This is JUST what  my day needed ... and got me a little teary eyed ...

Close your eyes... And go back...

Before the Internet or the AIM

Before semi automatics and weed

Before playstation2 or X-bOX

Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night...


..Way back...


I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.

Red light, Green light.

Playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.

Mother May I?

Red Rover

four square

Hula Hoops

Running through the sprinkler

Happy Meals

Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car



Wait...

Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons

Like Hey Arnold and Doug

Recess

Or what about legends of the hidden temple, global guts, double dare, bloody mary and who, ARE YOU AFFRAID OF THE DARK!

Who could forget Snick

Or the teenage mutant ninja turtles, scooby doo, and Power Rangers,


Christmas morning...

Your first day of school

Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses



Climbing trees

Getting an ice cream off the ice cream truck (the real ice cream truck w/ cones & banana splits)

A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers

Jumpin' down the steps

Jumpin' on the bed

Pillow fights

Runnin' till you were out of breath

Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt and you almost peed your pants

Laughing so hard that you did pee your pants

Being tired from playin' all day

Your first crush...

Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads down 7-Up" & "King chase the Queen" in the classroom

Remember that?


I'm not finished yet...


Kool-Aid & Icee Cups was the drink of the summer

Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars or spokes

Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school

Class Field Trips

When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.

When getting high was swinging on the swing-set

When $5 seemed like a million, and another dollar a Miracle.

When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were so cool.

When Toys r Us overuled the "mall"


I want to 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" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"

Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening

It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.

Saying cuss words were referred to the "F, B or S - word" or h-e double hockey sticks.

Being old, referred to anyone over 20.

The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.

The only real heart break you had was when your mom wouldnt buy you that new toy

Nobody was prettier than Mom

Nobody was cooler than Dad

Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better

It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.

Getting an inch of snow was a dream come true.

Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"

Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.


If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!

Nobody panic ... we're back together ... he's still an idiot ... just not as MUCH of one ... =)

K...so since I'm the LEAST culturally diversed movie watcher EVER...let's see how I do on this one...

( ) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
( ) Goodfellas
(x) Casino
(x) Lost in Translation
(x) Good Will Hunting
( ) Aliens
() High Fidelity
( ) Heat
( ) Out of Sight
( ) Ghost World
(x) Minority Report
( ) Swingers
~~Total:4~~

(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Boondock Saints
() The Mexican
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Garden State
(x) The Princess Bride
() Young Frankenstien
(x) AnchorMan
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(X) Saw
(X) White noise
() White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
~~Total: 10~~

(x) 50 First Dates
( ) Jason X
(X) Scream
( ) Scream 2
() Scream 3
(X) Scary Movie
(X) Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
(x) Harry Potter
(x) Harry Potter 2
( ) Harry Potter 3
(x) Resident Evil I
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
~~Total: 11~~

( ) The Village
(X) Donnie Darko
(x) Lilo & Stitch
(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) 13 Ghosts
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
(X) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) White Chicks
(X) Butterfly Effect
(x) Thirteen going on 30
(x) I Robot
(x) Dodgeball
( ) Universal Soldier
(x) A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(X) Along Came A Spider
( ) Deep impact
~~Total: 14~~

( ) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumb & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
() Halloween
(x) The Ring
(x) The Ring 2
( ) Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
(X) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
(x) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
(x) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys II
(x) Joy Ride
(x) Seven
(x) Oceans Eleven
( ) Oceans Twelve
(x) Identity
~~Total: 21~~

( ) Lone Star
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
(x) Independence day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss' Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(X) Frailty
( ) Best bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
~~Total: 7~~

(x) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) X-men 1
( ) X-men 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Others
(x) Freaky Friday
(X) Reign of Fire
( ) The Hot Chick
(X) Swimfan
( ) Miracle
(x) Old School
(x) Ray
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
~~Total: 10~~

(x) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
( ) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(x) A Walk to Remember
( ) Boogeyman
( ) Hitch
( ) Back Door Sluts 9                                                                                         ( ) Anal Acres 1
( ) Anal Acres 2
( ) B-Cup Divas
(x) The Fifth Element
( ) Star Wars episode I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars episode II Attack of The Clones
( ) Star Wars episode III Revenge of The Sith
( ) Star Wars episode IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars episode V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars episode VI Return of The Jedi
(x) Troop Beverly Hills
( ) Swimming with Sharks
( ) Air Force One
( ) For Richer or Poorer
( ) Trainspotting
( ) People under the stairs
( ) Blue Velvet
(x) Sound of music
(x) Parent Trap
(x) The Burbs
(x) The Terminator
( ) Empire Records
( ) SLC Punk
( ) Meet Joe Black
( ) Wild girls
( ) A Clockwork Orange
( ) The Order
(x) Spiderman
(x) Spiderman 2
() Amelie
~~Total: 13~~

(x) Mean Girls
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
() The Incredibles
( ) Collateral
(x) The Fast & The Furious
( ) 2 Fast 2 Furious
( ) Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow
( ) Closer
~~Total: 4~~

(x) Titanic
() Saved
() Bowling For Columbine
(X) Farenheit 9/11
(x) The Sixth Sense
( ) Artificial intelligence (AI)
( ) Love actually
( ) Shutter
() Ella Enchanted
() Princess diaries 1
() Princess diaries 2
(x) Constantine
(x) Million Dollar Baby
( ) Envy
(x) Eurotrip
( ) Malibu's Most wanted
(x) Big Daddy
(x) Black Sheep
(x) The Breakfast Club
(X) West side story
~~Total: 10~~

(x) A Christmas Story
( ) Spanglish
( ) Pulp Fiction
( ) Sleepover
( ) The Evil Dead
( ) Killer Klowns From Outer Space
( ) The Seed of chucky
( ) Vanilla Sky
(x) Nightmare Before Christmas
( ) Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
( ) Interview With The Vampire
(X) The Crow
( ) Purple Rain
( ) Reservoir Dogs
(x) Wayne's World
~~Total: 4~~

() Wayne's World 2
( ) 21 Grams
(x) Blow
(x) Edward Scissorhands
( ) Clerks
(x) Beauty and the Beast
() Guess who
() Monster In-Law
( ) Elf
(x) Stuart Little
( ) Stuart Little 2
(x) Mall Rats
( ) Chasing Amy
(x) Dogma
( ) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
~~Total: 6~~

(x) Beetlejuice
(x) The Last Samurai
( ) The Amityville Horror
(x) The Aviator
(x) Romeo and Juliet
( ) Barbershop
( ) Beauty Shop
(x) Legally Blonde
(X) Legally Blonde 2
( ) The Forgotten
(x) Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen
(x) The Grudge
~~Total: 8~~

(x) Ace Ventura
(x) Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
(x) Blade
(x) Blade 2
( ) Blade Trinity
(x) Men In Black
(x) Men In Black 2
(X) Sin City
(x) Road Trip
(x) Orange County
(x) Half Baked
~~Total: 10~~

GRAND TOTAL: 132 ... not as much of a loser as I thought ...=)