Confessions of a Nerd Girl

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I wrote this for my class on ancient Rome.  It is long, but I did a good job on it.  There are some mistakes though.  I just can’t remember where they are.  Personally, I enjoyed my terrible jokes.  (Though I don’t think of them as bad, simply “special.”) (continue reading…)

I read some things on the internet today that got me thinking about the 80s once again.  That era brings to mind a nice collection of things, slap bracelets, sweat pants, Flashdance, breaking dancing, yuppies snorting coke in the bathroom and Garbage Pail Kids.  I think slap bracelets were from the 80s.  Garbage Pail Kids is something I remember, but also don’t remember clearly.  In my mind they have attained a special status as just being totally awesome, but I couldn’t tell you a single card.   I think there was a girl with snot?  I don’t know.  There was definitely a girl with snot in the movie though.  Ah yes, the movie.  I’m about 90% certain that I loved the movie when it first came out in 1987.  Unfortunately, the movie doesn’t really stand the test of time.  Apparently, my taste in movies has changed in the past 21 or so years.  Don’t get me wrong, I can enjoy it as a bad movie.  However, I doubt when I was 7 that I could understand the nuances of enjoying bad movies.  In retrospect, I feel bad that my parents had to watch that crap though.

I think I may have to make a seperate post about the movie sometime and focus back in on my original topic.  Garbage Pail Kids the cards - more specifically Garabage Pail Kids TCG.  Does this exist?  If not, why not?  Imagine you tap a Valerie Vomit and she pukes all over Peeled Paul.  Then you tap Revvin’ Evan and he, wait what the hell would a revvin’ Evan do?  (Like I said, I couldn’t actually remember any of the cards so I looked up some names.  My boyfriend’s name is Evan so I picked that one.  I also have an ex named Paul.  I couldn’t resist having him vomited on.  If he ever reads this, I hope he remembers this was in good fun.  Really.)  I found one called Over Flo, which is kinda clever.  However, I personally feel that there should have been a Flo card related to women’s issues.  It could teach sex ed while being super gross.  Everyone wins.   I just really thinky the world would be a better place if kids were trading Nat Nerd for Explorin’ Norman instead of Bulbasaur for a Turtwig.

I still hold a grudge against the first Fable game because of that Hobbe Cave and that stupid kid that you are supposed to save in there.  I think anyone that has played it knows exactly what I’m talking about.  I wanted so desperately to kill the little bastard.  When I think back to Fable that is the first thing that pops in my head.  The second is the Guildmaster and his, “You’re health is low.”  It may seem strange that the things that stick out most to me about the game are the most important annoying things about it, and yet I do consider the game a good one.  I do have a confession - I haven’t beaten it yet.  I beat Fable 2, but I have yet to beat the first one.  I should probably do that.