Exiting the Rite-Aid today, I came upon a skinny teenage kid outside the store, joking around with his friends.
He had long hair and was wearing jeans. He was riding a skateboard. He was wearing Converse sneakers. And, to top it all off, a worn-out black Black Sabbath t-shirt with the sleeves cut off.
For a moment, I was a bit lost. Was it really 2008 and I’d just turned 35, or was it 1988 and I just turned 15?
Talk about your head trips…
The GeekHiker 
It’s all coming back to haunt us – I’ve seen the pegged pants make a reappearance lately, too.
I thought I’d just turned 29, not 9.
Happy Belated Birthday, GH 🙂
By: East Coast Teacher on August 12, 2008
at 9:45 pm
Ha!
You know you are old when the fashions of your youth make a reappearance.
By: just a girl on August 12, 2008
at 10:35 pm
that’s too funny.
the other day i learned that a girl i used to babysit is starting college this month and another is getting her driver’s license. i was really close to wanting to pretend i was in high school again. thankfully, the moment passed.
By: kristin on August 13, 2008
at 5:20 am
What was old is new again. What makes me feel old is TV shows that I grew up with being “re-imagined” or made into bad movies.
By: Homer-Dog on August 13, 2008
at 6:36 am
why? is that what you were wearing today too?
By: charlotte harris on August 13, 2008
at 6:40 am
I showed a Youtube clip of Simon & Garfunkle in my class yesterday. No one knew who they were. I wanted to cry but I was afraid they would think it was the onset of dementia or something and send me to a nursing home.
By: Dingo on August 13, 2008
at 6:45 am
Oh, yeah, the other day I heard a song I grew up loving on the Classic Rock station. Classic rock! please. I hear you there!
By: Kori on August 13, 2008
at 8:02 am
I don’t know how much I can contribute (I was 3 in 1988) other than to say,
1. Skinny jeans, and that emo-kid haircut are horrendous. Ugh. Leggings? No. No. No. NO. Not past the age of five. Also, bubble skirts, vests and those early 90s square, plastic sunglasses that are making a comeback? Utterly atrocious.
2. Dingo, I know who Simon & Garfunkle are and I weep for the ignorance of my generation!
By: Rachel on August 13, 2008
at 9:21 am
p.s I have no idea how that smilie got in there. It’s supposed to read “1988”
By: Rachel on August 13, 2008
at 9:22 am
Hellllooooo didn’t I tell you 35 was the new 15?!
Rachel, I resent that legging comment. 😛 I’m 32 and I think they look cute on me with the right dress draped over them.
By: Mel Heth on August 13, 2008
at 9:37 am
At least the kid has got style. 😛
By: AA on August 13, 2008
at 9:50 am
So did you time warp? Lil Geek, meet Big Geek? Kinda reminds me of that Bruce Willis movie, “The Kid”
By: dobegil on August 13, 2008
at 7:40 pm
I love when that happens xoP
By: narami on August 13, 2008
at 9:01 pm
East Coast Teacher – LOL, scary, isn’t it? Thanks for the b-day wishes!
Just A Girl – Heh… thanks… I think…
Kristin – Ugh, I hate things like that!
Homer-Dog – Yeah, you mean like “Knight Rider”? Next thing I know, there will be a remake of “Greatest American Hero”…
Charlotte – No, I was wearing a t-shirt and jeans… just like I did back then!
Dingo – LOL, don’t cry. They’ll feel the same way twenty years from now when the kids don’t know who Paris was…
Kori – I was at a Borders once where they filed “Oingo Boingo” under oldies once…
Rachel – LOL – I still like leggings: it’s what all the girls in college used to wear! But I’m glad you know Simon & Garfunkle!
Rachel – I’m guessing the “8” next to the “)” will do it every time…
Mel Heth – I ‘spose you did. I suspect you wear the leggings in only the most tasteful fashon.
AA – True!
Dobegil – I suppose I did!
Narami – *snicker* It is a bit odd…
By: geekhiker on August 13, 2008
at 9:57 pm
I blame reruns of Beavis & Butthead and Wayne’s World. Effing TV Land!
By: thecoconutdiaries on August 14, 2008
at 9:53 am
TheCoconutDiaries – But, um, I kinda liked those shows! 😉
By: geekhiker on August 14, 2008
at 7:07 pm