars

             .Mummies ALIVE!

- late at night i could watch

               .Maxx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maxx)

               .Captain Power (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Power)

               .Samurai Pizza Cats      

                                (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Pizza_Cats)

               .Aeon Flux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Pizza_Cats)

               .The Head (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Head)

- if you wanted to see tits...you'd have to wait for Friday nights on channel 7 or 29....

-AOL dominated the Internet..i paid long distance to connect :| on my 95 Mac

-SNES graphics were gangsta

-Canada was still a PEACEKEEPING nation

-if you went to the mall with your parents...you would set a MEETING time and place....no calling...

-if you wanted to call someone..and you werent home...you would need a Quarter...

-Internet Chat sites werent regulated

-Supermario Brothers....was a live action TV show....as well as movie...

-the CRAZIEST MODERN hand-to-hand Fighting movie since Bruce Lee..was MORTAL KOMBAT

-i played with plastic army men......

-if i yelled at my parents....no wait..i DIDNT....because i didnt want to DIE

-Arsenio Hall...hoo..hoo..hoo... (http://www.arseniohall.com/)

-Mr.Dressup..'nuff said

-Polka dot door......>>then Polka Dot shorts...PolkaRoo!!!!!

-Todays Special....:D

-if you wanted to say hi to someone halfway around the world....u needed a stamp...

-we still had a $2 bill

-the Montreal EXPOS were one of the best teams in the National league

-comic books were still read...people still bought them in large amounts

- superman was played by either Christopher Reeves or Dean Caine

- Transformers were cars...then animals

- SNL was good..and so was MAD TV

-GO JOE!...G.I Joe..baby

-Kramer Wasnt racist

-Simpsons were GROUNDBREAKING tv.....

-you want to bid on something...ud have to go to an actual auction...

-ASIANAVENUE..was the SHIT

-Pagers were popular

-Sony Walkman were tape players

-i had a TalkBoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkboy)

-the Chicago Bulls reigned supreme

-i watched as the Macarena became a crazy onehitwonderPhenomenon..Eh..macarena...Hiya!

-A Cafe would have coffee...not computers



....ah...those were the days.....if i remember more...continue the list :D
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