Baby One More Time

Like overalls and sunflower crop tops, I am back!

To kick off this return, I shall throw as many updates as I can in a single post.

The best way to begin is to help you understand that 2014 is now dedicated to making '90s dreams come true. This year I made a list of some '90s New Year's resolutions, and with the year very near half over I am well on my way to achieving all my dreams this year.

1) Buy tickets for a '90s concert - Backstreet Boys tickets purchased for May 28, 2014! Pictures are now up.

2) Explore new projects from your favorite stars - This is a continual thing. I breezed through Lovin Lakin a couple weeks ago and was sad it was so short. I think Christine Lakin and I could totally be friends.

3) Connect with your favorite stars on Twitter - This is done and done, but never really done. I am a full supporter of using Twitter to connect with different people (this could mean celebs, or just people you have shared interests). It is a fun and easy way to talk and connect with people you would otherwise likely never talk to. Also, there is an indescribable feeling attained when a celeb favorites, retweets, or replies to your message. I would liken it to that feeling you got as a child when you received a reply to fan letter. Like that time I got a Christmas postcard from Mary-Kate and Ashley - I thought I was going to die a full and wonderful life at that moment.

4) Get lost in a '90s marathon - This happens almost every week.

5) Throw a Girl Meets World viewing party - This is going to happen, I do not have cable but I will find a way.

6) Start a '90s book club - ideas for said book club

7) Go on a '90s cruise - Sadly, this is probably not going to happen because I cannot afford a regular cruise, let alone a celeb booze cruise. Also, these things sell out super fast! If anyone wants to invest in making this dream come true, I accept checks and cash

8) Throw a '90s costume party - So much fun, pictures to come.



I have also decided to add new resolutions to this early list, since the best way to feel good about a to-do list is to add stuff to it that you have already completed!

9) See a taping of a show staring a '90s favorite - last November I went with friends to a taping of Melissa & Joey and had a minor heart attack seeing Joey Lawrence and Melissa Joan Hart in all their glory. First off, the show is surprisingly fun and I highly recommend it to all looking for a quick laugh and/or want to see Joey Lawrence in tight pants (FYI they look way tighter in real life) and Melissa Joan Hart in enviable dresses (admiring professional wear is nothing to be embarrassed about). However, since that was 2013 and this list is 2014, I had to find a way to top that!
BAM!

Check it, I got to check off two resolutions at once! This totally makes up for the fact that my only regret in life is never seeing a taping of Boy Meets World. I can now live regret-free!
And here is a blurry picture of Ben Savage from that marvelous evening.

10) Randomly run into a '90s star (or two) at a bar in Los Angeles - oh heyyyyyy Todd Bosley and Marcus Toji

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My own Little Giants reunion #ilovethe90s #LittleGiants #SaturdaynightinLA

What are your '90s resolutions?! I am open to new suggestions to keep this list growing; afterall, I am quite near finished with it and the summer has not even commenced.

Devon Sawa quits acting and Chick-fil-A sells beef

April fools everyone! Check your calendar my friends because anything announced on this date should be automatically seen as false news.

Wipe away those tears, Devon Sawa has not quit acting although several news sources did print that story after reading an early April 1 tweet from Sawa: "I quit acting. I'm done. It's been amazing. I'm moving to hawaii and I'm opening a spin studio. It's what I've alway wanted to do. Thanks."

Celbrity news site allie is wired published a story based on the tweet, but later amended the article by noting that "Apparently, it was an April Fools Joke…" Oh that Devon, such a prankster. And, because I know you care, Sawa will not be returning to Nikita this season although he assures fans there is no dramatic reason for his absence. "I wasn't fired, laid off, or "let go" from Nikita. Just won't be back this season." THIS season, but that is not to say he won't be back in the future (assuming the show has a future).

In other ridiculous April Fools news...

Come on, like Chick-fil-A is really going to announce it is adding beef to it's menu, and on a Sunday?!!! The day every single Chick-fil-A is closed and coincidentally the day my craving for Chick-fil-A reaches its maximum. Don't be a fool on this people, don't be a fool.

Teen Dream Revisited: Jonathan Taylor Thomas (JTT)

photo from retrojunk.com

Devon Sawa, Andrew Keegan, and Jaleel White were idols not soon forgotten; however, the three of them combined had NOTHING on Jonathan Taylor Thomas/JTT when I was a pre-teen. I mean, sure I loved them all and I had wild fantasies of me ending up with each of them - separately, not like us living in some polygamous cult where I married each of them...although, the cult doesn't sound so bad - my heart was always more dedicated to JTT. I watched all his movies, including the voice over work he did for The Adventures of Spot, and, among other movies, I still own The Adventures of Pinocchio on VHS. Let's face it, JTT owned the 90's in movie and television.

