That there is my buddy Tank Ant. He is the meanest ant you will ever come across. He has fought in many epic battles. A never ending war between blue and orange. Army Ants use to litter my room. I would set them up in different scenarios on a weekly basis. Always blue on one half of my room and orange on the other half. The battles went on and on throughout the years. Slowly the soldiers would disappear until today when all who remains is this guy. I always knew he would come out on top. He was my favourite from day one.
So much has changed since I was a kid. From T.V. to toys to video games. I remember how excited I would get when Fraggle Rock came on. My dad and I would watch it every night before I went to bed. Sometimes I think he liked it more than I did. Long before there was Spongebob and computer animation there was He-man and Transformers. And not the Transformers of today. As much as I love today's movies, nothing beats the original animated T.V. series. Back when Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf were still in diapers the voices were done by the likes of stars such as Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack and Orson Welles. Back then BubbleBee was a punch bug and SoundWave was a cassette player.
SoundWave has always been my favourite Transformer. Just the whole idea of him being the ultimate spy. Sending out his cassettes Laserbeak and Ratbat to gather intel on the Autobots. He was cool in every way. From his distinctive monotone computerized voice to his shoulder mounted radio wave sensor. I have always been a fan of the Decepticons. I think I'm just a bad boy at heart.
Wrestling was huge when I was little. The WWF was filled with a whole different breed of wrestler. They were every little boys hero. It wasn't so much about the smoke and mirrors like it is today. It was about characters who became larger than life. Who always remembered that the wrestling came first. Today's wrestlers spend to much time being flashy and in your face. Sometimes simple is better. Wrestling is an art and none did it better than The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase. He was the one whom I emulated, looked up to and wished I was. He was a bad guy with money and who always had a hot girl with him. How could you not love him! I mastered his signature move the million dollar dream and put it to good use on the playground at school. I gave many kids money bag dreams.
From Garbage Pail Kids to Mucscle Men to Battle Beasts. Toys were great back then. How I wish I could go back in time and get lost in my childhood. A simpler time when Nintendo was what every boy dreamed for. The hours wasted playing Duck Hunt, Zelda and Mike Tyson's Knockout seem like distance memories now. All the games of wiffle ball baseball at the daycare. Those were great times with great friends. I still remember the day I hit the ball over the houses. A true moon shot that made me feel for a second like I was Babe Ruth.
Wrestling was huge when I was little. The WWF was filled with a whole different breed of wrestler. They were every little boys hero. It wasn't so much about the smoke and mirrors like it is today. It was about characters who became larger than life. Who always remembered that the wrestling came first. Today's wrestlers spend to much time being flashy and in your face. Sometimes simple is better. Wrestling is an art and none did it better than The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase. He was the one whom I emulated, looked up to and wished I was. He was a bad guy with money and who always had a hot girl with him. How could you not love him! I mastered his signature move the million dollar dream and put it to good use on the playground at school. I gave many kids money bag dreams.
I could really use a hot tub time machine right about now.
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