Childhood.

Well, since my spring break is almost over, I decided to spend Easter watching old shows I used to watch back then. This included Pepper Ann, Doug, Recess, Gargoyles, Sabrina: The Animated Series, oh my god, I could go on. This was my childhood, my parents (before the divorce) would fight a lot, so to get away from reality, I watched a lot of cartoons. Much of a reason why my imagination is just completely bonkers (haha, that was another cartoon I used to watch, too) now. Also, probably why I can be immature at times. To this day, I still watch cartoons, and I could care less.

Pepper Ann was the all-time favorite for me. Saturday morning, wake up, turn the T.V. on, and watch the cartoons with my dad. And Pepper Ann was the bomb. I thought she was the coolest girl, and I wanted to be like her when I got older (ironically, I kinda did). I thought it was cool she liked to play video games and roller bladed to school or where ever she was going, yet was dealing with peer pressure of middle school of her reputation. Now, I didn't of it that way when I was little, but now that I'm older, I can relate to a lot of it. Middle school sucked.

Doug, Doug, Doug. Wow, this show had to be on something, I swear. I actually don't remember the Nick version (due to the fact I had no cable), so I unfortunately cannot relate to the early fans. But I watched the Disney version with my dad (I recently asked him if he remembers it, apparently he does), and told me when I was little, I was scared to watch the movie (okay, there was a sea monster, A SEA FREAKING MONSTER). I watched it a week ago on the internet, and wow, it was funny. But I'm still ticked off that I'll never know if Patti and Doug ever end up together (Digimon epilogue-esque episode!).

Recess was the satire of elementary school. There was the cliques, the random "club houses", the "let's make a huge pile of dirt" group, it had it all. I watch it now and realize how much The Ashleys were bitches. The movie was awesome, and the fourth grade teacher was freaking cool. And the playground set was just crazy, I wish it actually existed. Thank god none of the schools I went to were like that.

Gargoyles! HOLY SHIT THAT SHOW WAS BADASS. 'Nuff said.

Sabrina was the show of my dreams. I was so fascinated by witches, and magical stuff like that cause of that show mostly. Sabrina and Harvey=OTP. All the way, I thought they were the coolest couple ever. I used to read the comics and paperback novels (when I got a bit older, I watched the live action series). Every once in a while, the theme song gets stuck in my head.


Oh, childhood, how much I miss it.


-xo

ps, if I put the comic book based show here too, it would be a very long post.