Sadly for 90's day dreamers like myself, Mr. Thomas all but disappeared after he prematurely left Home Improvement in 1998 to go to college. I want to hate him for leaving, but I also want to love him more for choosing education. Unfortunately, after he walked away from the role of Randy Taylor, Jonathan only received guest-starring roles on shows such as Smallville, 8 Simple Rules, and Veronica Mars, but has not been able to come close to the fame he once had. Since 2005 he has all but disappeared.

In September 2011 EW did a Home Improvement reunion that brought JTT back to his television family.

Then, in early October, 2011, there were squeals of joy when a JTT account was added and later verified on Twitter.

Can you imagine? After years of wondering "what ever happened to JTT?" we would finally get some answers!

Alas, it was too good to be true.

A short time after verification was complete, Danielle Fishel (aka Topanga Matthews) took to Twitter to retract her initial support of the user and to assure her followers that she had just spoken with JTT and he shared that he was not on Twitter. She and Devon Sawa had both shared tweets with the JTT account, but now they were both saying it is not the real Jonathan but some poser! *gasp* How rude!

Twas a sad, sad day for me. On the bright side, Danielle Fishel still happens to be friends with Mr. Young Simba, and so we shall just have to settle for updates from her, such as the following picture posted to her Twitter on October 20, 2011.

Look who went with me to see @worstaudition last night! Me, Jonathan, and the gorgeous Christine Lakin. http://twitpic.com/7350gu

Who Am I?

In honor of Monday being Halloween, Tuesday being All Saints Day, and today being All Souls' Day, we have a special Who Am I? :O

Guess the famous face under the face paint!

Don't let the paint scare you, I'm pretty sure the man beneath the paint is a quite lovely person and you probably crushed on him at some point, especially in your high school years. He stole my heart when he took Jamie Sullivan to the stateline. Gah! Tears erupt just thinking of that movie :,(

He currently stars on a CW drama (CW drama is redundant, I know) in which he plays some character I don't know because I haven't watched the CW in a very long time. However, I do know that Devon Sawa has guest starred on the show and the two have a very obvious bromance over Twitter.

Teen Icon Revisited...JTT!

Alright y'all, your life is about to get totally exciting because you can now stalk follow Jonathan Taylor Thomas (JTT) on Twitter! And what a great time to join, what with The Lion King 3D in theatres and Tim Allen back on TV, it's like the stars have aleigned for a JTT comeback!

Now, his tweets have not exposed any fabulous news of a comeback, yet. However, I would like to point out that 1/3 of his current tweets are messages to other 90s icons; it's like my childhood Tiger Beat collection is totally going viral.

Notice the Danielle Fishel tweet? He also tweeted something to Devon Sawa which basically makes me feel like I'm 12 years old watching those two in Wild America.

I'm hoping for some juicy details on a reburgeoning acting career. Will get back to you with details later. *fingers crossed*

Teen Dream Revisited- Devon Sawa

Fact: beside the Hanson and Backstreet posters plastered to the sky blue walls of my childhood room were smiling pictures of Devon Sawa.

Yup, that is the face of beauty to those of us raised in the 90s.

I was recently browsing my celeb news sources when I stumbled across a photo gallery of Mr. Sawa, shot by Tyler Shields.

He done grown up nice, no? For more pictures of Devon Sawa by Tyler Shields, check out this gallery.

What I did not know is that Devon was most recently on four episodes of the CW show, Nikita. I do not watch the show, obvi, otherwise I would have recognized my teen dream, but my brief research tells me that it also stars Shane West, another dream I shall revisit.

Ever since A Walk To Remember, Shane can do me no wrong. Remeber when Landon took Jamie to the stateline so she could see her dream of being in two places at once? That is some teen romance at it's best; also it is the only Nicholas Sparks book I was not disappointed with when it came to the big screen. Oh how times have changed, teen romance use to be so innocent and virginal.

Anyways, after the recent Devon siting I have decided to reasearch some of my other dream guys. If you, like me, missed Devon on Nikita, you can check him out in either the thrill movie, 388 Arlette Avenue, or the horror film The Sibling, both set for release (according to IMDB) in 2011.

Next up, Rider Strong. Get excited.