Before the Myspace frenzy; Before the Internet & text messaging; Before iPods; Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX; Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night; WHEN LIGHT UP SNEAKERS WERE COOL; 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 2Pac and Biggie where alive; When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever; Way back; Tag; Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk; Red Light, Green Light; Heads Up 7 Up; Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on; Hopskotch; Slip-n-Slides; Tree Houses; Hula Hoops; Reading R.L. Stine's Goose Bumps; The annoying Nano Pets & Furbies; Running through the sprinklers; Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King; Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car; Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car; Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your Garfield comforter; Hey Arnold; Doug; Rugrats; The original Power Rangers; Or what about: The Secret Life of Alex Mac; Ren & Stimpy; Double Dare; Rocko's Modern Life; AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS; Wild & Crazy Kids; Clarissa Explains it All; salute your shorts(CAMP ANAWANA); Are You Afraid of the Dark?; The original cast members of all that; Kenan & Kel; magic school bus; Flash forward. pete and pete; legends of the hidden temple; hey dude; Dinosaurs; pinky and the brain; blossom; hangin with mr.copper; wishbone; bill-nye the science guy; kablamm; Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy; Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years; little bear; under the unbrella tree; the giving tree; the busy world of richard scary; the adventures of winnie the pooh; Kool-Aid was the drink of choice; Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school; Class field trips; POGS; When Christmas was the most exciting time of year (OK, for some of us it still is...); When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle; When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday; When Toys R Us overuled the mall; Go back to the time when Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'; mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'; 'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest; Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'; Being old referred to anyone over 20; A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery; Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better; It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the 'big people' rides at Six Flags; When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever; When Ninja Turtles ruled the world; When Lisa Frank was the raddest thing ever; When a candy bar at the grocery store was the highlight of your day; or when yo were allowed to sample a candy from the candy bin; When coupons collected all year could get you a prize in your class auction; When the only thing you cried over was your mom being late to pick you up; When stress was addition and subtraction; When friendships were as complicated as who's house to sleep over and who's to TP; When shaving cream was just meant for play; When a first kiss only lead to cooties; When valentines day meant cards for all; When birthdays were a class event; When a friend moving away was the saddest day of your life; who would have thought youd miss the 80's and 90's so much?