I miss conventions. My only convention I attended this year was C2E2 before COVID-19 hit. Conventions are my scene. I found this blog tag on A Geek Girl’s Guide and thought it would be fun to reminisce on all the conventions I attended in the past.

Have You Ever Wanted to Attend a Specific Con?

Yes! Gen Con was one of the conventions I crossed off my list. Gen Con is primarily a gaming convention, but there is something there for everyone. Gen Con hosts a 5K, brewery tour, charity events, gaming, and more. It was a dream come true to attend Gen Con.

Other conventions I want to attend are Emerald City (cancelled this year due to Covid), San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con, and Dragon Con.

Have You Ever Traveled for a Convention?

The farthest I have traveled was for Gen Con. If Emerald City had happened, this would have been my farthest convention. I’m based in Minneapolis, and Emerald City is in Seattle.

Have You Ever Attended the Same Con Multiple Times?

100% If the Convention is fun, why not go multiple times? I have been to CONvergence six times. C2E2 twice. MSP Spring Con four times. The caveat is that for any conventions requiring travel, it’s tougher for me to attend multiple times in a row.

Have You Ever Gone to a Signing or Photo Op?

Yes! My friend and I met Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom. We also stood in line to meet Jason Momoa. For photo ops versus autographs, I prefer photos. Photos are more personal for me. The one negative thing about autographs and photo ops is that they take up the whole day. If you’re going to a convention for a single day to meet that one person, it’s probably worth it.

Have You Ever Cosplayed for a Con?

Of course, I love cosplay! My cosplays aren’t 100% accurate because I don’t make every aspect of my cosplays. Cosplay helps me feel a part of the event.

Have You Ever Worked at a Con?

Yep! The website I write for Twin Cities Geek usually tables at local conventions. If I’m free, I love volunteering at the table. It allows me to connect with people who walk by.

Here are the questions:

Have you ever been to a con?

Have you ever traveled far to go to a con?

Have you ever attended the same con multiple times?

Have you ever gone to a signing or photo op?

Have you ever cosplayed at a con?

Have you ever worked at a con?

When I say “I’m a geek,” it means I have a lot of different interests. Comics, board games, trading card games, Dungeons & Dragons, movies, video games, reading scientific articles, and more. This blog tag by A Geek Girl’s Guide allows me to discuss my geeky interests in more detail. Here are the questions:

Have you ever made fan art?

Nope. I’m not talented enough to create fan art. Occasionally, I buy fan art at conventions in the artist alley.

Have you ever written fan fiction?

Nope. I have read fan fiction before, but I don’t seek it out. I know many fans find comfort in fan fiction, but it’s not for me.

Have you ever gone to a special event for a fandom? (midnight releases, etc.)

Yes! I went to two of the Harry Potter book release parties. All the conventions I attend count for this question, too. In my bedroom, I have most of my convention lanyards hanging on one of my walls. I have them sorted by whether they’re out of state or my annual Minnesota conventions.

Have you ever been active in a fandom community online?

I used to be on various online forums. One was for an online game called Vmk (Virtual Magic Kingdom). Vmk was an online MMORPG that was Disney-themed. It was a blast. The forums offered advice on finding certain items or completing quests. I’m not on forums as much anymore because I don’t have as much time as I used to, but that’s how I used to interact with fandom communities online.

Have you ever made friends because of mutual fandoms?

For sure! I tend to make the most friends through conventions. Last year, I met a Captain America cosplayer at Gen Con. I still follow him on Instagram, and we talk occasionally.

Here are the questions for this particular tag:

Have you ever made fan art?

Have you ever written fan fiction?

Have you ever gone to a special event for a fandom? (midnight releases, etc.)

Have you ever been active in a fandom community online?

Have you ever made friends because of mutual fandoms?

