Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Cartoon addicts ain't dorks.
It was getting pretty boring in CAL 310. We had spent an hour waiting for our CW 10 prof. I really wanted to curse that make-up class since it was supposed to be three hours. And just when I was about to give in to the urge of picking up my things and leaving, Val started singing Britney's Deep in My Heart (from her first ever album). I suddenly turned to look at her but I did not look disgusted as everyone would have expected. Instead, I was extremely fascinated that someone shared the same love for the Baby One More Time album like I had when I was in Grade 5.
Oh, and we ended up singing a few parts of From the Bottom of My Broken Heart and I Will Still Love You. And believe me, it wasn't just singing. You could see the kunot on our foreheads and our heads moved to the rhythm. It's been a while since I felt like Brit's #1 fan. Not that I still I am. I just missed the feeling since I knew the lyrics of all her songs in Baby One More Time by heart.
Only after a few moments, while I was doing my critique on Meryll's work, I overheard Rina and Val talking about Disney cartoons they grew up with. Without any hesitation, I joined in. Then Regina did. And we were all laughing about how adik we all were with the TV. Land Before Time was the first movie ever to make Rina and me cry. Later on we'd sing songs from Disney movies and even those non-Disney ones. Ang adik, sobra!
Rina: Oh my gosh, do guys remember Power Rangers?!
Me: Yeaaaaah! I wanted to be Triniiiii!
Rina: YEAH, ME TOO! Ayoko si Kimberly, ang arte-arte niya!
Kaye: Oo nga, tas si Rita Repulsa!
All: HAHA, YEAH! OO NGA!
Okay. So I was still able to sing a few lines of songs from Snow White (Rina and I hated Snow White so much!), Sleeping Beauty (Rina and I shared the same lesbo tendencies over seeing Aurora's best angle on TV), Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella (Cinderelly, Cinderelly, night and day it's Cinderelly...), Lady and the Tramp, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Mulan, Anastasia, The Prince of Egypt... Gahhd. I love my generation. =D
Wow, it's a good feeling when you find co-Disney babies who wouldn't think you're a dork when you still know the songs from the movies you grew up watching. Relieving to be exact. ;)
I sooo miss being a kid. Back then all I had to do right after school was clean up, change, do my homework, then go straight to the TV to watch cartoon. I don't even remember when I stopped watching cartoons. All I know is I wanted so much to be home by 6:00p when I was 12 so I could watch the Powerpuff Girls on Cartoon Network. And I spent all summer making subaybay Fairly Oddparents on Nick before having lunch.
Back then there was still no Math 17. I was just stuck memorizing the multiplication table, and the table of 8 would be the hardest challenge I had to face. No cellphone, no Internet, no exposure to the evils of telebabad (just yet). It was just me and the TV and/or VHS player.
And now I start to thank my parents for doing a great job in making sure I watched the right TV shows and movies. Actually, they'd cover my eyes during even just a kissing scene when we watch movies together. And I'm like, 17. If you ask me, I'd rather Spongebob Squarepants or the Fairly Oddparents instead of some teenybopper TV series with trying-hard amateurs.
Cartoons will never be dorky. Geez, don't be in such a hurry to grow up. You'll never know how the simplest joys in life could cause the longest lasting highs. =D
