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January 13, 2005

Where has the trapper keeper gone?

Today i have been very nostalgic about back in the day - growing up in the 80's and 90's. I'm Not digging too deep int the 80's pop culture, you can get that on vh1. I guess what brought me back to this was seeing my little cousin at 13 celebrating her first cell phone and a recent viewing of Napoleon Dynamite, a somewhat funny movie set in the era of moon boots. I can see how you want your kid to have a cell phone, but the only rule is you can't use it in class. I'm sure cell phone companies will soon offer free nights weekends and in between periods and bonus minutes at recess. What happened to not having a quarter and calling from a pay phone collect and instead of taking the charges saying " mom pick me up" as your name. As I embrace this new blog world, I thought i'd kick it old school today with a few "in my day" rants.

Ahh..The trapper keeper. You know you can't buy these anywhere anymore? I tried to find it at mead. they go for 20 bucks on ebay. But i did find a elementry school kids' new trapper keeper invention.

- Notice how no one tells jokes anymore? the art is lost opting for silly email forwards, videos and pictures. I always like a good joke.

- Whistling has been on the decline since the 50's but it is at an all time low.

- The great age of the sitcom is dead - reality tv has taken over and the next media is a vlog (video blog) where you can have everyone watch you every minute of the day.

- stewarts, a local convenience store in upstate ny, doesn't offer milk in those old school jugs anymore. Not that i bought them ever, but i liked when they were there.

- The age of the mix tape is dead. Remember spending hours making those tape mixes perfect and giving them a profound name like "summer mix 92". How is a guy going to impress his new lady? with an ipod songlist - double lame

- What happened to the the sony yellow walkman and how come the ipod doesn't come in this explosive active color.

- What happened to intelligent comedies of the brat pack and with chevy chase - old school is good but is no fletch, slapshot or caddyshack. There is no comparison at all.

- what happened to the if you'd like to make a call please hang up and try again lady - there is really no cell phone version of her

Well I can sit here and complain about it or just embrace it - there's a lot of good things that are new but we should always remember the past. I think i'll listen to the new 99 luft balloons remix w/ jay z

Posted by Patrick at January 13, 2005 05:26 PM

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Posted by: Kati at January 14, 2005 09:52 AM