May 20th, 2007
Carter is one of those hyper active crazy little buggers that never sit still a very active child. He is practically go-go-go from the moment he wakes up until the moment he falls asleep. There are only two things that can relatively calm this child - a car ride and TV. Even a car ride he gets restless rather quickly - but TV? He can sit peacefully for nearly an hour if it’s something he’s interested in. I’m telling you, these babysitter are worth their weight in gold!
Sometimes I even tear myself away from my work (read: designing and blogging) to hangout with him and the babysitter, which is tedious for me simply because I can’t stand the cartoons that are on nowadays.
What happened to the TV greatness that was Shera, He-Man, Thundercats, Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Ponies, Jem?… you know? The good stuff that used to be on Saturday morning cartoons!? The stuff that’s on now? My Gawd, I’d rather put shards of glass behind my eyelids and blink a million times, it’s so horrible. Juniper Lee? Fantastic Four? Looney Tunes Unleashed?
(For those of you without kids this is just going in one eye and out the other - to sum it up? Shit. Utter kyfe.)
Watching these shows makes me reminiscent of the time when when I was younger. The toys, the innocence, being oblivious to the world outside my own. Namely the toys though. There was such GREAT stuff back then.
Skip It! That was great fun. Essentially skipping for losers by yourself!
Pogo Balls. Ah! Mastering squeezing your feet against a ball while jumping up and down. Fabulous fun!
Forget having to share the damn computer with your kid. What about Speak ‘N Spell?! Wow!
And He-Man? Now that’s HOT!
Today we have slutty stupid dolls with enormously ginormous cock suckers lips
These trashy little hoes look like the hookers I see downtown, never mind a doll for a child.
It’s a disc! No! It’s a ball! No! It’s Phalt Ball! Gimme a freakin’ break. Buy the damn kid a frisbee!
Remember this? A water pistol?
Tell me. What the fuck is this!? You almost need a permit for the damn thing!
Times sure have changed.
Off to try and find some jacks and a skipping rope. Wish me luck!
Ummmmmmmm, my Saturday morning cartoons were Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Yogi Bear; have I lost you yet LOL
And the only real toys we played with were dolls and Barbies. Oh I did have a Pogo Stick, a big wheel, and a Hipity Hop LOL Before my rollerskates and bicycle.
May 20th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
I just found your blog, thanks for the trip down memory lane! Did you hear they are making a movie version of He-Man? They supposedly want Brad Pitt for the role.
May 20th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Yes I love all those toys… and you are right about he damn bratz dolls… I can;t stand them either.
May 21st, 2007 at 12:31 am
Haha! I used to have the pogo ball too. And the Skip It.
Bratz should be banned. Seriously. I can’t bloody stand them and said form day one that they’re utter sluts. Loads of kids seem to love them though - the world is so wrong.
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:55 am