my past

i was totally going to bed early tonight. instead i'm doing these surveys.

Name?: becky. (hey - it says "my past" ... and EVERYONE called me becky growing up. some people still do & i like that.)

What elementary school did you go to?: jane ball

What grades did it go through?: k-5

How old were you when you started going there?: 5

Who was your first friend(s)?: i remember talking with danielle jen in kindergarten ... but my first friend was erin.

Are you still friends with them?: yes. and for that i am extremely grateful.

Did any of your friends ever move away?: yes.

If so who?: the first one i remember moving away was mary arhendt (i have no idea if that's spelled right) - she left in elementary school. and then media hicks ... or maybe she moved away before mary. and adrienne mckinney - though i don't remember if we were still friends when she left or not. and jennifer kovacs ... she went to italy. and ... seriously, am i supposed to name them all? because once i graduated college, there was a lot of moving around going on.

And where?: kankakee, no idea, west somewhere, and italy. respectively.

Do you miss them?: i'd like to see jennifer again. we were friends for a long time.

Do you still keep in touch with them?: nope.

Girls did you play with Barbies?Boys did you play with Action figures?: yes. my sister indulged me by playing barbies with me long after she had grown out of them. our barbies were the parents & teachers of all our cabbage patch kid miniatures. skipper was their older sister because, you know, she was smaller than barbie.

When did you realize you didn't want to play with them anymore?: i don't know.

Did you ever get a time out?: i remember being sent to my room once. and the doorbell rang & i wanted to know who was at the door. so i came out of my room & my brother tattled on me, but my mom told him that was fine as long as i could behave myself. take that, tattling brother!

Did you play with mostly all your classmates?: no. i never had a lot of friends in elementary school. i had more in junior high & high school ... but still, i didn't play with everyone. i didn't like everyone.

Did you like all your teachers?: i didn't like my fifth grade teacher very much.

Did you have a nickname(s) at school?: whittle. my elementary school gym teacher had nicknames for everyone - usually based on their last names. he used them when we played "trouble".

Did you and your friends ever make any games up?: i think "frozen tortillas" is a game. so is "marshmellows on a front porch" and "bread on wet lawn". not to mention "confetti jelly beans" or "freaked out by a trip wire".

Did you play dress up?: not that i remember. i had a ballerina costume that i remember wearing around the house a little.

Did you play with legos?: not when i was little.

Did you play with lincoln logs?: some, yeah.

Did you play house?: not really. i played school at my grandma's house on holidays.

Did you play Tag?: not much. i was the fat kid who couldn't run away fast enough - so it's not really playing.

Did you collect Beanie Babys?: my grandma thought i did.

Furbys?: no.

Pogs?: not that i know of.

Pokemon cards?: no.

Did you have a Gameboy?: no, but i wanted one.

Did you play with Polly pocket: no.

Ninja turtles?: jonathan & i used to spend LOTS of quarters on the ninja turtle game at wilco. you could have four people playing - one for each turtle - it was fabulous.

My Little Ponies?: yes.

Tamagotchi?: no.

Did you watch Barney?: no, but i'm quoted in one of my high school yearbooks about dreaming of killing barney.

Power Rangers?: no, i never wanted to kill them.

Pokemon?: no.

Sesame street?: yes.

Mega man?: no.

Pinky and the Brain?: YES! i love the animaniacs! they're pinky, they're pinky and the brain, brain, brain, brain, brain!

Did you like Britney spears?: no.

Nsync?: no.

Backstreet boys?: no.

New kids on the block?: no.

Dream street?: no.

Spice girls?: no.

O-town?: no.

98 Degrees?: no.

Did you play with Wagons?: apparently not often enough for it to stick out in my head.

Jump ropes?: i hated jump ropes. remember - fat kid, not a jumper.

Hula hoops?: no.

Scooters?: no.

Bikes?: yeah. we used to take them with us camping. i almost ran a kid over once.

Skip its?: no.

Did you wear Overalls?: probably. i know i had a big bird two-piece bathing suit once when i was little.

Skorts?: oh yes, i loved them.

Fanny packs?: probably.

Did you do the hokey pokey?: yeah. it makes me think of my uncle larry.

The Macarena?: no.

Did you sing Twinkle twinkle little star?: yes.

Rockabye Baby Rockabye baby?: yes.

Candyland?: yes.

Sorry?: yes!

Battleship?: yes.

Guess Who?: no.

Trouble?: yes.

Clue?: not until i was in college. joe was the first person i played it with.

Did you play with playdoh: mostly at school. mom wasn't a fan of it being in the carpet. at school we used it to play restaurant during indoor recess.

Cartoon network?: nope.

Did you have a Sega Saturn?: nope.

Did you play Mother may I?: yes.

Red rover?: yes.

Did you solve things with eeny-meeny-miney-moe?: yes. now i just use paper, rock, scissors.

Did you like Swings?: yes!

Did you read Goosebumps?: no, but i did read some of his teen horror series "fear street"

Did you ever say "Talk to the hand"?: of course.

Did you have a Super Soaker?: yes.

Did you have In-Line Skates?: no, no, no. i didn't skate.

Did you have Lisa Frank stuff?: yes!

Did you have any Sky Dancers?: no.

Did you like Madeline?: not especially, but i didn't dislike her either.

Did you say Wazzup?: sure. i'd try anything to be cool.

What about As if!?: yes.

What about Whatever....?: yes.

Or did you do the whatever with your hands?: oh yeah.

Did you say I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you?: yes.

Did you play Tomb Raider?: no.

Did you watch Keenan & Kel?: no.

What about All That?: no.

Do you miss those days?: eh, sometimes.