Middle Class Memories

Not me, but I did have a yellow Skip-It.

Welcome to a segment I like to call "Middle Class Memories." In this, I will share with you many stories of my childhood, because God knows we need more 90s kids telling you about their youth like they were your grandparents.
Today's topic is the Skip-It, which I highly encourage you not to do. This hunk of plastic was actually a lot of fun and was probably one of the only ways I got exercise. It was kind of dangerous though, if you were right next to someone. The end of it was heavy and hurt like hell if it whacked you in the shin. I don't remember when I got the Skip-It, but one particular memory that always sticks out in my mind was from 5th grade...
One evening, back when I used to actually stay up fairly late, I was drawing animu characters and whatever while listening to 99.1 HFS (now the Spanish station). They were doing a Sublime marathon which I guess got me really pumped up because I just suddenly wanted to exercise! I whipped out that Skip-It and skipped for at least an hour. The toy had a little counting mechanism that counted how many skips you did in a row. With the grace that I have, I obviously surpassed that number easily.
But don't think I stopped after that! It was crunch-time (literally) and I did 100 reps. I have no idea what exactly it was about that Sublime marathon that made me want to get physically fit, but either way, I had a great time skipping to "Wrong Way," "What I Got," and "Date Rape."

Wow. Just goes to show you that the media doesn't make every kid a sex fiend, drug addict, or psycho killer. I listened to Cypress Hill in 5th grade, too.

Tune in for the next installment of Middle Class Memories, in which I share with you my collection of...?