I took a break from writing posts, and it was nice. Last weekend, we visited the fiancé’s family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since I wasn’t at my own apartment, I didn’t prep my blog posts like I usually do. Every Sunday, I sit down and schedule my posts to release during the week. With all the emails I write at my job, I don’t feel like writing after work. This allowed me to rejuvenate my creativity in the posts for this week. To launch back into blogging, I decided to join Oh So Geeky’s At The Movies Blog Challenge. This challenge is running until June 5th, so don’t forget to write your post.

The theme for my challenge post is my first film. I’m going to share five early memories featuring movies, whether it be from my childhood or movie memories I will always cherish.

Harry Potter and Monsters Inc. Double Header

When I was in second grade, the first Harry Potter movie was released along with Monsters Inc. My dad loved to go see movies in the theater, and he took our family to Monster’s Inc. during the day with a break for dinner and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the evening. This is the only memory I can recall where we saw two movies in one day.

Watching Pirates of the Caribbean in a Closet..?

Remember when portable DVD players existed? In middle school, my friend and I would watch Pirates of the Caribbean on a portable DVD player, and for some odd reason, we decided to watch the movie in her closet. To this day, I’m not sure why we picked her closet. It wasn’t a walk-in closet either; it was a standard, small, long closet. We would watch this movie on repeat. The whole cast sold this franchise with Johnny Depp becoming Jack Sparrow. Kiera Knightley and Orlando Bloom had convincing chemistry together; it surprises me how they never dated in reality. Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the best film franchises to exist.

James Bond Film Marathons With My Mom

My mom introduced me to a variety of different films. I watched numerous Harrison Ford 90s action films, including Air Force One and Clear and Present Danger. My favorite memory, though, is watching all the James Bond films. My mom bought the James Bond boxed sets with a mix of the different films. My dad wasn’t thrilled about me watching them, but it became a way for me to bond with my mom. Timothy Dalton is my favorite Bond, and nobody can sway me differently.

The Phantom Menace & Star Wars Toys!!

I was young when the prequels were released. The prequels are flawed films, but they get way too much hate in my opinion. I had the communicator device toy that Qui-Gon uses in the film, along with the Queen Amidala Barbie sitting on my childhood dresser. This memory is more about the toys from the prequel movies, but without the movies, I wouldn’t have the toys.

The Polar Express

This memory is a bit sad, but it’s worth it to include on this list. When The Polar Express was released in theaters, my dad wanted us all to go and see the movie. For whatever reason, we didn’t want to go see it with him, so my dad ended up not seeing the film at all. The Polar Express was released in 2004, my dad was diagnosed with cancer in 2005, and he passed away in 2006. It makes me sad reflecting on this memory because this would have been a moment shared with him. I wouldn’t say this was a regret of mine, but if I could go back to this moment, I would have changed my mind and seen this movie with him.

These are my first film memories, and I’m happy to have shared them here. I spent a lot of time writing these memories and reflecting on these movie experiences. If you would like to participate in this blog challenge, please tweet at @katyrochelle or post on her blog that you’re participating. The link to her post is in the first paragraph.

I needed serious blogging inspiration. Being quarantined and working from home has zapped any inspiration from my life. I felt like a walking zombie: working, exercising, and sleeping. I stumbled upon this lovely tag by Vamp It Up Manchester and decided to do it myself on Bizarre Brunette. Here are my answers.

Have you ever…?

🏎 Driven or been driven at 100 miles an hour  

This is a story. My ex-boyfriend and I were driving home from his cabin. He wanted to see how fast he could go with his car. At the same moment, a police officer was driving on the opposite side of the highway. The police cruiser put on its sirens, crossed over a median, and pulled him over. My ex-boyfriend was caught driving 105 mph. It was the most awkward car ride home.

⚔️ Learned a possibly deadly skill

Nope.

🚁 Ridden in a helicopter

No, but this isn’t a bucket list item for me either.

🙀 Gone zip lining

Technically, I have. It wasn’t in a different country; it was at an outdoor class in middle school. I hate heights, but it was thrilling to be ziplining in the middle of a forest.

