Re: remember when..

Posted by Rajit Ravichandran on 10/05/05

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Remember when you tripped on your own skirt??

On 5/01/05, 30 year old.. wrote:
> I don't feel "old" but I remember when..
>
> In my senior history class (in 1993) we learned about
> impeachement; none of us knew anything about how it worked
> at all. At least Ken Starr gave us all a history lesson :)
>
> My freshman year of college, we had a debate in class
> about whether talk shows (like Oprah) degraded or
> exploited people, were too sensationalistic, caused people
> to do anything to get on t.v. etc. Someone mentioned
> the "reality" show "The Real World", and only about half
> of us (19 years olds) had seen the show. We knew MTV as a
> station that had music on it :).
>
> I couldn't watch the news when I got home from
> school/work.. I had to wait until 5. If I missed it at 5
> or 6, I had to wait until 10-- if that was too late, I
> missed it. Somehow I survived :). Also: if my newspaper
> got thrown out before I saw it, I couldn't read the paper
> that day unless I could borrow a copy.
>
> I found shows like The Cosby Show had enough plot to keep
> me interested. Now I watch the reruns and they seem almost
> as quaint as Leave It To Beaver. Is this because now that
> I'm 30 I'm no longer as concerned about the problems of
> the teens on the show, or is it because I'm now used to
> shows like Desperate Housewifes or Law and Order? Discuss
> amongst yourselves :).
>
> Roseanne was the most contraversial show on t.v. and Ozzie
> Osbourne was a has been rocker from my parents generation
>
> In a class freshman year someone said "The only war we
> know is the minor Gulf war.." and we all nodded in
> agreement. Is that war going to be renamed Gulf War I :)?
>
> Liberals called themselves "liberals" (that's not an
> attack on liberals; I'm a proud Democrat)
>
> What we now call "camis" were 2 things-- pajama tops (for
> the white cotton ones) or lingerie.
>
> My list of things to have ready when I needed to leave in
> the morning did not include "cell phone".
>
> I was friends with my neighbors, but not someone living in
> South Africa that I met online.
>
> You had to do something another than be willing to eat
> bugs to get to be on t.v. and be famous
>
> I could not define any of the following words:
> E-mail
> E-anything (E-commerce, e-banking, e-trading)Download
> Blog/blogger
> instant message/IM
> internet
> chat room (Is that like a break room? :)
> website (is that where there's a spider web that keeps re-
> appearing? :)
> online (is that like "are you on board with this
> project? :)
> text message
> HDTV
> reality show-- is that a show where a real person gets a
> makeover :)?
> reality show whore (she's an actual whore, not just an
> imposter who wears slutty clothes :)
> crank (probably some kind of tool :)
> "urban" problems
> Bushism (but I did know "Qualyism" :)
> Al-Queida
> Uzbeckastan (pardon my spelling)
> Fox news
> recharge my cell phone
> See how much smarter I've gotten in about 7 years :)?
>
> The following words had different meanings:
> In Box: an actual box of things to do, filled with actual
> papers :)
> Paris Hilton: a nice hotel in France
> spam: a cheap but disgusting lunch meat
> flame: what a large fire created
> White Water: water found in the Colorado river
> Travelgate: the gate you go to to get on your plane, bus,
> etc.
> 9/11: the number you call in an emergency
>
> I am getting old, aren't I :? When I get distressed about
> the state of the world, I remember this difference:
> When I was in high school students wrote and acted out
> orginal plays. One featured two guy roommates who seemed
> to be lunatics-- I thought the play was about insanity. A
> friend finally explained to me that they were gay and in a
> relationship but not only could they not kiss, cuddle,
> hold hands or make any reference at all to being "more
> than friends" they couldn't say "gay". This script had
> been through about 8 editings (and now made no sense) and
> the students involved never complained because they knew
> they couldn't do anything about it.
>
> Peace!
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