back in the day..

Being a kid seemed so long ago. Gone are the days where Kool-Aid and Rice Crispy squares could get you completely through the day. When Saturday mornings meant waking up early to watch Power Rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I can remember the days of the Nintendo, back when all we needed were two buttons to get us through the levels. Kids today have it very easy compared to what kind of shit we had as kids. Here's a little bit about what we got along with:

Skip-It - can anyone really explain how the Skip-It sold at all? "You put one foot through the hole, and you use that foot to swing the fuckin' thing along the ground, but you gotta make sure you jump over it with the other leg." Pure genius.

Teddy Ruxpin - a teddy bear with a cassette player built in?! You god damn right. There was some crazy story tapes to go along with Mr. Ruxpin, but it was more fun to throw in a Kris Kross tape and see where that took you.

Rainbow Brite - that hot little blonde taught everyone to tolerate people of different colours. And she did it with the help of a horse with a rainbow mane.

the "way back" seat - you all know this one: someone you know's parents had a Ford station wagon that had the two seats in the back that faced toward the rear of the car. What in god's name were those seats facing that way for? To creep out the driver behind you, that's what. And that shit worked.

a pair of L.A. Gears - nothing says youth like a pair of shoes that light up as you take a step. Kids didn't even know that they were helping their parents know where they were. They just thought it was cool as shit. And it was.

Lite-Brite - those things had a cord length of about 4 feet. What better way to spend your time as a kid than laying on the floor of your room, putting plastic pegs into a board that was an inch away from a hot light bulb. But when you finally got that sailboat finished, you didn't care about staring at the light bulb for half an hour.

Goosebumps - R.L. Stine made a killing during the 90's with his books. There was always one that actually scared you, but never enough to actually confess to your friends.

SNICK - television shows such as All That, Roundhouse, and Are You Afraid of the Dark? made Saturday night just as killer as Saturday mornings. Much like the Goosebump books, there was always an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark that scared you silly. But you always put on a brave face on Monday back at school.

Can you imagine your childhood if we had such luxuries as an XBOX360, cell phones, Navigation systems, Blu-Ray, and iPods? We'd be just as fuckin' nuts as the kids these days.