🏈 🏒 Been to an NFL game or Ice Hockey

Nope. I want to go to a hockey game sometime. We have the Minnesota Wild as our team, but the Chicago Blackhawks are decent.

👽 Watched Dr Who

I haven’t watched Doctor Who in a long time. This show reminds me of the earlier days of meeting my fiancé. We would watch the episodes in his dorm room since he was an RA and couldn’t leave at certain times. We even had a Tardis coffee mug filled with slips of paper in case we needed inspiration for date nights.

🍁 Been to Canada

No! It’s funny because I live in Minnesota, you would think I have crossed the border. I would like to visit Vancouver, Toronto, and Quebec.

🏰 Visited Disney

Not yet. I made visiting Universal Studios a priority.

🗝 Visited an actual castle

NO 😦

🎲 Visited Vegas

Nope! It’s certainly a place I want to go. I also want to visit the National Parks in Utah and Nevada.

🍽 Eaten alone at a restaurant

Many times. I love going to coffee shops by myself. It’s the best blogging atmosphere.

🎹 Played an instrument

I played the alto sax in middle school, but stopped when I was a senior in high school. I also played for a full year in college. I haven’t picked up the saxophone since. It’s difficult living in a apartment complex.

🏍 Ridden a motorcycle

Not yet.

🏇 Ridden a horse

Yes, I went horseback riding at a bluegrass music festival. My horse kept wanting to lead the other horses. It was a relaxing experience, and I would do it again.

💉 Donated blood

I have given blood at least five times, but I can’t give blood anymore. I suffer from White Coat Syndrome, which means anytime I get my blood pressure, pulse, or other measurements taken, it’s usually high. You cannot give blood if your resting pulse is above 100. I get nervous, and I’m not sure why, because I have given blood many times. Every time I try to give blood, I’m turned away. I have pretty much given up at this point.

🏂⛷ Been skiing/snowboarding

I have skied once on a fifth grade school trip. Learning how to ski was the most exhilarating and frustrating experience I have ever had. I don’t think I have laughed or cried more in my life.

🏕 Gone camping

I went to a music festival where we had to camp. I have never been to the same music festival since.

👩‍🎤 Gone to a festival

See above question ^^^

🚗 Driven a stick shift

No, but when I drove to Colorado to see my friend, he only drives a stick. He prefers stick to automatic, but one time he did stall when he was stuck at a traffic signal.

🚓 Ridden in a police car?

Never. I have been pulled over once in my life, but got off without a ticket.

🚤 Driven a boat

Does driving a jet ski count?

🐌 Eaten Escargot

Nope. The worst thing I have ever eaten was the Burtie Botts Every Flavor Beans. The Vomit flavor tastes like bile. It was absolutely the worst, it felt like I just thrown up in my mouth after eating the bean.

🚢 Been on a cruise

No, but I would consider it.

🎥 Been on TV

I hope not.

📰 Been in a paper/book/magazine

Technically, I write for Twin Cities Geek, which is similar to an online magazine, so I think this qualifies.

🍣 Eaten Sushi

Yes, but sushi is one of those foods I specifically have to be in the mood to eat. I can’t eat sushi whenever.

🌌 Seen a UFO

No, but I believe other life forms exist.

🏗 Been Bungie jumping

Nope, and I don’t believe I could ever do this.

🦔 Rescued an animal

My kitty, Athena, is from a rescue. I don’t think I will ever adopt an animal from a breeder. I have volunteered with the Humane Society before and there are so many animals needing homes.

I have never found an abandoned animal and rescued it. My neighbor discovered their kitty underneath their deck. It was almost frozen since it was winter at the time. They named their kitty Watson and it was a Siamese kitty.

🤩 Met someone rather famous

The only time I have ever met anyone famous was at a comic convention. I met Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) and Jason Momoa. I would highly recommend meeting a celebrity at an event like this. My experiences were all positive.

