Nostalgia (circa 1992)
In my semi-constant Internet trolling, I often find creative and hilarious sites that far top my little space here at Crazy Bananas. Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re sad. And sometimes you just think to yourself, “I can’t believe someone thought of writing about THAT!” And if you’re me, you then think, “I can believe I just wrote something about Horny Goat Weed. I am so lame.”
If you were a young girl between 1989 and 1995, then this site is one you must check out. Remember the great Babysitters’ Club books? This site is dedicated to Claudia Kishi, who you may remember as the fashionista of the group (remember, Dawn was the hippie, Kristy was the jock, there was a smart one too, but I don’t remember her name).
Holy crap, if this stuff doesn’t make you want to bust out your stirrup pants and neon socks, then I don’t know what will:
“I, on the other hand, was dressed in one of my usual wild outfits – a very short black skirt, an oversized white shirt with bright pink and turquoise poodles on it, flat turquoise shoes with ankle straps, and a ton of jewelry, including dangly poodle earrings. My long hair was swept to one side in a high ponytail held in place with a huge pink barrette.”
Or, maybe this little gem…
“Her long hair was fixed in about a million braids which were pulled back and held in place behind her head with a column of puffy ponytail holders. She was wearing a t-shirt she’d painted herself, tight blue pants that ended just past her knees, push-down socks, and no shoes. From her ears dangled small baskets of fruit. She’d made those, I knew. She’d found the baskets and the fruits at a store that sells miniatures and dollhouse furniture. Claudia amazes me.”
And just one more, for the sake of argument…
“I put on my new blue-and-white bikini and over that, a pink sundress with spaghetti straps at the shoulders and big blue buttons down the front. Then I accessorized. I tied a pink-and-blue scarf around my waist, knotting it in the middle, added my snake bracelet and feather earrings, wound my hair up on top of my head, and finally put on these white sandals with long laces that you crisscross up your legs and tie in a bow.”
For more (and you know you want to, just admit it), click here.
That is the most awesome site EVER!! Love the outfit descriptions….However, I am wondering why you haven’t posted a picture of Zac Efron’s man vest.
I loved those books (and the videos, and the board game, and the spinoffs…)! Claudia was awesome but I really wanted to be Stacy, except without the diabetes. Did you realize, though, that the babysitters are supposed to be thirteen years old? I pretty definitely was not chaperoning ski trips and solving mysteries in seventh grade. Also, did you know Ann M. Martin (who, fyi, is a huge lesbian) didn’t write all the books and something like 2/3 of them were ghostwritten? And did you know that I am apparently a giant, extremely nerdy wealth of information re: The Babysitters’ Club?
Mary Anne!! The smart one was named Mary Anne. Don’t you remember “Logan Likes Mary Anne” ??? It was a huge turning point in literature – the smart girl got the guy!!!
What about the Sweet Valley Twins? Do you think they will dress up as each other for Halloween AGAIN this year? One was named Jessica-what was the other one?
Which one of those series had the secret tunnel-does anyone remember that? I distinctly remember reading that book under the covers with a flashlight because I honestly could not put it down. My mom used to threaten me with “no orders” from the Weekly Reader if I didn’t stop reading and go to bed immediately. Who threatens their kids to get them to stop reading? A dork’s parent that is who!!
This is sad Megan-I’m more than five years older than you and I’m obsessed with all the same dork things you are except Harry Potter which really, apparently isn’t all that dorky. Either I am really immature or you were far beyond your years as a teenage dork.
God I loved the BSC!! I used to be totally OBSESSED with those books!!
Lane – I will not defile my Zac’s image with a picture of him in that horrible vest. It was bad enough with the self tanner, but the vest is too much.
Rebecca and Kristi – Yes, you are both huge nerds and/or dorks. Please seek help.
The Mara – Obsessed? Really? I could never see you obessed with anything;)
I (sadly) still have over 100 babysitters club books in a box in my basement. Not just the regular ones, but the “special editions” where they go on vacation, plus the “mystery” series they did, plus a book about the author, and “The Babysitters Club Guide to Babysitting.” And I wanted to be Mary Anne becasue she got Logan… I am so pathetic.
Oh, and I have like 20 sweet Valley high, too. The sister’s name was elizabeth…
Yet another dumb series I used to collect? Goosebumps. Got about 40 of those.
I blame Scholastic book club from school.