IDEA!! On my website, I have a story called Bob-Wrongs. (Way too graphic for this site.) Anyway, I wrote a long intro, and a friend wrote a story about a specific character. If you're over 18 and would like to read, just email me with your irthdate at ams71080(at)yahoo(dot)com. If you'd like to contribute a story, please do! I'd just need your information: name you want posted under, link to your site/account if you have one, and permission. I won't ask for your birthday, because I'm going to hope that people will want to read the story so far before they try to write for it. begs Someone PLEASE help continue! Oh, and if someone thinks they could maybe tone down the story to where it would be appropriate for this site, I'd be happy for the help!

Name: Amber
Gender: Female
Birthday: July 10, 1980
Genre: Reading or writing? I guess AU for both...
Books: I read and write for Trixie Belden. I read Harry Potter like crazy. I also enoy (re)reading the Sweet Valley and Girl Talk books, Claudia Dain, Johannah Lindsay, and Hannah Howell, TWitches (the books, not the movies) adn L.J. Smith. I do have the ENTIRE Baby-Sitters Club collection packed away waiting for my daughter.

I am 28 years old, and married with two kids. I like to read as a stress release.

My main passion is music, although I can only play the radio and CDs. I have found some good songs used in stories here, but my current faves are Linkin Park and Three Days Grace. I really like Buckcherry, Hellyeah, Hinder, Seether, Papa Roach, System of a Down, Korn, Crossfade, Dashboard Confessional, Disturbed, Gin Blossoms, Green Day, Iron Maiden, and Saliva. My all-time fave is Metallica. And I teach my children well, although they have different faves. My son (9) LOVES Papa Roach and Kid Rock. My daughter (5) is still into the nursery rhyme songs, but one of her fave stores is Hot Topic! She's learning. ;) (BTW, I am available for song suggestions!)

My main pet peeve is (as my husband found out) is calling me a poser. I've been a 'light goth' since I was about 14. Let's face it, there are some situations where I (as a mother and wife) can't give into my clothing impulses. (Imagine wearing it to a conference with your child's teacher! LOL) My husband is also the type who sees 'goth' as more of a 'shock value style' rather than an attitude. But hey, if he decides it's just about shocking styles, he should ask my mother. Lord knows I drove her crazy. I think there was a solid three years that she thought I was depressed and suicidal because of my clothing choices. Luckily for both my mom and me, I married my husband right before my 18th birthday. The first thing she told my husband was that he could spend 24/7 worrying about me. Of course, it didn't help my case at all when I was prescribed anti-depressants after my son was born...once after that, and have fought it the last two years...LOL

I guess that's about it about me personally.

You know you're an 80s kid if:

~You ever ended a sentence w/ the word "SIKE"
~You watched Pound Puppies (I had some too)
~You can sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" (Yes, I still remember it, along with Will Smith looking like an awkward teenager.)
~You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on "Blossom" (Yes, he was hot too.)
~Two words: M.C.Hammer (My dange class did a dance to 'You Can't Touch This...I think I was 11? He was also the only rapper my grandmother allowed me to listen to.)
~If you ever watched Fraggle Rock
~You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.
~You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales" (sings Duck Tales! Oooh-oooh!)
~It was actually worth getting up on Sat morning to watch cartoons (Gotta wake up for The Cowboys of Moo Mesa! Wish some channel would do re-runs of that one.)
~You wore a ponytail on the side of your head (Unfortunately. That style is even immortalized in my sixth grade pics.)
~You saw "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen
~You played the game MASH (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House) (I can't remember my results though. I'm sure they were wrong...)
~You can remember what Michael Jackson REALLY looked like
~You ever wondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf (Um, yeah!)
~You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets (Why were they banned anyway? I think I had about 30 of them...)
~You ever owned a pair of jelly shoes (and probably in neon colors)
~After Pee-Wee's Big Adventures you kept saying "I know you are but what am I"
~You ever got seriously injured on a Slip-n-slide
~You had a Skip-it
~You had or attended a b-day party at Mc Donalds
~Both Gremlin movies
~You remember Rainbow Bright and My Lil Pony Tales
~You thought Doogie Howser was hot!
~Alf, the furry brown alien from Melmac
~New Kids On the Block when they were cool
~Knew all the characters and there life stories on the ORIGINAL Saved by the Bell
~You remember when Mullets were cool
~You remember Captin Planet
You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
You wanted to be on StarSearch.
You ever uttered the word "Radical!"
You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets
You thought "Ghostbusters" was by far the coolest movie
You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster" , "Webster", "You Can't Do That On Television" , "Wild&Crazy Kids" and "Double Dare"
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
You wore a banana clip in your hair.
You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans.
You wore loafers with everything, and you put the laces in those little rolls.
You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
You can name half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!
You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.
You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony" , "Rainbow Brite" , and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
You know what "sike" and "not!" mean
You fell victim to 80's fashion : big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop earrings, and possibly the worst:you wore spandex pants.
You wanted to be a Goonie, or Elliot from E.T.
You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing...
You could breakdance, or wished you could.
You know who He-Man and She-Ra are.
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
You remember MC hammer well.
You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".
You own any cassettes.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
You remember and/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from PizzaHut.
Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang.
Poltergeist freaked you out.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an E.T. lunchbox.
You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.
You totally LOVED Barbie's cooler, punkier counterpart, "Jem" and her "Rockers"
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.
You layered your multi-colored slouch socks, and added suspenders to make your outfit complete.
You ever had a Swatch Watch.
You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
You had a crush on one of the Coreys
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had WonderWoman or Superman underwear.
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power"
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!
You ever owned or wanted any of the NKOTB action figures or dolls.
You remember when Deborah Gibson was "Debbie" Gibson.

