Cam says
Man those rose-tinted glasses are great, aren’t they?
This week, we’re getting nostalgic. And, although we didn’t plan this edition to be released during a Level 3 Lockdown, it might just be the best time to get nostalgic, considering what we’re all living through right now. What else can we be but nostalgic for simpler times when we’re all largely confined to our homes.
So let’s go back, reminisce, remember a different time. A time where the words, lockdown, alert level four, self isolation and work-from-home had very different meanings. Where you’d come home from school, grab your best after school snack (I’m a fan of a Le Snax or a Roll-up) and chuck on Disney for the remainder of the afternoon.
While Dan’s editorial talks of a more recent nostalgia, I’m going to speak of growing up when the Disney Channel first got added to SKY TV. It was the most exciting thing in my young life and I was such a stan for it. Going back into the Time capsule for this edition did expose how cringe these shows really were, though when I was 8, they were the best. Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Hannah Montana, Kim Possible, and Wizards of Waverly Place, Iconic. Now Cody’s on Riverdale, Hannah started Twerking and Selena’s all grown up. Thank god that Kim Possible is still the bad ass feminist icon she was when I was young. How can you not grow up to believe women can do anything when Kim saved the world on the daily.
Maybe I’m biased, maybe it’s what everyone thinks of the time they grew up, but the shows of this era were some of the best.
Cheers,
Cam
Dan says
This week is all about reminiscing about the past.
The topic means a lot to me, especially as it relates to my time at university. I’ve been at university for almost five years now. I’ve seen a lot of ups and downs in my time, a lot of change. When I first started, Antalya was the biggest food vendor in town. JB HiFi on Queens St let students play on the FIFA demo in their store. Overheard was the biggest page at uni.
All those times are behind me now though. They’re all forgotten. But I don’t want to forget them. That’s why it was important to me that this week I wrote something poignant. Something smart. Something touching.
Instead, I rewrote the words to the chorus of Nickelback’s Photograph. Enjoy:
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, God, I’m so old.
Every memory of sprintin’ to the law desk
Tryna hand my essay in with only minutes left
It’s hard to say it
Time to say it
I’m still here, I’m still here
Every memory of workin’ till the new dawn
Every time I fell asleep in tut-or-i-als
It’s hard to say it
Time to say it
I’m still here, I’m still here
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, God, I’m so old.
Thanks,
Dan