Remember, the link for this blog tag is up in the first paragraph. This was the blog tag I needed to get inspired to write again. Feel free to copy the questions into your post. If you do, don’t forget to link back to me or Vamp It Up Manchester. I hope you all are staying safe and quarantined.

When I attended Gen Con, I scored some exclusive goodies. In addition to being able to test board games from both Goliath Games and Games by Bicycle, I was also given a couple freebie items to take home with me. One of these items was an exclusive at Goliath Game’s booth. This item was a GlowBot specifically a Robin GlowBot. GlowBot’s are a line of figures created by Goliath that have glowing beads. These beads when plugged into their character, allow the character to light up in the dark. I was given the Robin version, which was the Gen Con exclusive. It reminds me of a Funko, light-up, collectible figure. After putting it together last weekend, I’m excited to share with you all about this GlowBot.

When I first opened the box, I saw there were the beads packaged in a plastic baggie, along with the cord. There’s also a sheet which demonstrates which color beads go where. It took me about forty five minutes to put all the beads in the correct places. Athena, my kitty, was particularly interested in this as well.

After putting Robin together, I was impressed by the appearance of Robin when he lights up. Usually I’m skeptical about figures like this because when put together, they often don’t look like the character they’re supposed to be. However, I was happily surprised to see Robin glowing and actually looking like Robin.

These GlowBots are adorable. They’re perfect to act as a night light or it would work great as a desk accessory at work. Besides Robin, they had Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Joker and Harley Quinn. Thanks to Goliath Games for allowing me to take one home, it helped make my Gen Con experience memorable.

I realize I haven’t done a blog tag post in a while. I saw this tag from Emily at Monster Lady’s Diary and thought it was a great tag, but there were other blog posts I wanted to write first. I’m mostly caught up on those, so here are my responses to the Fictional Characters Tag.

Which Character Was Your First Love?

In third grade, my mom let me watch the James Bond movies. We owned boxed sets with the various Bond films from different periods. When I watched each Bond film, I became engrossed in the beautiful dresses, lustrous travel destinations, and action sequences. My love of action films has grown from the Bond movies. As I re-watch them as an adult, I realize how misogynistic James Bond is. How he treats women as a disposable item and how his love affairs can cost them their lives. The James Bond franchise will always have a special place in my heart because it reminds me of my mom, but also brought me to appreciate the finesse it takes to film an action film.

How Would You Describe All The Characters You Love?

When I become attached to characters from books or other media, I find these characters are genuinely good people. I’m never one to identify with the villains, but with the heroes who often have to stand up to evil even though they may be alone in their cause. As I’m re-reading the Harry Potter series, I like to think of Hermione’s S.P.E.W. protest as she is fighting for something unheard of and she’s made fun of constantly by Harry and Ron. To me, that’s a character I can support.

A Character You Love That You Think Most People Hate?

Life is Strange is one of my favorite video games of all time. One of the main characters is Chloe who’s a teenager dealing with the death of her father. I would say most fans dislike her because of her immaturity. I like Chloe as a character because she’s a realistic teenager. When my father passed away, I’m sure I acted immaturely to put this image on myself that I was okay. I could identify with Chloe’s struggles of going through puberty along with having her friends move away. The friendship shown between Max and Chloe is one of the main reasons why Life is Strange is such a great video game.

Does One Character In Your Life Have a Strict Personality?

Whenever I think of a character who is “strict” I think of Cath from the novel Fangirl. Cath is strict with herself as far as what she does in college and who she associates herself with. What I truly love about Fangirl is Cath’s ability to slowly open herself up which connects her with a group of people who love her for being herself. Cath reminds me of my days as a college freshman and how I have grown since then.

A Character I Wouldn’t Get Along With?

