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07/25/2007: Summer Megaparty: Summer, 1992!

Remembering my foolproof loophole of not needing to add new content to the blog when I post a regular X-E article, I’m here to tell you that I’m only here to tell you something.


I came across a collage I drew and colored in 1992, evidently encapsulating all that was holy about that year’s summer vacation. In this article, I break down the contents of said collage and figure out why each element meant enough to me to be worth drawing.

After spending over a month writing about whatever, the Summer Megaparty finally gets summery. Only, I guess it’s not the Summer Megaparty getting summery, since this is a “regular” article. Ah…well, something’s getting summery.


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Discussion Thread: 129 comments

I can’t wait to see Kong and Bumble, bigger than huge, and bursting with water. Then Matt can chuck ‘em off a high place, and we can see how big a splat they make. I might have to buy a grow thingy at the dollar store and see what happens if you freeze one after you hydrate it.

Ghosted by kingklash @ 07/26/2007 1:14 PM EDT

Ah … ‘92 … that was the summer between my 8th and 9th grade years. I spent the majority of it running seemingly endless laps around the soccer pitch in an attempt to get in shape for the season, that and strengthening my legs and perfecting my drop kick. And shooting thousands of free throws. I was one of those jock girls who was always playing a sport until I went to college, started drinking and took to smoking a pack of Camel Lights a day. ‘92 was a good summer though — my folks took me to AC to celebrate my 8th grade graduation. Only we didn’t bother with the Steel Pier or any of that. They gave me $20 in nickels and set me loose in the Taj Mahal. My father was so proud when I hit for $90.

Ghosted by Lemur @ 07/26/2007 1:39 PM EDT

Geez. In 1992, you guys were like, 16, 13, in the 9th grade, etc. In ‘92, I was 9.

Can I get anybody some applesauce? Perhaps some help crossing the street? :P

Ghosted by Annette @ 07/26/2007 3:01 PM EDT

Annette, you should be helping me cross the street: I was five! :P

Does anybody think the lack of a post yesterday was Pocket Monster related?

Ghosted by Ben @ 07/26/2007 3:04 PM EDT

Oh, don’t worry, Annette; you’ll be my age before you know it. And you’ll probably still feel 24 too. I swear, the older I get, the more I realize that I’m not old yet.

Gotta go…Murder She Wrote is about to start.

Ghosted by MaryJane @ 07/26/2007 3:17 PM EDT

AnnetteNM the applesauce, I’ll take some denture cream though ;) .

MJhmm same age huh? *slips into joey tribiani mode* ‘how u doin?’ j/k…. didn’t put out? i guess the pic would be a giant red circle with a line through it?

Wait, I hear the theme song to Matlock.. must go watch…

Ghosted by Primus @ 07/26/2007 4:13 PM EDT

Coach Kurt…Rambis?

Ghosted by Rambis @ 07/26/2007 4:18 PM EDT

Oh Primus…I do put out now (FIFTEEN YEARS LATER), but tend to stick to my husband. Although after clicking your name and reading your WoW musings, I must say it is TEMPTING.

Ghosted by MaryJane @ 07/26/2007 4:22 PM EDT

I feel like I walked in the room and saw – in this case read – something I wasn’t supposed to….

Ghosted by Shuanfu @ 07/26/2007 4:27 PM EDT

9 and you is complaining ’bout being young.

I was younger than that in 1992. Way younger. Years younger in fact. I was like in 1st grade or something (but probably more like 2nd grade.)

Ghosted by yes, that the jeff. @ 07/26/2007 5:05 PM EDT

92 was a bad year. So much grunge. Had to wait two more years for Green Day to save the world from them coffee swigging lumberjack rejects.

BUUUURRRN!!!

Ghosted by Knegative tells it as he perceives it @ 07/26/2007 5:41 PM EDT

Blowfish!?? really!? wow, never knew that!

But I loved that pool, and I loved swimming. The problem was that I could never swim alone, because I was so deathly afraid of sharks that I’d be totally convinced that Jaws was behind me every time I put my head underwater. You don’t have to tell me how absurd that is; I already know.

you don’t have to tell man. Every time I had swimming lessons at the Y, when I was swimming from the deep end to the shallow end the instructor could never figure out why my speed tripled. Man I thought Jaws was right on my ass. Everytime.

