When I was young

I feel like I've "borrowed" a lot of blog posts lately.  But, when I saw Steph's post of tales about young Steph, I started to comment.  The thoughts rolling in my mind for the comment were so much fun that I thought I'd share my own post.  Other bloggers are so clever and give such good ideas!

When I was young...

• I refused to eat fast food hamburgers, but I loved Jack-in-the-Box tacos (quite possibly the greasiest item choice on the menu).
• I had a pony named Bingo.
• I gave my dolls mohawks and painted nail polish on their faces.  Pretty little girlie dolls became punk rock dolls.

• I remember swinging on my swingset and singing "Sandy" from Grease at the top of my lungs.
• I watched the premiere of MTV with "Video Killed the Radio Star" and was an MTV fanatic for years.
• I wanted to be a radio DJ, then a MTV VJ, then a talk show host.

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•  I rode my bike, roller skated, played with neighborhood kids, and ran through the sprinkler. 
• I had floral wallpaper on my bedroom walls.
• I stayed up past my bedtime to read.

• I walked in my sleep.  
• I picked up aluminum cans from the side of East Texas backwoods roads, and my grandfather and I would take them to the recycling center for pocket change.
• I went on family vacations that usually included a Texas river, a canoe, and a inner tube.

• I thought a snake at a cemetery sitting on a tombstone was fake and signified that the person buried there died of a snake bite. (When I asked the grown-ups about it, a BB gun was retrieved from a pick-up truck, and the snake needed its own burial.)
• I was the teacher's pet in 3rd grade.  I thought Mrs. Stewart was the best teacher ever.
• I liked all kinds of music from Hall & Oates to Charley Pride, Barry Manilow to Michael Jackson, George Strait to KISS, Duran Duran and more.....

What were you like when you were young??