much too cool for 7th grade.

Do you remember being young and trying to scrounge together enough money to take a trip to the mall? You have $8 but if you can find another $2 you'll be able to buy that lip gloss you saw at Claire's. That means you'll have enough leftover to get a pretzel, and if Friend has any change maybe you can go halfsies on a large orange Julius. Oh but there's a comic in Hot Topic you saw the other day and it's about the same amount as the lip gloss. Then again there's Rue 21, they have some good stuff. Have to be careful though, they have a lot of shirts I can't wear to school or youth group.

Do you remember being young and innocent and all you cared about was singing and dancing and reading and spending time playing pretend with your friends? The warm summer days of splashing around in the pool, playing all the games you could think of; daring each other to swim to the deep end and touch the bottom. Summoning up the courage to do it and the exhilaration you felt after bursting back through the surface, gasping for air and laughing with triumph. Diving for pool toys and pennies and playing chicken while straddling a plastic raft. Jumping off the diving board, but only after considering what cool phrase you were going to holler before you did some sort of made up dive into the water. My favorite was "COWABUNGA!" (Ninja Turtles II had just come out if I recall correctly. And boy, did I LOVE me some Ninja Turtles.)

I believe there's something to be said about an individual's personality by who their favorite Ninja Turtles were. For example, Donatello was my favorite. He was smart, nerdy, yet still strong and confident. I also liked that his weapon was a stick (note to self: google the actual name later) which required such intuition and skill to use since there weren't any blades. 

Raphael was the hot tempered bad ass kinda attitude. Folks who choose him usually either have that attitude, or wish they did.

Leonardo was the leader, ofc. And I think he was a popular pick because of that.

And who could forget the party dude Michelangelo. I noticed people who weren't huge fans of the show tended to pick him, because he stood out as the funny borderline "stoner-esque" 80's broski.