FromEquestria2LA
Well-Known Member
It's hard to believe that 1999 was 18 years ago now. So, I thought I'd take a thread to share your memories of that year.
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It's funny that I'm old enough to remember that the year 1999 was considered far off into the future. But for me, the real 1999 was a fairly good year for me.
I had moved from a larger town, to a smaller one on an island, and I was upset about the move then (I'm older now, and find my hometown alright). What helped me cope with the move was watching repeats of Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. At the time of the move, I also got into Pokemon when it first hit stateside the previous year. I also came across a German news channel named Deutsche Welle, and recorded their newscasts on VHS alongside the aforementioned two shows.
At the start of the year, I was in 6th grade. It was a fractured year, but many of my new classmates in my class go to know me for my wacky personality. I asked to go out in style on the last day of school that year, with "Johnny has left the building" as I left the school for the last time.
Also that year, I found at my local Safeway a VHS tape of the 1986 New York Mets' theme song "Let's Go Mets!" and bought it. I became hooked and wore out the darn tape because I watched it so many times! (I was into football earlier in the year.) Which brings me to the next part of this story...
In August of 1999, I spent two weeks in New York City (to see my uncle, who lived in the area then), and buoyed by my love the Mets, saw one of their games at the now-demolished Shea Stadium. There are certain areas that I remember vividly in my life, even in my younger days, and this is one of them: The game I saw took place August 6, 1999, and the Mets played the Dodgers, and the Mets won, 2-1. I was so elated. The Mets would reach the playoffs, only to fall short in that year's NLCS against the Atlanta Braves. But that 1999 Mets team.... that was one helluva rodeo for them.
The second half of 1999 had me in 7th grade and in middle school. The school assigned me a para-educator assistant, a woman named Kim to help me get through this new school of mine. I can't remember what happened in that second half of the year, but bigger and better things would lay ahead of me in the new year/century/millennium that was to follow.
Lastly, 1999 was also the year that the U.S. said "Hello" to both Digimon (the anime) and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? These two shows, for my 12 year old self, were required viewing, and the former show has had a good-sized following, with many spin-off series made (and a few sequel series to the 1999 anime, too), and the latter show becoming one of the most captivating TV show in quite a while, with its high stakes and intensity.
That was my 1999........ tell me your 1999 story.
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It's funny that I'm old enough to remember that the year 1999 was considered far off into the future. But for me, the real 1999 was a fairly good year for me.
I had moved from a larger town, to a smaller one on an island, and I was upset about the move then (I'm older now, and find my hometown alright). What helped me cope with the move was watching repeats of Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. At the time of the move, I also got into Pokemon when it first hit stateside the previous year. I also came across a German news channel named Deutsche Welle, and recorded their newscasts on VHS alongside the aforementioned two shows.
At the start of the year, I was in 6th grade. It was a fractured year, but many of my new classmates in my class go to know me for my wacky personality. I asked to go out in style on the last day of school that year, with "Johnny has left the building" as I left the school for the last time.
Also that year, I found at my local Safeway a VHS tape of the 1986 New York Mets' theme song "Let's Go Mets!" and bought it. I became hooked and wore out the darn tape because I watched it so many times! (I was into football earlier in the year.) Which brings me to the next part of this story...
In August of 1999, I spent two weeks in New York City (to see my uncle, who lived in the area then), and buoyed by my love the Mets, saw one of their games at the now-demolished Shea Stadium. There are certain areas that I remember vividly in my life, even in my younger days, and this is one of them: The game I saw took place August 6, 1999, and the Mets played the Dodgers, and the Mets won, 2-1. I was so elated. The Mets would reach the playoffs, only to fall short in that year's NLCS against the Atlanta Braves. But that 1999 Mets team.... that was one helluva rodeo for them.
The second half of 1999 had me in 7th grade and in middle school. The school assigned me a para-educator assistant, a woman named Kim to help me get through this new school of mine. I can't remember what happened in that second half of the year, but bigger and better things would lay ahead of me in the new year/century/millennium that was to follow.
Lastly, 1999 was also the year that the U.S. said "Hello" to both Digimon (the anime) and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? These two shows, for my 12 year old self, were required viewing, and the former show has had a good-sized following, with many spin-off series made (and a few sequel series to the 1999 anime, too), and the latter show becoming one of the most captivating TV show in quite a while, with its high stakes and intensity.
That was my 1999........ tell me your 1999 story.
