The Memory is Greater than the Experience

Originally posted on July 21, 2006

I was supposed to blog this a few days ago. I got distracted with a lot of things including Saturday Nights' Main Event.
Ok so my memory is getting a little rusty as I age. But have you ever had the feeling that a memory is greater than the actual experience? Well this story goes all the way back to '92 or '93. When this girl in my class named Tiffany threw a party at the local roller rink. I'm pretty sure she invited all the girls from our class.
Some things I remember about that place were distinctly 90s. Like at the snack bar they were selling those plastic novelty pacifiers. I'm not going to lie and say I didnt like those things. I use to rock a pink one with my sleeveless hoodie. Yeah I was cool... But hey it was the 90s! I also remember they use to play good 90s jamz to skate to especially for the couples/group skating. I remember she got a Cool Spot game for her gameboy.
Ok so now we go to 2006 and my cousin had his party there. Now I'm not dissing him because it was a good party. But the funny thing is that his party was being held at the same rink Tiffany had her party at. So when I enter the rink its almost the same as I remember it. They still had those some old 4-wheel orange wheeled skates. That have your shoe size on the back and make me feel really self conscious then and now. I have a thing about my shoe size. Wait I should be talking about that right here and right now! That show be another blog maybe if I remember or something. They still had that orange carpeting on the walls in the skating area. It was like I was back in the 90s. At first it was comforting, but then it seemed kind of sad. I mean if I hadn't heard Hilary Duff and Cascada I would've sworn I was back in time. I think the best part of my old memory was that the music was really good back then. But I think a lot of times music makes you have a more intense memory. Maybe the music in the 90s was better music to skate to. Plus the DJ played a lot of reggaeton and thats just not my thing. If I was the DJ I'd play 2 specific songs because they had cool videos that featured a roller rink and they are "Dope Man" by Less than Jake and "Every Morning" by Sugar Ray.
I realized something else while I was there when I was in 3^rd grade I was much better skater than I am now. I was better at a lot of things back then.