THANKSGIVING!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!  (To those in the USA)

I thought I would dedicate this post to some of my Thanksgiving memories. 

We usually had the traditional feast;  turkey, potato's, rolls, veggies, and pie.  Just thinking about it makes me hungry.  We had a kid table and an adult table.  I'm not sure when you were supposed to graduate from the kid table, because I'm still stuck there and I'm in my 20's!

When I was younger my grandpa was the custodian at the high school where he lived.  Anyway after lunch he would open the gym up and let my uncles, cousins, and I run loose.  (I think my grandma and aunts just wanted us to get out of the house and run off some energy, lol)  I'll never forget those basketballs pelting me in the head and face, luckily before I had glasses.  We stayed at the gym for hours, unfortunately I don't have any photo's from it.  I know somewhere there are some old VHS tapes. 

This was sort've a fast/ pointless post. 

NEXT WEEK:   Remember the game  Lava?

Mario Kart

As a child this was my favorite game on the SNES.  I have also played Mario Kart on the Game Cube and the DS and, in my opinion, the original outshines the new versions. The newer versions seem to run a lot on luck.  There are A TON more power ups, and it always seems on the last lap, especially if you're in 1st place somebody gets the dang blue shell and blows you up.  Talk about Annoying!!

Anyway back to the SNES version.  In this game you collect coins to gain speed.  Also, if somebody bumps you or you had to be fished out of water or a hole you'll lose coins.  There aren't as many power ups or objects as there are now, but that isn't really a bad thing.  My favorite power ups were the feather, so you could jump over obstacles, and the star.  Yes, I liked to plow into everything.

They also have a battle mode, which I'm absolutely horrible at.  Even in the newer versions of this game.  I"m not ashamed to say that I've had my butt handed to me by and 8 year old.  You basically just went crazy on a course, you got to choose from 4 different options.  The object of battle mode was to try to pop or steal their balloons, by throwing objects at them or ramming into them. 

I'm not a gamer, and I'm not trying to pretend to be one.  But to this day SNES Mario Kart is my favorite game.  I have so many fond memories of this game.  I also recently downloaded it to an emulator on my PC, but It's still not the same. 

TV Tag

While in daycare we started to play the outdoor game  T.V. Tag.  I, personally, remember loving this game.  As a slow toddler that was my kind of game, unless I was "IT."

We started the game by everybody gathering around and doing a quick round of "Bubblegum, bubblegum in a dish."  Whoever won got to pick who was going to be "it."  This was when I would hind behind an older/ taller kid and hope not to be picked.

After  "IT" was picked everybody would run around like a bunch of Banshee's.  To avoid being tagged you just had to yell out the name of a television show.  Then "it"  would have to find somebody else to go after.  The only rule that I remember is that you had to say a different show name each time you were about to get tagged.  I think this rule came about because somebody, who was or wasn't me, would yell out "Flintstones" every time.  We were nice and when "it" would get tired or just plain didn't want to be "it" anymore we would just start over.

I don't remember there being any point to this game.  I also haven't played since I was about 8, I just remember it being fun and learning new names of shows, just so I would be able to use them for the next time we played.  Does anybody else remember playing this game?

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

As a child I was a total  "Ranger Head."  I had the trading cards, t-shirts, and dolls.  I absolutely loved everything about the series, even the bad guys.   I vividly remember when Tommy became the White Ranger and took over leadership from Jason, the Red Ranger.  I was fuming mad and was yelling at Zordon through the television set.  (Now that I'm thinking about it maybe that's why my parents had me watch Power Rangers in the basement.)  Back on topic,  I never liked Tommy after he lost the Green Ranger Powers.  It sort've became "The Tommy Show."


Another thing that really upset me was when Jason, Trini, and Zack left.  The reason they left was because they were going to a teen peace conference  in Switzerland!   WTF!!!   Even at the tender 10, I knew something was up when three new guys showed up wearing red, yellow, and black.  I had a bad feeling, but I was in such denial because Jason, Trini, and Zack were without a doubt my absolute favorites.  When they finally left I cried SO HARD!  I'm not kidding,  I think that was the first time I went into a depression like stated.  I vowed right then and there to never again watch another episode.  I tried my best not to, but every once in a while my curiosity got the best of me and I would watch it.  I also watched both movies in the theatre.  I recently downloaded a few of the original episodes.  I still believe that the chemistry of the original 5 can't be topped!


Plus, the theme song was rockin!

A short but sweet introduction

Hello everyone.  My name is Krystal, I was born in 1983, but I don't really remember the 80's very much.  That's why I consider myself a 90's kid!  (Besides what generation of kids are cooler?)


I remember getting up a 6am to watch Saturday morning cartoon, I remember when Goomba's used to haunt my dreams, and I remember feeling sorry for Sailor Uranus because when he transformed he had to wear a skirt like the girls.  (ooops)


This has been my short but sweet introduction.  I'm going to try to do a new post every week.