Does anyone ever remember those little pamphlets schools used to give us for the book fairs they would bring in to the school? It was set up so a few weeks earlier you could see all the books, then the fair comes, and you have your order ready for pick up?
Let me just start by saying, I strongly dislike reading books. Always have, and its very rare for me, even today, to sit down and read a book. Still didn't stop me as a kid. Always HAD to order those "Goosebumps" books. Do you remember those? Outstanding. And you know what, I had to have about 30-40 of them. I never read one. I liked the texture of the outside, and the fact that I had a book collection next to my video games.
I'm sure the books were good, but eh, not for me. I just wanted to be "the man" and be cool enough to have the books. When friends came over, they would say, "Oh dude you have 'Piano Man of Death,'" or whatever the titles were. "Hell ya I do motherf'er. Wanna play some wiffle ball?" Immediate change of subject. To my friends, I read all of them, and they were awesome. Well guess what? I didn't read them. Ever. Didn't even think of it. But it's alright. The book covers were cool, and the story on the back told me enough.
Peace out R.L. Stine.
Wow. This whole time I thought you were a Goosebumps fanatic like me. I will say that my collection was much larger than yours. I had over 100 of them. I wonder if they still make those things. Maybe they're worth money. If so I'm sitting on a Goosebumps goldmine.
ReplyDeleteLOLOL they will be worth more than Beanie Babies...Man how pissed are THOSE people
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Hahaha Thank you! Now what the hell does your username have to do with your real name? This could be another interesting fact.
ReplyDeleteLOVED those books....not that YOU would know but the creepy one about an amusement park with slides that took you to different creepy places still gives me nightmares. and thanks for letting me know that a book would make the best Christmas present for you ever! ...oh....wait....
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You are correct ma'am, I would not know. Sounds interesting though. I bet the cover was awesome though. Hahaha. And the Sports Guy is different! He is a legend! I definitely read his books.
ReplyDeleteI thought you and Mark sat together at 101 and read those out loud to each other. Thats what he told me!
ReplyDeleteBev Baby...We definitely did whatever Mark says. Including drinking Odoul's in 7th grade, and trying to explain to my mom that they werent alcoholic so it was okay. (moral of that story: we were smart enough not to drink Zima)
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