Any character that is blatantly racist or despicable would be a character I wouldn’t get along with. When I thought to make a list of what these characters would be, I immediately thought about Lucius Malfoy. His bigotry has been passed onto Draco, but also how he works with Cornelius Fudge in The Order of the Phoenix to slander Harry is downright troubling.

A Character You’d Travel the World With?

The Doctor! Specifically David Tennant or Matt Smith. I could go all across the globe, but even beyond the galaxy. I need to re-watch Doctor Who sometime soon.

A Character You’d Rely on To Help You Get Over Your Fears?

Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation would be my character to help me overcome any of my fears. She would inspire me to chase my dreams and keep my head in the clouds.

Where Do Most of the Characters You Love Come From?

I’m an avid reader and TV watcher, so most of my characters from this list will probably come from those types of media. If I have time, I watch movies, but it’s rare for me to watch a movie than a forty-three-minute TV episode.

A Character You’re Most Likely to Have Weird Dreams About?

I don’t remember my dreams regarding whether specific fictional characters appeared within them. I’m into Lucifer right now and hardcore shipping Lucifer and Chloe, so maybe that would be included in a dream of mine sometime soon.

A Minor Character You Love

I counted Phil Coulson as a minor character in the scheme of the Marvel movie universe. He was one of the common links in the Marvel Phase #1 movies. His untimely death brought The Avengers together to battle it out in NYC. Since his revival, Agents of Shield has been successful on ABC. I regret to say I have fallen way behind in the show, but the first three seasons are some of the best TV I have watched.

What Character Represents Your Mentality?

How could I not choose Luna Lovegood? I have her wand on display above my nightstand for this reason. She’s an authentic character who’s extremely quirky and at first not taken seriously. Eventually, she proves herself during Dumbledore’s Army training as she summons her rabbit patronus. She helps Harry to find the diadem, so he can destroy it. I could go on, but I aspire to be like Luna.

Here are the questions if you’re interested!

Which Character Was Your First Love?

How Would You Describe All The Characters You Love?

A Character You Love That You Think Most People Hate?

Does One Character In Your Life Have a Strict Personality?

A Character I Wouldn’t Get Along With?

A Character You’d Travel the World With?

A Character You’d Rely on To Help You Get Over Your Fears?

Where Do Most of the Characters You Love Come From?

A Character You’re Most Likely to Have Weird Dreams About?

A Minor Character You Love

What Character Represents Your Mentality?

Donald Trump tweeted about how global warming must “come back fast” because of the colder temperatures in the Midwest. By cold, I mean it’s -20 degrees with the wind chill making the temperature feel like -50 degrees. Exposed skin can experience frostbite in minutes with hypothermia to follow. It’s dangerous leaving my apartment right now, which means I need to take the necessary precautions in how I dress. The response to Trump’s original tweet shows that we may not fully understand the science behind Global Warming. Global warming is happening even though temperatures are rapidly dropping in other areas.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) defines global warming as warming effects caused by heat being trapped in Earth’s atmosphere instead of moving toward space. Normally, heat would escape into space, but instead, certain chemicals cause heat to be trapped on Earth causing temperatures to rise. This is known as the “greenhouse effect.” Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide contribute to the “greenhouse” effect. These chemicals are released by burning fossil fuels, producing waste, and using fertilizer.

At first, one may think who cares? Why does it matter that temperatures are rising on Earth? Let’s discuss the rising sea level. Rising sea levels caused by glaciers melting into the water could potentially sink low sea level cities such as New Orleans or even Miami could be underwater within decades. Besides sea levels, certain areas on Earth can become dry making it more difficult to grow essential crops. Over time, less crops means less overall food supply. Global Warming should scare you, as it does me. Our Earth could be negatively impacted permanently if we don’t change our current path.

Going back to the beginning, why do temperatures get colder if Global Warming is occurring? Towards the North Pole is the Polar Vortex. The Polar Vortex consists of strong winds when spinning to create high and low pressure systems which help give us the weather we have. However, when temperatures rise, the winds will start to meander instead of being isolated in the North Pole which means here in Minnesota, temperatures are way below 0 degrees.

