I made this post on reddit today and it got a lot of positive feedback, figured I would post it here.
I remember playing Colecovision at a friends house and being so jealous of it's amazing graphics. I remember MTV playing videos of Ozzy. I remember my first bike, a red BMX model with these crazy foam pads all over it. I remember my uncle had a computer with a Bernoulli Box. I remember when Saturday mornings were 6 hours of cartoons, and good cartoons, not that CG shit that they shovel on kids today. I remember the first time I saw a computer mouse in my 3rd grade computer lab, there was a program called "logo" and you could make a little "turtle" move around the screen leaving a line behind it. I remember staying home from school sick one day, my Aunt was watching me and since she knew I was into science she turned on the space shuttle launch. It exploded. I remember all the jokes that came after that. I remember Garbage Pail Kids, and Dinosaurs Attack Cards. I remember going to see Star Wars (the original) in the theaters and how it changed my life. I remember the Incredible Hulk TV show. I remember on Halloween trick or treating until midnight, unsupervised, and coming home with a pillow case full of candy. I remember my Optimus Prime Transformer. I remember when holograms started to appear on everything. I remember my Dad bringing home our first computer and teaching me how to use DOS. I remember when I got Test Drive "The Duel" and playing it for almost 15 hours straight. I remember when the weatherman had a actual map behind him and these big stickers of clouds and suns that he would put on the map. I remember our old station wagon and me and my sister riding around in the back without seatbelts and that being totally normal. I remember when the Detroit Tigers won the World Series and everyone partying in the streets and me wondering why it was such a big deal. I remember when Detroit was a busy city. I remember my big wheel. I remember my Mister Microphone. I remember our first VCR and watching Ghostbusters everyday after school until the tape broke. I remember a lot of stuff, but the thing I remember most is how amazing everything seemed as a child, and that is one thing I hope I never forget.
