Back When You Were Young (ages 5-10)

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I remember obsessively watching 'Knightmare' every week (anyone else remember that programme?), as well as any cartoon involving super heroes, super powers or anything else beginning with 'super'. 'Captain Bucky O'Hare' was a particular favourite. Oh, and ritually playing 'Sonic' and 'Streets Of Rage' on my friend's Mega Drive (translation for American readers: that's a Sega Genesis), and crying when my parents came to collect me because I was almost on level 7...

[This message has been edited by LittleJimmy (edited June 07, 2002).]

 

I read, mostly -- The summer between first and second grade I started playing AD&D with some friends (all little girls like myself) and I became obsessed with all things AD&D. I read all the Fritz Leiber and Anne McCaffery books (though I found the sexual parts unsettling) and my friends and I used to act out Pern stories of our own.

I was so nearsighted I was practically blind, and would follow the wrong adult around the mall thinking it was my mom, mistake my friends for each other -- then I got glasses and Wow! I had xray vision.

 

I used to play with lego ( too much)
umm, I think I can remember trying to drink sea water too

 

I used to cut out blue spikes and stick them to my head. I'd then run around the house pretending to be Sonic the Hedgehog. I also would play all the usual games and play with al the usual toys for a little boy at the time.

 

When I was 5 years old... that would be 1980.

I remember that Michael Jackson was the biggest thing in that era, everyone I knew had the Thriller album.

Krull, TRON and Dragonslayer were the coolest movies.

I learned how to ride a bike, went through around a bike a year 'til I was around 11 or so.

The TV shows were Charlie's Angels, Knight Rider, CHiP's, Buck Rogers, The Greatest American Hero, That's Incredible, The Cosby Show, Three's Company, Cheers, The Hulk (Lou Ferigno)... can't seem to remember the rest.

Anime were Voltes V, Daimos, Mekanda, and Mazinger (Tranzor) Z, which was every weekday in the afternoon, so I had to finish my homework to get to see them.

The coolest cartoon was Flight of Dragons.

I was an honor student and was always in the top 5 (well until I hit High School, hehehe )

Girls were icky, and didn't make sense, though the most beautiful ones were Brooke Shields and Phoebe Cates.

 

Believe or not but I got a fake marriage at 5 and every time I saw that girl I kissed her on the lips. I used to go in her back yard and pick her flowers and give them to her. So no I never went through the cooty stage. In kindergarden I liked to jump over seats and kiss girls and flick off the bus driver. I was a little devil then. I remember in my kindergarden class we had a punching bag and I was punching it and a nother boy came up and started punching it sooooo I jacked him in the face. Also around that time I called my mom the first and last swear word. Another thing I remember doing was teaming up with these 13 year olds at the age of 7 and helping them go ask out girls and stuff like that. But the best thing about when I was around 5 I didn't need money to have fun. Ah good old days. Don't worry I am not as much of a devil now. Emphisise on as much.