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13 Reasons Why I Miss The 90's

Allison Messimer
Oct 21, 2015
Texas Christian University
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13 Reasons Why I Miss The 90's

I was born in 1994 and grew up in the 90's for the formative years of my life. It was such a simpler time, and now that I'm super stressed with midterm season, I figured it would be a good time to reminisce on what made us who we are today.

  1. Mad Libs. I'm honestly positive this is why I know most of my grammar rules.
  2. Fortune Tellers. Remember the pieces of paper you folded to discover which boy in the class you were going to marry?
  3. Tying up t-shirts with hairbands in the back to make them smaller. I kind of miss this, but I'm currently digging the sratty "I'm-wearing-a-XXL-shirt-for-fun-and-look-like-I'm-not-wearing-pants" look.
  4. Where's Waldo? I still don't know. Sneaky, sneaky Waldo.
  5. Bill Nye the Science Guy. BILL BILL BILL BILL! (If you didn't just chant that in your head, you're too young for this post)
  6. Furby. Okay, I don't really miss these, but they're classic. I once took the batteries out and it STILL woke me up at 3 a.m. I haven't slept since.
  7. Goosebumps. For community service, we read these books to children and even at age 21, they freaked me out...
  8. Lisa Frank. I'm currently rethinking my planner situation right now.
  9. Hit Clips. The best invention ever, if you want to listen to one song over and over for the rest of your days.
  10. The Macarena. What's up with all of these Quans and Dougies and Nae Nae-ing? I miss the original.
  11. Beanie Babies. When I was five, I broke my collar bone, so we (my parents and I) spent the summer collecting them. I'm still waiting to make money off of them.
  12. M.A.S.H. *Secretly hopes for Mansion, Chad Michael Murray, two kids, and a career as a pop star*
  13. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. We loved this show so much that, for a group project in college, we remade the video, but with supply chain. Is that weird? Probably.

This list is in no particular order, and I'm sure I've missed a few, but the nostalgia is the same. Take me back?

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