I’m 35 Today, but I’d Rather Be 12…Maybe

Today I turned 25.  I mean 35.

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I know, I know.  It’s a really big deal.  Oh?  It’s not?  I’m just another member of the human race, lucky to be alive?  Okay then.  Glad we got that out of the way.  Do I still have to start using words like buns and fanny to describe men’s butts? Yes?  THANK GOD because I already started.

Ah, to be young again!  Like really young.  Like 12.

In 5th grade I had it all.

Killer style and a cutting edge haircut.  I mean what 5th grade girl had a modified mullet.

I had a party in the front AND the back. IMG_8739

Terrific dining behavior:

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A knowledge of the world that surpassed my peers:

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And get this: FREE PIZZA HUT JUST FOR READING.

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Best of all, I threw killer parties.  My famous “Inside Out ” Party.  Wow.  Can you imagine something as fun as wearing your clothes inside out and backwards in 1988?  TO A PARTY AT SOMEONE’S HOUSE??

And man was it a day to remember.  So much so that there are a total of 2- count them 2- photos to commemorate the event!  We were so crazy you guys.  We put cups on our mouths!! Can you believe us?IMG_8741

My mullet was growing out into a classy, yet still unattractive, middle part shag (notice my classy hands folded like a proper lady) and Lin’s boyish bob was growing out into a longer yet still boyish bob.  Side note: our turtle necks weren’t helping matters.

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As I hit the early 90s I was on the cutting edge of all things pop culture.

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My scrapbook proves it!  I will just show you a few pages and let them speak for themselves…

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Yes, a scrapbook of 90210 and Ross Perot.  I was a very strange child. Maybe I don’t want to go back to being an early adolescent.  That was a weird time for everyone involved, let’s be honest.  From the mullet to the obsession with free Pizza Hut,  to say I was in a downward spiral would be an understatement.  I think I have a bit more clarity at 35.  At least now I can say that both Luke Perry AND Ross Perot have great buns. 


5 thoughts on “I’m 35 Today, but I’d Rather Be 12…Maybe

  1. Happy, happy 35th birthday, MC! Book It! You just uncovered a chunk of nostalgia in my brain that I didn’t know existed. I loved that program. Personal pan pizza with the principal, baby! What could be better for a kid?

    Your 90210 scrapbook is da bomb (didn’t Dylan say that on episode #39?)!

  2. Oh, ha ha, and Happy Biirtday, Little Mare! … And I don’t know what mullet you are talking about….you were just too cute way back when and of course still are! Yeah, I know this is your mom talking but c’mon…all anyone has to do is look at those adorable pictures. And Little Lin was a cutie too, even with that …I admit…boyish bob! Have a wonderful day! I love you!…and your scrapbooks! :-)

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