This post isn’t meant to cause a debate because Global Warming is occurring. I’m here to provide education on what may be a confusing phenomenon. Reading Trump’s tweets further reminds me how our science education is lacking. Our Earth is going through a crisis and we need to do something before it’s too late. All of my sources come from NASA’s website 

This is the moment I wait for all year: Halloween and the arrival of Fall. Everyone at my work knows how much I love Halloween and I keep ranting about how great Fall is. It’s gorgeous outside with a nice breeze in the air which means it’s time to break out the funky pattern rain boots and cozy cardigans. I wanted to set up an October / Halloween / Fall bucket list to keep me on track. This is a rather ambitious list so I’m not sure how much I will accomplish, but I wanted to keep myself organized during this Fall season. Check out my Fall To-Do List:

• Watch the Classic Horror Movies! I own Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Mummy.
• Watch Rocky Horror Picture Show *the original* which I have also never seen before.
• Visit an Apple Orchard
• Attend a Halloween Costume Party
• See the new Halloween movie in theaters
• Carve a Pumpkin
• Watch Nightmare Before Christmas on Netflix
• Play a Horror Themed D&D campaign
• Attend the Minneapolis Zombie Pub Crawl

What else do you want to accomplish in this spooky season? Once the season ends, I’ll publish a follow-up post to see how accomplishing my list went.

Labor Day weekend is odd to me as I’m not a current student anymore. I spent this long weekend visiting the boyfriend’s family in Milwaukee where we attended the Bristol Renaissance Festival. I’m planning on writing a review of this Ren Fest sometime in the near future. However, I was scrolling through A Geek Girl’s Guide where she posted about a “Back to Hogwarts” Tag which naturally I had to participate in.

Have to go shopping in Diagon Alley! What store do you go to first?

I had to google the name of this store, but I would first visit “Magical Menagerie” because I want an animal. Hermione had Crookshanks, Harry had Hedwig and I would also need an animal to cast spells on. I would probably buy both an owl and a cat because I can’t decide between the two.

You’re on the train! What are you getting from the trolley?

Pumpkin Pasties! I’m expecting they would taste like candy corn, but pumpkin flavored.

It’s time for the welcome feast! Which house table are you at?

Hufflepuff!

You get an elective this year! What will it be?

Defense Against the Dark Arts. It reminds me of taking a self defense class in the real world. I feel it’s naive to assume every witch and wizard will turn out good and in order to fight back against the darkness, students need to be educated.

You’ve got a break between classes! What will you be doing?

I would say either watching Quidditch practice or reading a book on the grass near Hogwarts.

You get to go to Hogsmeade this year! Where do you go first?

I would want to try Butterbeer and hang out with friends. I’m curious if it would be alcoholic or not?

You’re meeting up with friends to hang out! Where in the castle are you all going to chill?

I would say if it’s a nice day hanging out in the courtyard area right outside the entrance to Hogwarts. If the weather sucks, I would say bringing study materials and sitting at the long tables in the Great Hall.

The end of year exams are coming up. What test will you do the best at?

I want to say Defense Against the Dark Arts, but honestly I feel I could do really well in Potions. It seems like it’s a more science based class which I would prefer and do well at versus the History of Magic.

Isn’t this a fun tag? If you’re interested, here are the questions for the tag. If you end up completing it, tag your blog post in the comments.

Have to go shopping in Diagon Alley! What store do you go to first?
You’re on the train! What are you getting from the trolley?
It’s time for the welcome feast! Which house table are you at?
You get an elective this year! What will it be?
You’ve got a break between classes! What will you be doing?
You get to go to Hogsmeade this year! Where do you go first?
You’re meeting up with friends to hang out! Where in the castle are you all going to chill?
The end of year exams are coming up. What test will you do the best at?

