Rainy Days

Remember when rainy days ruled when you were little?

I am a product of the eighties and I could not be more proud. In college now, the winter dampens the fun, and squeezes the life right out of me. The days when the sun doesn't shine are the worst it seems. I open my tie dyed curtain, look out, see the clouds, and then I swear or just shake my head in disgust.

in the summer of the late 80s/early 90s.....

The rain splats against the windows and sun does not seem to want to shine at all. My eyes light up as I realize the possibilites of a day like today. What do I do? The way I look at it, I have a few choices:

1. Play with the TMNT technodrone
I loved that thing. It was never as cool as the pizza shooter car, but my dog ate all the pizzas so I couldn't do much with that. The technodrone was so huge it blew my mind, but I always found myself losing parts of it.
2. Dig out the Ghostbusters toys and roll the ECTO-1 all over the house

Wow...Ghostbusters. I was freaking OBSESSED. I wore that proton pack everywhere....even in my sleep. One of my favorite parts was the trap you roll and pop open. IT WAS SO SWEET! It even glowed in the dark too. Sadly my dog got that one too. The firehouse ruled too. It was so big I loved it. I lost the ooze that came with it...or so my mom said. I secretly think she took it in fear of me ruining the carpet.
3. Color some pictures
I still find myself coming back to this activity sometimes. Drawing and coloring just do something for me. It is the idea of creating something that I love so much.
4. Watch TV (hopefully TMNT or The Real Ghostbusters are on)

One thing is for sure: I watched WAY too much TV when I was a kid. I remember staring at it as close as possible so I could see the individual colors on the screen. I had a friend once who swore that's why I have such poor eyesight. TMNT was by far the best cartoon. There were so many crappy ones back then. It was hard to find the real gems.
5. Play Game Gear

Game Gear was great. I can still remember opening that for my birthday and nearly crapping my pants. I never could beat the first level in Sonic....maybe there is something wrong with me.

Rainy days were once amazing. When I was little I couldn't have been more excited to know that I could stay inside all day. Nowadays, rainy days inhibit so much that I do. Am I alone? Does anyone else feel that rain steals their life force now? Maybe it is just because I've moved on from playing with toys and game gear, or maybe it's just a phase. It could also be that I was an only child, which I am bitter about to this day. I just don't really know.

As The Beatles would say, "I'll follow the sun."

Comments

i don't know about you guys but on rainy days i would "role play". i'd make like elaborate "tents" out of every sheet or blanket in the house and it would be like a giant hamster cage in my room. i would dress up as batman and fight the evil crime bosses (my sister and her friends) with my friends....*sigh* i can't wait to have kids of my own so i can do that shit again! lol

I remembered I "borrowed" someones Gamegear and they never asked for it back. Nice article.

i know exactly how you feel

You were a cute little guy.

I STILL play Game Gear. I used to play it on rainy days also. It was my brother's, but I was obsessed with the thing. Long before I even thought about getting a Gameboy, I played Sonic on the Game Gear.

I always wanted that TMNT sewer vehicle with the toilets and plungers and tp rolls all over it but my insane mother was offended by it somehow so i only got to play with it at various friends' houses. But luckily she never stole my ghostbuster slime on me.

Dude, you need to get yourself a Gamegear and blow off your classes on the next rainy day and get back in touch with your inner child!! You only get old if you allow yourself. Rediscover your childhood, set a goal to beat Sonic for Gamegear and do it!! Don't let age and maturity trick you into thinking that just because your older doesn't mean you can't enjoy the simple things in life like 16-bit graphics and blowing off a full day playing 20 year old video games!! Rock on!! The eighties/nineties won't die until we allow them to.

I could beat the first level of sonic for game gear but the boss was so hard! The second level was near impossible because I didn't know how to use the hang glider I usually ended up giving up and playing Dr. Robotniks mean bean machine. And I didn't have a technodrome but I had the sewer system it was sweet. Oh how I miss rainy days now.

I come from NYC it rains here mostly every couple of days most of the time. I grew up with rainy days I love them. In fact it was a rainy day yesterday. Snow today.

*gets out some ghostbuster toys and some tmnt toys and starts to play.

A gree, man. Rainy days were awesome because you had an excuse to loaf around! (Or destroy the house from the inside out...) Now I look outside at snow, and all I see is another half hour on my commute.

i liked rainy days for 2 reason 1 there was huge puddles to jump in and sometimes a rainbow and second most the time rain means thunder and it was just cool watching the lighting and hearing the thunder

I still love rainy days. They make me want to chill out. And, am I mistaken, or is there a funnel cloud in the first picture?