REVIEWS: 90's Fashion

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Trends really do repeat themselves! The cute and fun crop tops from the 90s are still being worn today, the daring high wasted pants from that time have turned into trendy high waisted shorts, the long flowy floral dresses have shortened, and the popular casual guys flannel shirts are now worn by everybody.

TV: TeenNick is Bringing the 90's Back!

(Top to bottom: All That, Clarissa Explains it All, Doug, 

Hey Arnold, and Kenan and Kel)

The 90's are All That! Nickelodeon recently released a promo stating that it would be showing all of TeenNick's 90's hits from midnight to 2 AM, such as All That, Hey Arnold, Kenan and Kel, Clarissa Explains it All, Doug, and more. Nickelodeon came up with the idea because they saw people taking an interest in early Nick programming on social media sites. There are several Facebook pages and millions of fans that are devoted to Nickelodeon shows from the 90's. I personally wasn't old enough during that time to enjoy or remember these shows, but I am definitely looking forward to watching them now. 

REVIEWS: Movies: Forrest Gump

Throughout the nineties, there have been many timeless movies that we continue to adore today. One of the best, Paramount's "Forrest Gump," has charmed viewers of every age since 1994. Screenplay writer Eric Roth added many commonly quoted lines. A few of my favorite are—

Jenny: "Run Forrest, run!"

Lieutenant Dan: "Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?

Forrest: "I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir."

Bubba: "Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat?"

Forrest: "No, but I've been on a real big boat."

Forrest: "Bullet bit me right in the buttocks. They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that money 'cause I still haven't seen a nickel of that million dollars."

Coming from someone who has watched this three times, I thought the plot was clever, the storyline was really interesting, and it had a lot of fun twists. It had really memorable lines, funny characters with a lot of chemistry, and was just overall a good movie. I strongly recommend this 90's classic.

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INVENTIONS: The 1990s, Dawn of the Information Age

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that we all take for granted today. It may seem like it has been around forever, but it was available to the public in the mid-1990's. It is estimated that a quarter of the Earth's population had begun using the Internet by 2009. 


So what would happen if the Internet wasn't available? Instead of being able to research for a book report with just a click of a mouse, we would need to go to the library, take out an encyclopedia, and flip the pages until we'd found what we needed. Those fancy iPhones and Blackberrys that we can't seem to live without, the addicting Facebook.com, and of course emails would all be gone. Everything would take so much longer to do, yet we all use the world wide web without thinking twice.


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