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Ah, the ’90s. A tacky but wonderful time. And there’s nothing better on a hot summer day than a blast from the not-so-distant ’90s past. Ever wonder what happened to some of those artists that you used to play over and over again on your Walkman? Well bust out your old CD (not mp3) collection, because you’re about to find out.

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President Obama re-took his Presidential Oath of Office in the White House yesterday, after questions arose concerning the validity of his presidency when the U.S. Chief Justice accidentally mixed up the words when administering the oath during Tuesday’s ceremony. This got me thinking about some things I’ve screwed up and wish I could do over again, too.

1. My fashion & beauty choices of the 90′s - Shoulder pads? Leggings tucked into scrunched-up socks? Platform sneakers? I don’t know about you guys, but whenever I look at pictures from my childhood I can’t help but cringe at what I’m wearing and wonder how my parents let me walk out of the house looking that ridiculous. If could only go back now and tell my 11-year-old self to just put down the printed bike shorts…

2. Trying to wax my own legs – My girlfriends and I were so excited to try out the at-home waxing kit we bought at the drugstore, but it didn’t work out how we’d planned. Oh how we wish we could take back that trip to CVS and the large welts on our legs from the too-hot wax. Read More »

So I’m a MOT.

A Member of the Tribe.

A celebrator of Hanukkah.

A person who likes deli.

Which means, that along with the typical rites of passage of teenage-dom (such as PMS, acne and that oh-so-awkward stage of braces and Steve Madden loafers), I also had to learn how to manage that fro of mine that at 12 went from straight to curly and never looked back.

Couple that with two perms due to my pre-mature desire for curly hair (yes, they still had perms in 1998), and you’ve got yourself an expert mane-tamer. So thank me later, and de-frizz now.

Here are my top must-have products for curls, waves and fros: Read More »

1990′s: “You’re Supposed to Be My Friend”

From the album Cookies. Download it here.

Now that summer’s here and I have lots of time to sit around and do nothing, I often spend more hours on Facebook or Myspace than should be humanly possible. I’m not even sure what I do for so long on these sites. I click, stare, click, stare, click…it’s sort of like an odd addiction, and I’m not proud. Not proud at all.

And sure, there are days when I question the validity of such sites. In the beginning of the Facebook craze, I was totally against it. What the hell do I want an online profile for? I thought in the beginning. What do you do, just stare at people at all day? Initially, I thought it was a completely stupid idea.

Somewhere along the line my thoughts changed, and I became one of the millions who gladly post pictures and contact information for all to see. Isn’t this what our parents warned us about when we started signing on in the 1990’s?

“Don’t you dare put any personal information up on the internet, young lady!” My mom would warn as our modern screamed and coughed and finally signed me on with a computerized You’ve Got Mail! “There are crazy people all over the place.” Read More »