Ghosted by Double G @ 07/26/2007 5:59 PM EDT

I just re-read this article. I think it’s funny that the refridgerator makes it as a summer highlight next to vacations. I would have been just as stoked at 13 about that.

I just rented Transformers, the cartoon for my son. Am I imagining things or do they curse in it? Aw, I guess I can let this one slide.

Ghosted by kb @ 07/26/2007 7:15 PM EDT

They curse in the movie, kb!!!

Spike says shit and Ultra Magnus says dammit.

I don’t know what it says about my “upbringing” but I didn’t even notice that they were in there as a kid, and my parents never said a word about it. I’m guessing they just knew better. It was Transformers, and it got to the point where I was threatening physical violence on those who rented it out from under me, so a couple curses I already knew weren’t about to ruffle their feathers :P

Ghosted by Knegative @ 07/26/2007 8:12 PM EDT

Yeah, on the VHS copy of TF the movie, they edited out the curse. In the DVD they brought it back as it was in the theater.

Ghosted by Double G @ 07/26/2007 8:29 PM EDT

And for that I am eternally grateful. What’s up with the Full Screen version on disc 2 being the original master? The Constructicons are BROWN.

Ghosted by Knegative @ 07/26/2007 8:48 PM EDT

Thanks to everyone for your kind feedback. :) This one was a lot of fun to do.

Ghosted by Matt @ 07/26/2007 9:13 PM EDT

I totally remember going to The Excalibur in Las Vegas. Oddly enough, I was most likely the summer of 1992 or 1993. Boy was that a fun place. The arcade was a kids dream. My brother got screwed out of an X-Men hat because apparently his dart wasn’t “Completely on the star.” But we took home plenty of novelty plastic Viking hats and Excalibur branded swords.

Ghosted by Dane @ 07/27/2007 1:59 AM EDT

Hilarious article, Matt. I really don’t have anything to add, I just wanted to say that I loved the article.

Ghosted by Nick @ 07/27/2007 6:53 AM EDT

if i remember they also said “shit” in the goonies, the 80s were cool like that..

Ghosted by dallasmovie @ 07/27/2007 8:01 AM EDT

damn, according to this they said shit 19 times in the goonies: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089218/trivia

i didn’t remember it being that bad

Ghosted by dallasmovie @ 07/27/2007 8:03 AM EDT

“You don’t mix family with friends god damnit!” Haha, I was the same way. Not because I was embarrased of my family, but because I was always afraid my friends would say something inappropriate or devulge hints towards trouble we had gotten in and my parents didn’t know. There were always those certain friends we were OK to have around family though. Great article!

Ghosted by Syl @ 07/27/2007 8:28 AM EDT

1992? I don’t recall much about that summer. I think I went to see Freddy’s Dead with a school mate and kept splashing soda on the girl in front of us hoping she would notice me.

Ghosted by Sweetie @ 07/27/2007 10:35 AM EDT

Best article in a long time… actually… it was really pretty touching.

Ghosted by UberMench @ 07/27/2007 1:17 PM EDT

Beats my 92 summer. Because I spent it at Navy bootcamp.
Not fun. In fact, it quite sucked.
Though to be honest 91 was the last time I had something like a summer vacation period. Yay for adulthood.

Ghosted by Bloodcat @ 07/28/2007 4:24 PM EDT

You look like you’re about to have a heart attack at the post office man.

“OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGFUCKYES!”

Ghosted by Anonymous @ 07/29/2007 4:19 PM EDT

What a fantastic article. Perfectly encapsulates being a kid and the magic of summer.

Ghosted by jim @ 07/31/2007 3:43 PM EDT

1992 was a cool summer for alot of us it seems. I was only 8. I clearly remember going to Geauga lake back before it was six Flags and, more recently, Cedar Point’s bastardized Geauga Lake/Seaworld in one.
I also remember trips to Marc’s Pizza and Crazy Town, which was like Chuck E Cheese with better games, better food, and better prizes.

Ghosted by Lucky Mesmer @ 08/02/2007 12:55 AM EDT

I had no idea that life in ‘92 New Jersey was much like life in ‘92 suburban Milwaukee. Matt, it’s never too late to reclaim your throne as king of the 80s/90s. In addition to my earlier bribe of the first 3 complete series of Garbage Pail Kids to keep this site going, i’ll toss in the 1992 Pacifica Total Recall trading card set which came with a ‘Mars rock’.

Ghosted by Zach Morris @ 05/27/2009 7:25 AM EDT

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