I saw this 90’s themed tag on A Geeky Gal’s blog the other day and I immediately wanted to write in my answers. I was born in 1994 so I’m very much a 90’s baby. Anyone who wants to participate in the 90’s tag absolutely can! Here are my answers:

Favorite TV Show

My immediate first thought in my head was Rugrats. This is the show my mom even started to watch along with us. I remember all the Rugrats movies including the one in Paris with a huge Reptar dinosaur. I also remember watching the episode where bugs crawl into Tommy’s grandfather’s mouth while he sleeps; I was disgusted.

Favorite 90’s Song

Bye Bye Bye – NSYNC.

NSYNC or Backstreet Boys

Should be obvious because of my answer above, but NSYNC!

Favorite Music Artist

Britney Spears reminds me a lot of the 90’s.

Did you Collect Anything?

McDonalds Happy Meal Toys. We would go to McDonalds probably once or twice a week and we would collect the toys in the set. My dad would drive us to all of these different McDonald’s looking for the toys. My mom has the whole set of the Toy Story Happy Meal Toys on a shelf in our basement. I don’t go to McDonalds at all anymore, but if I’m on a road trip I will get a kid’s meal just for the toy.

Favorite Breakfast Cereal

I love Breakfast cereal. I have to stop buying it as an adult because if I come home from work after a long day, I would pour myself a bowl of cereal instead of making dinner. I think my favorite cereal was Mini Swirlz Cinnamon Bun cereal. It was delicious.

Favorite Cereal Toy

Remember when cereal boxes would give out great prizes. In General Mills cereal you could get Carmen Sandiego CD games. How cool is that? Getting a new video game to play. I still have the games and they work on my older laptop, but I think they are too old now and probably won’t work if that laptop dies.

90’s Crush Growing Up

Honestly, I can’t think of anyone I had a huge crush on in the 90’s. I’m sure I had one, I just can’t recall who that is. My first crush ever was Sean Connery from the James Bond movies, but that’s not in the 90’s.

Favorite Disney Channel Movie

I didn’t watch Disney Channel movies in the 90’s.

Favorite Cartoon Show

I really liked Digimon, Rugrats, Blues Clues, Ozzie & Drix and more.

Weirdest Fashion Trend?

I always think of those slap bracelets. The ones where you hit yourself on the wrist really hard and the band wraps around your wrist. You would grab some and smack your friend with it on the playground; good times.

Favorite Toys

I’m going to list a couple of great toys in my closet growing up regardless if they came out in the 90s or not.

• Easy Bake Oven
• Disneyland Play Set < I still have this because of how many memories were attached to it.
• Build a Bear
• Barbies
• My Little Ponies
• Teletubbies

There were probably more toys I loved, but these were my favorites.

Disney, Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network?

1. Cartoon Network
2. Nickelodeon
3. Disney

What Early Morning Cartoon Would You Watch?

SO MANY. I used to wake up in the summers early and before my dad would take us to this daycare place we used to go to, I would watch Scooby Doo. I also would watch Woody the Woodpecker, Digimon, and more.

Favorite McDonald’s Happy Meal Toy?

I had this black puppy I got as a Happy Meal Toy that was my favorite thing to carry around growing up. It used to be this running joke with my mom and dad where if my mom didn’t know where Black Puppy was, she knew I wouldn’t go to sleep that night. She always had to make sure she knew where Black Puppy was so I would go to sleep.

Favorite Book Growing Up?

Harry Potter! I also read Franklin the Turtle, Junie B. Jones, Magic Tree House, the young Nancy Drew book series, and more.

The 90’s and even the early 2000’s were a fun time. I wouldn’t relieve the years 2005 – 2009 again, but I would for sure go back to the 90’s. This was fun relieving some of my early childhood memories. If you decide to do the 90’s tag, leave a comment below with your tag URL. I would love to read it.