2nd Grade Morgan Dreams Big
22nd
2010
Back in the day, I had some coolness issues. I know it’s hard to imagine (meaning, not at all hard to imagine), but I was seriously the biggest nerd ever. I know I’ve shown you pictures of myself before, but just take another look at this mess:
Internet, meet 2nd grade Morgan. She likes to ponder the mysteries of the weather, enjoys wearing shoestring hair clips and has no idea how bangs THAT wispy can make her look extremely white trash.
Now you have an idea of what we’re working with here.
Anyway, I remember spending countless hours daydreaming of this one famous boy. I thought he was just SO dang cute and I doodled his name on my school notebooks. I imagined that somehow, somewhere, someday, we would meet and instantly fall in love and he’d marry me and we’d live in a pink mansion. Then I’d be best friends forever with the Olsen twins and have a regular spot on Full House as Michelle Tanner’s friend, because obviously these famous kids ran in the same circles. I’m serious, these were my actual hopes and dreams.
That famous boy pops into my thoughts from time to time, and now as an adult I have to wonder WHAT, PRECISELY, WAS I THINKING??
Oh, JTT, you wormy little creep. You used to make me swoon. You were so dreamy, with your unnatural looking tan and fluffy lesbian hairdo. That was so kind of you to bring me flowers, but I am now going to have to respectfully decline.
So yeah, Jonathan Taylor Thomas was my weird childhood crush. Now tell me, who was yours?
It can’t be any worse.
Elijah Wood. However I am not ashamed I still love him so…even if I could fit him in my pocket. :)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:00 am
This made me seriously laugh way to hard. I enjoyed every word.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:15 am
hanson.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:22 am
well, taylor hanson.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:22 am
mine too! HA! It's funny because as he got older, he became more of a sissy homo – that's when I lost interst. We would have been friends in 2nd grade because we would have compared who had the bigger glasses. At least your mother dressed you. Have you seen my dad? Try picking out clothes with an 80's hair metal guy – i'm not talking cool glam rock, I just mean scuzzy with bad hair.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:25 am
^ I used to think taylor hanson and melissa joan hart was the same person
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:26 am
HAHAHAHA. Oh my gosh, I forgot about Hanson, but yesss.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:38 am
He was my crush also…. No joke LOL i had his poster in my room from the mag Teen Bop:)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:39 am
oh, I also liked the random kid who played Henry Rowengartner on Rookie of the Year, hahaha.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
My favs were Mark-Paul Gosselaar ( aka, Zack Morris) and John Stamos ( uncle Jessie) Delicious!!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:07 pm
OMG we have the same taste. I loved JTT, Devon Sawa, Andrew Keegan and Thomas Ian Nicholas (Rookie of the Year).
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:09 pm
^ later years Uncle Jesse – not mullet Uncle Jesse :)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Kristina, I forgot about our old men crushes!! Uncle Jesse was the hottest.Natali, Jimaie reminded me of Andrew Keegan! LOL, he was such a badass, that one.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Have you ever noticed my son's name?;-)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I loved Uncle Jessie from Full House
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Elijah Wood. However I am not ashamed I still love him so…even if I could fit him in my pocket. :)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Yes, I've always had a thing for older men :)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Kris, this conversation will have to be moved to the messages now because I just remembered something hilarious.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:16 pm
hmmm. I have 2! The Famous Zach Morris and Freddie Prince Jr. :)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:37 pm
FREDDIE! How could I have forgotten about him!?
on July 22nd, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Um, so my crushes definitely go back way further than these ladies. I think I was 5 when I saw Footloose and crushed hard on Kevin Bacon (still think he's pretty good looking), and I can't forget about Ralph Macchio from the Karate Kid, and Scott Baio from Charles in Charge.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 3:37 pm
hahaha! I know right! That was more though going from childhood to early teen crush! :)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I had a small crush on JTT, but my crazy psycho crush was on the guy who played Casper (as a real boy), Devon Sawa. I would go crazy at the end of the movie to see that kid!! Haha!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 5:24 pm
hahahaha…see my wayback when-nesday post..lol..i sported gawdy headbands and hideous sweat shirts!!
Oh..you think JTT was bad..try hulk hogan..ICK.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:12 am
Tristan, HULK HOGAN!? hahaha, that is pretty hilarious!! And man, what was up with our moms letting us out of the house with these ridiculous hair accessories?!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:15 am
Zach Morris. :)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:16 am
Well Morgan, you may have had the bangs, but I had THE MULLET!. I question my mom’s decision often on why she let some woman who called herself a “hair stylist” cut that style on me…or any little girl! Grrr…
I am not to ashamed of my crushes, Kirk Cameron AND Jon Knight. Those aren’t bad, right?! Denise Knight had such a ring to it! :)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:19 am
Kristen, OMG YES.
