Cuz we all wanna get jiggy wit it once in a while

To fully equip your media player/itune playlists with you 90's musical needs, download these songs. Originally, I had been posting popular songs from each year of the 1990's in my sidebar. As it got too cluttered pretty quickly, I have decided to move 1999, 1998, and 1997 to this post. 1996, 1995, 1994 remain on the sidebar for now, until they are replaced by 1993-1991 sometime soon. Enjoy!


1997
I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
MMMBop - Hanson
Bitch - Meredith Brooks
Barbie Girl - Aqua
Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) - Los Del Rio
Hypnotize -Notorious B.I.G.
When You Love A Woman - Journey
Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
I Shot The Sheriff - Warren G
Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Madonna

1998
Truly, Madly, Deeply - Savage Garden
The Boy is Mine - Brandy and Monica
Gettin' Jiggy Wid It - Will Smith
You Make me Wanna - Usher
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
Show me Love - Robyn
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
Quit Playin' Games with my Heart - BSB
Spice up Your Life - Spice Girls
I'll be - Edwin McCain

1999
Believe - Cher
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
Every Morning - Sugar Ray
All Star - Smash Mouth
Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
Steal My Sunshine - Len
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
All I Have To Give - Backstreet Boys
Unpretty - TLC

Bah Humbug!

(Warning: Long, ranty, scattered post ahead. But it's about Christmas - so suck it up and read)

December 18th. One week till Christmas. . . .

Somehow, I think I should be more excited. Maybe my lack of eagerness comes from the fact that, with only seven days left until Christmas, I have officially bought zero Christmas presents. Now mostly this is because I am tight on the funds and waiting for Friday's pay cheque (boo for getting paid every other week), but also this is because I never know what to buy people. I'm the type of person who reallly reallly hopes to find that *perfect* gift for everyone on my list. But somehow, every year, I seem to disappoint someone. (i.e. - the year I bought my Dad the VengaBoys CD, or the year I bought the Guiness World of Book Records for my secret santa. Thank God it was secret).

Anyhow, I still really enjoy Christmas and the holiday hooplah, but buying gifts is DIFFICULT. And I'm sure the people I buy for do like their presents, but even more than that, I want them to enjoy their presents. And K, call me shallow since I know its the "thought that counts", but when the thought of the reciever is "Who the f*ck are the Vengaboys", it counts for...well, feeling a little short of Christmas cheer. Gift giving is just not for me, bring on the recieving. (kidding

In an attempt to make this Christmas a good one, I got thinking about what makes a gift truly "loveable", and I concluded that gifts that come from the heart (or the wish-list) are the best ones, for me. I looked back to my life as a kid and tried to remember some of my favourite gifts. Though not one gift stands out in my head, I can remember feeling generally ecstatic at receiving a ton of beanie babies, pony surprise, N64 games, or the latest disney movie year after year. At fear of sounding too self-abosrbed/selfish, I just want to say that I still enjoy gift-giving at Christmas, I simply have a harder time with it now that I'm older. (If only a pinecomb ornament would still suffice). Simply stated, Christmas as a child was much, much easier - because it consisted mostly of receiving gifts, rather than searching and giving a "good" gift). **(note - end of rant)**

While browsing the internet for some "good" Christmas gift ideas, I came across a link to a site called "The Most Popular Christmas gifts". I clicked on the link expecting wonderful gift ideas for everyone on my list - but to no avail. Rather, what I found was an interesting list of popular gifts from the past - namely, the 1990s! So, although I'm still stuck for ideas of what to buy Mom, Dad, sisters, and the like - atleast I know in 1962 The Yo-yo and the Pogo Stick were the most popular Christmas gifts. Who knew. And since this is a 90's blog, I feel it my duty to post those adored gifts of the 1990's:

1990 Teenage Mutant Turtles figures and Video movie.

1991 Constructicons, and Super Nintendo Video game.

1992 Barney dolls and WWF Wrestlers toys.

1993 Star Trek characters, Deep Space Nine figures, and Jurassic Park dinosaurs.

1994 Lion King animals and Power Rangers.

1995 Playstation Video game, and Pocahontas

1996 Tamagotchi, Nintendo N-64 and Buzz Lightyear figure

1997 Sing N Snore Ernie, Teletubbies, and Share a smile Becky doll

1998 Beanie Babies, Furby, Playmobile video system, and Lego Robot’s Revenge

1999 Pokemon, Frby Babies, and Sega Dreamcast video system

Right, so there it is. My most scattered post yet maybe. But forgive me. Theres a week till Christmas. I've been out of school for a week. I have no money in my bank account. I'm waiting anxiously for my grades to be posted. And , I'm sick.

