The 90's: The Good Ol' Days with @Smurfett_Li

 For us 90's kids, there will always be something that we miss from the period when boy bands ruled the world, Spice Girls schooled us on girl power (who says music taught us nothing), and the only Justin you knew was Timberlake (yeah Biebs, a lil before your time) . Sigh, I miss the good ol days when your parents made those homemade videos that you secretly wished would end up on America’s Funniest Home Video’s (thats right YouTube, we craved fame even from then). But you also knew wouldn’t be used as blackmail against you, distributed via facebook, shared on twitter, posted on a stalker blog (uhm this is not us at all), and then shown to that hot guy in your class without your permission! You trusted something in everyone back then, or maybe thats my naive 90s kid talking.

But either way, we all miss something that we just don’t get anymore. I’ve made a list of my  favourites, have I left anything out? Well, forgive me it’s just that there is so much I miss, so I've summarized it and made a list of 10 things this generation is missing out on:

#1. The ORIGINAL Rascals! The fun of buying rascals was for the cute lil Rascal as the bottle! And the fact that we all later turned it into a juice bottle! #Score. Sadly, not even Google remembered what this was...

The only Justin we 90 kids knew...

#2. The music. Which came with the cute 90's boy bands like Backstreet Boys, Nsync, and Savage Garden (remember them?). Now, we have the likes of Justin Bieber...seriously?? Ooh ooh not forgetting Any and ALL things Spice Girls!! I mean who didn't wanna be Posh Spice, or Sporty Spice or even Baby Spice (#Dibs that’s me). 

 

#3. The comedy sitcom shows. Like for instance, F. R. I. E. N. D. S.  I mean who doesn't want a good laugh out of Joey Tribbiani (Matt Le Blanc). I remember being chased out the lounge cos F.R.I.E.N.D.S was too adult! Ha! The good ol days...

#4. The original Monopoly where you pay thousands of rands (well, here in SA anyway) for unknown property,  lil dog was your moving piece, and CBD was the highest valued property!

Remember her?

#5. The original Disney Saturday morning shows like Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven and Even Stevens, NOT talking fish and 11 year olds in high school with MAJOR ATTITUDE PROBLEMS!

#6. The original CARTOON NETWORK not Cartoonito. With the cartoons like Power Puff Girls (PPG) and Cow 'n Chicken and not forgetting, Jonny Bravo (I think I know some boys who modelled their dating strategy on him #EpicFail Boys).

Hey! Arnold - miss that guy

 #7. KTV/Kids World! With Hey Arnold, Power Rangers. 

#8. Bubbaloo! The awesome bubble gum that made you spend whatever little pocket money you had just to have one.

#9. TV games! The real TV games though, like Mario Brothers and The Lion King. And the game consoles with those funny cartridges that you had to blow into to get working again!

#10. The funny family-friendly movies such as Beethoven 1 and 2, Home Alone 1,2,3 and 4 , and Baby Genius'.

*Sigh* ..At the risk of sounding like our parents: they really don't make 'em like they used to...

Well, we have some pretty awesome stuff these days too. So don’t get this post wrong, I aint dissing anything...Just reminiscing about the Good Old Days...

And btw Biebs, “ As long as you love me” really does belong to our boys, Backstreet. After all Backstreet Boys ARE BACK! (Ok not really, lol a girl can wish ok)