To those who do not miss the '90s, I have five words for you. Liar, liar, pants on fire. If you are like me, then it took a few years to learn that said liars' pants do not actually catch on fire. For every single one of us '90s kids, there is something from the '90s that we miss dearly and hope will make a comeback one day. Personally, I am still rooting for Justin and Britney.
However, I have to keep things in perspective and realize that they both have gone their separate ways. Sadly, so have their unforgettable jean on jean matching jean outfits.
There are so many treasures of the '90s that we all wish were still relevant. For example, Wonderballs.
The glorious, hollow, chocolate ball filled with either candy or a small toy. The discontinuation of the Wonderballs was not so wonderful. Parents lobbied that the small toys were a choking hazard to children. I guess I can see that. Ya know, safety and everything.
The '90s brought more to us than ideal relationships and amazing candy. The slang that came out of the '90s was the shiznit (direct from the '90s and has not left anyone's mouth in years ) '90s slang includes "as if," "whatever," "going postal," " What's crackalackin'," and so many more. If I were to say "Can you smell what the Rock is cooking?!" someone would look at me and ask if I meant to say John Cena.
One of the joys from childhood was asking your parents if you could watch a movie on a school night and hearing them say yes. You go over to the bookshelf, which was over taken by VHS tapes, pick out your favorite movie, and then, when you put it in your VHS player, you realize that you were not kind and did not rewind the last time you watched it.
Oh, the horror of having to add in that extra five minutes to rewind. You promise yourself that you will never be mean to your VHS tapes again, and you will rewind.
One thing I always wanted to do was go on the TV show where you would get slimed for saying "I don't know." If there was a slime cloud following me around for a week, my skin would be stained green ... permanently. I might have even thrown in a few "I don't knows" on purpose.
You knew you were cool when you whipped out your gel pens during free time in class. Everyone was jealous, and if you had the glitter gel pens you were basically royalty. The worst day was when your gel pens were running out and you kept shaking the pen 'til your wrist could not take it anymore. I think I will settle for the basic colored pens for now.
Being born in the middle of the '90s was a gift; you got to witness all the crazy fashion statements, the couples of the century and the great TV shows. And you learned to be kind and rewind. I hope one day all the trends we love and miss will come back, but the all jean everything can stay a thing of the past.