So, wish me luck with gift buying. OH, and Merrry Christmas!

To blog or not to blog?

Well readers (if there actually are any of you), I have not completely forgotten about my blog. Amid my three written exams and two ten page papers all crammed into three days, my christmas shopping, and my somewhat hectic work schedule, I did remember that this blog still sat here on this webpage, completely deserted. You might even say that , like the 1990's, I missed it. *sigh*

These past few weeks, I have debated whether or not I will continue posting as the class assignment portion of this blog is complete. My initial instinct was to stop because, hey, what kind of person would continue an assignment after it was done? (other than my little sister Sandra, that is). That would be like taking on an extra assigment, and I feel busy enough as it is. However, while creating my final portfolio for my class, I completely changed my mind.

One portion of the portfolio was to choose 7-10 pages of our best blogging. So, in an attempt to be either very thorough, or procastinate writing some paper or studying some shizzz, I read through my entire blog from start to finish. While I read my posts, I realized how much this "assignment" didn't quite feel like work. In fact, (yes, I'll say it), this assignment was fun.

Furthermore, I developed a surge of hope as I found that I am not the only lover of the 1990's out there. While procastinating a little bit more for exam prep, I found a contest on collegehumour called "The Gnarly 90's" (sidenote: that would have been a great blog title!). Unfortunately, the contest is now closed because submissions ended on the 12th of this month, but it's still totally worth checking out for a good laugh. Basically, the person who submits the photo with most "90's" elements wins. Here, clik on the link to see the hoop-lah!

That all being said, Tanya, you can expect more posts to come. If anyone else still reads this, then you can expect more posts too. So like, I guess it's safe to say that "OMG my blog is back again!". Or is it? Gawwwshhh, I really need a new blog title. Any suggestions, readers?

I Saw the CD...

I don't really purchase CDs now that I'm a "downloader". That's why all of the CDs in my car are a) burned, b) Highschool musical sound track(s) or c)...dated. Well I'm sure you can all vouche that High School Musical only lasts you so long till you know like every song by heart, so a few days ago I decided to switch it up. I rummaged through my CD case and pretty much exploded with excitment when I found Ace of Base at the bottom of my collection. Woo-fricken-hoo! I popped that baby in and sang along so loud I didn't even care that my windows aren't tinted.

If you direct your attention to my sidebar for a moment, you'll see that Ace of Base had 3 top hits in 1994. My eight year old self certainly enjoyed them all. I can remember like it was yesterday my sisters and I on my parent's bed creating dance after dance, especially to "The Sign". Now I don't know much about music, besides everything about the Backstreet Boys, but I was curious about AoB so I did a bit of research (I love Wikipedia).

The first interesting tidbit of information I discovered was how the band formed their name. Apparently they went through many options (Kalinin Prospect, CAD (Computer-Aided Disco), Tech-Noir) but finally settled on Ace of Base because the others were impossible to remember. Ace came from the fact that they were "masters of their studio", and base came from the fact that their studio was in the basement of a car repair shop. Alas, they became Ace of Base.

Ace of Base, though mostly popular in the mid 1990's, actually recorded singles and albums steadily through out the 90's and even into the new millenium (with a lesser degree of success of course). Their first album The Sign was given the Guinness World Record for "Best-Selling Debut Album".As for what they band is up to today, apparently they're recording a new album due for release around April 2008. Rumours have started that there will be an accompying world tour. On their official website, there are a few confirmed tour dates for this month and next (unfortunately all venues are overseas).

It would be nice to see Ace of Base in concert, but I know it won't happen. In the mean time, youtube clips and old CDs will do me good. And rockin' out by my lonesome in my car? Well that stuff never gets old for me.