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Nintendo 64…my first gaming console.

Posted by: tealstripes on: 07/28/2009

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Nintendo 64 was Nintendo’s 3rd game console. It was released in America in 1996, and my parents had happened to buy it for my brother and I. It came with Super Mario 64 and Wave Race (a jet-ski racing game). It was our first real video game console…we had also owned a GameGear (kind of [...]

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My favorite rides at Disneyland

Posted by: tealstripes on: 07/14/2009

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If you read the previous post, I mentioned I’ll be visiting Disneyland in a couple weeks. I’m always excited to go, so I’m discussing my favorite rides at DL (they include current attractions and ones that do not exist anymore)….I’ve also included videos!!! Indiana Jones Adventure – I’ve kind of had a love/hate relationship with [...]

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We heart Disneyland!

Posted by: tealstripes on: 07/13/2009

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My mom and I have been feeling the need to visit Disneyland again. We’ve been there many times…I think the first time my family visited was when I was 6 and my brother was 4. We’ve visited for my 10th and 20th birthdays. We once took my best friend (back when I was in elementary [...]

Tags: childhood, Disneyland, photography

The Passing of Billy Mays

Posted by: tealstripes on: 07/03/2009

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I know this seems strange that I write a blog about him, but if you watch TV, you know who Billy Mays is. Who can’t fail to recognize that booming voice and the thick beard? Sadly, he died on June 28th at only 50 years old. What makes this such a big deal is that [...]

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The Way We Were – My Grandfather’s Photographs

Posted by: tealstripes on: 06/14/2009

In: Inspirational | Remember When | Starring...Me
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I’ve never been really close to my grandparents on either side of my family. I have a set of grandparents who live all the way in Australia (they’re not Australian…they’re German…just needed to point that out), so I hardly see or speak to them. But I just found out that my grandfather used to be [...]

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Colorforms!!

Posted by: tealstripes on: 05/21/2009

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Does anyone remember Colorforms? I used to play with them when I was little…and my mom recently told me that when she was little, she used to play with them too! I suddenly remembered these toys when I read this article, from this interesting blog, Epic Win. (Versus the FAIL blog.) Anyhoo, I had been [...]

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