You know you're a 90s kid if:

You can finish this 'ice ice _'
You remember watching Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain, Bobby's World, Felix the cat, The Tick...AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"
You just cant resist finishing this . . . "Iiiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . ."
You remember TGIF, Step by Step, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World.
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
You remember reading "Goosebumps" (Sorry, I was already reading Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine's Fear Street. Goosebumps was a step back. Although I did read a few when staying with my SIL when we were younger.)
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . . not
If you remember seeing hot tub bubbles make bubbly sounds before every music video on VH1.
When everything was settled by rock paper scissors..or bubble gum bubble gum in a dish...eeny meeny miney mo...and even better daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky.
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time.
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show. (I loved that show! I used to have the theme song memorized.)
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together. (You also remember the green ranger becoming the white ranger, and getting HOTT!)
You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega Genisis became popular.
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny.
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
You remember watching The Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Reading Rainbow on PBS. (Reading Rainbow was awesome when I was little! A show that read you stories! Wishbone was better than Lit class. And Magic School Bus helped me pass 9th grade science!)
You remember when Yo-Yos were cool.
You remember those Where's Waldo books.
You remember eating Warheads.
You remember watching the 1st Batman, Aladdin, Ninja Turtles, and 3 Ninjas movies.
You remember Ring Pops. (These are still popular! With my daughter anyway.)
You remember drinking Surge, and Tang.
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"
When they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza AND tacos.
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
Making those little paper cootie-catcher things, and then predicting your life with them.
You played and/or collected "Pogs"
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere. (I had one until it beeped in class...and my teacher took it and never gave it back.)
. . . Furbies
Saved By The Bell was the coolest show ever!
You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.
And Windows 95 was the best.
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers, and Ninja Turtles.
Michael Jordan was a king.
YIKES pencils and erasers were the stuff!
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Talking Elmo were always sold out. (That was a bit past my time.)
You collected those Beanie Babies. (I have one...that my husband, then boyfriend, brought me from Ireland.)
Mortal Kombat was awesome--the game and the movie
Carebears
Gak was the coolest stuff invented.
Lambchop's song never ended.
The old dollar bills.
Silver dollars, which were cool to have.
You remember a time before the WB.
You collected all the Troll dolls
You had to read Weekly Reader's in class.
If you even know what an original walkman is.
You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . . enough said
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it?!"
You remember trying to collect all 150 original pokemon cards but never could and if you did you thought you were all that!
You remember Highlight's magazine.
You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace. (Alas, by the time they had them, I was too tall...even if I was only ten or so.)
You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground. (Forget having to go to the playground. My g-daddy built us one! And me sliding right off was the reason he put bars on it.)
Before the MySpace frenzy . . .
Before the Internet & text messaging . . .
Before Sidekicks & iPods . . .
Before MIKE JONES . . .
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . . .
Before Spongebob . . .
Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was 0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was The new thing. (Forget Caller ID, I remember before star-69! Prank phone calls were much safer then.)
When we recorded stuff on VCRs.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our walkmans.
When gameboy was a brick.
You did MASH to figure out your future
When you weren't cool unless you had a Starter jacket.
You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died. (1992 was a sad year.)
You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"
"I've fallen and I can't get up"
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates (Used to be a prime hang-out spot...until that pesky rule about HAVING to skate.)
Two words... Trapper Keeper.
You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes. (Yes...including painting the red hearts and stars black first.)