I’ve officially become the age where I have started using phrases, such as, “kids these days will never know..” This alone has got me thinking about some of the perks of growing up in the 90’s and the early 2000’s. So here is my top 10 list…
- Everybody had a part-time job in school. A lot of my friends worked concessions at the Sports Plex. We flipped burgers, cleaned restrooms, chased cleats, and had fun all while using our hard earned money to put gas in our cars and pay for things with our own money!
- Music- yes it easier to get music now but who didn’t enjoy illegally downloading a few songs off of Limewire or Napster? Burned cd’s represented a time, our thoughts, who we were…
- $40 student ticket packages at UA for all home games.. Roll Tide!
- TV from the 90’s – could there be anything better than Friends?
- Birkenstocks.. Boston, Arizona, etc.. What was your favorite pair?
- We didn’t know what we didn’t know… Until the Twin Towers came down, the world seemed like a safe place, and I did not have as much access to so much information. Ignorance was bliss.
- We had to actually use communication skills- no hiding behind text or social media. You faced your enemies head on at the old cotton gin after school. You actually called someone if you liked them- no swiping left or right. You went to a business (walked in, stuck out your hand, etc.) with a resume when seeking a job.
- Facebook was only for college kids- your email address had to be from a college address. No politics or arguing. Just college kids writing on friends’ walls, sharing photos, and the occasional poking (not what you are thinking)- just trying to get someone’s attention.
- Actual conversations and talking face to face, creating memories, and not meeting to stare at our phones.. constantly.
- We believed we could make a difference and that we would.
College me- the only @ I had was @bama.ua.edu
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