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Permalink Reply by I'll-turn-native on July 22, 2008 at 11:06am

I loved freakin my very conservative republican parents by sportin a mohawk for a couple of weeks. Then they started liking it. That killed it.

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Permalink Reply by andy garcia on July 22, 2008 at 8:16pm

ha rebel who lost his cause, dam accepting parents :)

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Permalink Reply by Derek on July 22, 2008 at 11:09am

I loved Halloween for the candy, and Astroworld (amusement park - now torn down) in Houston.

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Permalink Reply by andy garcia on July 22, 2008 at 8:17pm

ASTROWORLD wow sounds amazing what was it like?

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Permalink Reply by Make Love, Not Warcraft... on July 22, 2008 at 9:23pm

i miss AstroWorld.

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Permalink Reply by Derek on July 23, 2008 at 11:59am

I miss it also. It is truly a tragedy to drive by and see nothing but grass - not even cement - where it use to be.

I have never been to Disneyland until I moved to AZ in 2003. Since visiting (about 4 times now), I've noticed how close Astroworld was to Disneyland. They both have the town square in the entry where candy, photos, clothes, etc could be bought. They both have worldly towns where the different rides exists.

My favorite ride (ever) was Greased Lighting. After a little traveling, I found that other cities have coasters like it, but Astroworld was my first. It's almost the epitome of excellent ride engineering: exciting, lots of seats, fast turnover. I remember getting extra rides - by staying in the seats - on slow days, and running down the exits, only to run back the entry to get in line again, maybe in a different row.

http://blogs.chron.com/40yearsafter/2008/06/astroworld_the_wonderfu...

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Permalink Reply by andy garcia on July 23, 2008 at 4:05pm

wow i wish i could have seen it with my own four eyes haha. and those girls make me really want to be there. thanks for sharing your memory.

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Permalink Reply by Ron C on July 22, 2008 at 12:49pm

Wow when life was simple, hanging out side talking not worrying about getting shot.
Family and friends were all together. Just the basics.

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Permalink Reply by andy garcia on July 22, 2008 at 8:23pm

to not worry about anything was always a plus of being young.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Gowdy on July 22, 2008 at 9:01pm

Swinging for hours at my grandparents house. Just swinging, dreaming, and whistling songs.

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Permalink Reply by andy garcia on July 22, 2008 at 9:15pm

sound like an old disney short :)

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Permalink Reply by Matt Gowdy on July 22, 2008 at 9:20pm

Lol. Yeah, but old school Disney did have a serious impact on my childhood. A pretty good one too.

I still have an old storybook somewhere at home with Disney versions of popular fairy tales. They weren't as gruesome as the originals, but they weren't the watered down versions that Disney pedals these days.

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