Five things I miss, eh? I honestly can't just pull things I miss out of thin air like that, so I'll have to have a sit and think about it. Hm..
1. Going to have to be the enjoyable not-a-care-in-the-world times when I was in my early teens, being able to eat and drink so much junk food, not care about the time of day, sit around indoors with a friend or two and just play the hell out of the latest fun video game that was going. Nowdays I'm largely a solo gamer, and the times when I could sit down in the same room with a pile of snacks, and a small pile of people, for over 24 hours at a time just playing the same game are gone. I do miss it, sometimes..the two friends I've managed to keep play with me sometimes on Xbox Live, but it's a rare occurance and never lasts for more than a few hours. Also aside from that, we don't have many 3 player games we can play and enjoy at the same time.
2. Decent, well meaning cartoons. Any UK's remember Funny Bones, Spider in the Bath, or perhaps PlayBus? Now it seems tiny toddlers are reduced to watching pretty colours, stupid stories and general brain-mushing ********. I remember learning how to write thanks to...it might of been PlayBus, the orange pencil with the light in the end, writing letters. UP AND DOWN AND UP AND ROUND AND FLICK! Can't remember what letter that was, but it stuck when I was small. I don't think anything sticks these days, with toddlers, I mean. It's probably why I believe all kids are just looking for trouble and need to be blasted now, though.
3. Sunny D. I guess when I was small I grew up with at least one bottle in the house...it had meaning then, even if it was full of evil chemicals..it was delicious, thick, and full of vitamins...looked nice too. Family used to buy the big bottles for general household use and a large pack of the small cylindrical shaped bottles for school. Was awesome. Sunny D is just watery orange swill now, not fit for washing between my toes with, let alone drinking.
3a. Turkey Twizzlers. Damn, they were tasty, if unhealthy. How can they remove these from shelves but not stop companies shelving extremely cheap foodstuffs that comprise of about 10% of the nutritional value the meal should have...and still call it healthy? Damn memories.
4. Possibly just going school. I tended to know the answer to everything, but I wasn't a know it all..never raised my hand despite knowing the answer, anyway. Crowds have that kind of effect. Was just a nice bit of relaxation, having a routine, filling a book with your mind and how your mind perceived things, and was excellent closure for the end of the day, knowing you've vented the slowly building up young creative frustration you get, so yeah, without that now and little to no routine for me these days, I rarely get the sense of closure I used to.
5. Possibly my childhood toy, a Beanie Snake, who my Dad foolishly gave away to my step-sisters snotty nosed ungrateful piece of **** kid. I saw it the other day actually, it now has most of the inner fluff crushed and pushed into its tail with the rest of the snake being limp, the tongue has been ripped out leaving a little piece of frayed felt, and one of its eyes are missing. I hate kids. Wish I was born a teen.