please remember g.u.t.s.

I don't think that acronym actually stands for anything. I do think the Aggro Crag was one of the most intense challenges in the youth game show industry. I don't think Mike O'Malley could have been as excited as he always seemed. I do think Moira Quirk was a style icon for girl referees everywhere. I don't think the production was as good as I did when I was nine. I do think climbing rope net walls deserves more respect. I do think a future Backstreet Boy appeared on the show as "AJ 'Mean' McLean". And I do think at least one winner must've gotten cancer from their so-called trophy, a "glowing piece of [their] radical rock".

please remember polly pocket

This is a very special toy to my heart. My grandma would give me Polly Pockets to celebrate milestones. Maybe for my baptism or birthday...certainly for winning the spelling bee. My favorite of all the Polly Pockets I had (which was probably two) was the seafoam green seashell-shaped compact that opened up into a waterpark that you could put real water in. Contemporary Polly Pockets are completely un-pocket-size, and it's been decided they would be more aptly called: "Polly Purses," "Polly Carry-ons," or "Polly Car Trunks".

please remember the wonder years

I have always wanted to get this on DVD, well not always, but as long as I've known TV shows were on DVD. I found it online a couple months ago, for the outrageous price of about $96! The show is beloved. I should've known.

please remember sinead o'connor

It's been seven hours and 15...years? "Nothing Compares 2 U" is seriously one of the most depressing songs ever recorded. But for some reason it feels so good to revel in Sinead's sorrow. This song is quite singalong friendly and is certainly featured on my Girl Anthems mix cd. You may ask, have I ever heard another song by Sinead? Of course not. I would like to keep it that way so I can remember her in her finest state, borderline suicidal.

please remember not-100-degree weather

Those were the days.

please remember ghostwriter

This was a PBS series in which kids just like me (except that they lived in the inner city and I lived in Idaho) would solve serious mysteries with the help of a supernatural being, which was just a bunch of words written in a spiral shape, if I remember right. This show encouraged viewers at home to keep track of the clues, I think, and I had a spiral notebook I would write in during the show. Anyway I think the point of it was either getting kids to write or freaking them out.

please remember the ban on pixy stix in 6th grade

The kids were snorting them.

please remember the half-inflated dark lord

Remember the episode of "The Simpsons" where Bart goes to the Spinal Tap concert and Homer waits in the car listening to that song about the little Spanish flea? Well everything at the concert goes wrong, the ice from the hockey arena melts all over the stage, and the giant inflatable dark lord above the band is only half inflated.

please remember how phil collins covered "can't hurry love"

I heard Phil's version before the original when I was very young. The original's better. Phil's is okay.

please remember quantum leap

Remember the show "Quantum Leap," well I don't remember it that well but I liked it.

please remember big sunglasses

Big sunglasses, well they're still around, but my facial features are too petite for me to wear them.

please remember last 4th of july

Last year July 4 fell on a Monday, so naturally all of the America's Freedom Festival at Provo events were held on Saturday, giving us three days of holiday. We saw hot air balloons, thought about camping out for the parade but really just slept in the living room, watched fireworks in the street outside of Chevron, lit Roman Candles, and expressed patriotism by riding around in the bed of a truck, dancing. Also we showed our British friend a real American parade and she asked where our queen was. Okay, I realize everyone may not remember my last 4th of July but now that I told you about it you can remember my memory.