And Denise, mullets definitely take the cake. I’m so sorry. lol
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:20 am
Hahaha that is priceless! I totally dug JTT too! What were we thinking?
My other embarassing crush was from Star Wars…..nope, not Harrison Ford (which would totally make sense, he was hot!) but Mark Hammil. I literally called out “Luke! Luke!” in my sleep! Gah so embarassing!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:21 am
I had something serious going on for Jordan Knight. And I mean serious. Once I got over him (and it was tough), I fell for AC Slater. Hard.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 am
And to think, there are still people who think mullets or gullets are neat. *sigh*
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:24 am
Andrew Keegan! Him and JTT were my faves. I ripped their pictures out of my Teen Beat magazines and plastered their baby faces all over my walls.
And then there was (is!) Hanson. But let’s just leave it at that ;)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:25 am
Omg, and Devon Sawa!
2 words, WILD AMERICA.
If they would have cast Andrew Keegan as the 3rd guy in that movie instead of Scott Bairstow (who the heck is HE anyway) that movie would’ve contained my trifecta of teen swoonage. I may have passed out had that been the case.
p.s. “fluffy lesbian hairdo” made me die.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:28 am
Haha, Nick Carter :X
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
I was insanely obsessed with JTT back in the days. I even took all my clothes out of my closet so I could fill it up with posters and hide in there with my closest girlfriends and just stare at JTT and gossip. Hahaha!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:45 am
I love this – what ever happened to JTT? I was obsessed with that show!
Other than being completely bonkers for NKOTB (Joey and Jordan in particular) I had odd crushes… are you ready?
Bo Duke of Dukes of Hazzard and Burt Reynolds when he was the Bandit. What’s up redneck roots?!?! ;)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:55 am
I should have mentioned my first noteable Hollywood crush was hands down Corey Haim. RIP BUDDY. :(
on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:55 am
I was in love with Devon Sawa (spelling? I’m too lazy to look it up). Then I found out he was dating Stephanie from Full House and it was all over.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:05 pm
So hilarious! I loved JTT too! I even wrote him a letter and got a signed picture of him in return.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:08 pm
OMG JTT!! I was sooo in love with him.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Um, who DIDN’T love JTT?!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:31 pm
LOL! That was my guess, every girl I knew was in love with him.
Also, I too had ridiculous hair clips on top of my head.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Ah, this post reminds me of playing MASH with my friends on the playground. Did you play that game?
I was totally in love with Nick Carter. I printed out pages and pages of photos of him off the internet and taped them all over my room.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
I had the MAJOR hots for Elijah Wood. Which is CA-REEPY to me now because he is SO weird looking!!! Little hobbit boy. But back in the day when he was in that movie “Huck”… I thought he was where it’s at. I cut out pictures of just his cute little face and kept them in a box under my bed. Ugh. I also had weird crushes on animated characters in Disney movies… but we just won’t go there.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:01 pm
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on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:14 pm
JTT and Andrew Keegan. I had every poster you could imagine on my wall.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I totally had glasses almost identical to those, only mine had purple and pink swirls on the sides… yeeeah.
I was head over heels for one Devon Sawa. I thought he was so dreamy in Casper and Now and Then. However I now see that he had terrible bowl like hair cut and a giant gap in between his teeth.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I had 2: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (still is, actually) and Taylor Hanson. But that was back in middle school. I think that in the 2nd grade, I was still kicking boys and running away and looking for chicken chuckers. chuggers? I still don’t know what they were called. Though, when I was watching Home Improvement I was totally more of Zachery Ty Brian gal.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:47 pm
JTT!!! I used to have his pictures stapled all over my walls. Honestly, what WERE we think? He looks downright creepy now. Ick. I can understand why some girls like Justin Bieber, but JTT? No.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 2:02 pm
hahaha! Look at that VEST! Don’t feel bad, I had a JTT AND a Rider Strong poster taped onto my closet… probably from Bop or Tiger Beat. Yes, that was LEGIT reading material back in the day.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
bah! i’m so glad that i wasn’t the only one who loved devon sawa.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 3:24 pm
I second devon sawa but my most embarassing crush was… mccauley culkin. It was those big pink lips. I was obsessed with him.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 4:48 pm
he was mine!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 4:48 pm
I totally had a massive crush on JTT when I was younger. So if you’re weird, than I’m weird right along with you.
Matter of fact, I think I had that exact poster (picture?) of him hanging in my closet, hidden from my parents. Heh.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Hanson – the band. I had a major crush on the ENTIRE band.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 5:17 pm
That is quite possibly the cutest little Morgan picture ever! And I had SO many homemade hair barrettes like that. How about a clear plastic bow with colorful beads inside?! Why hell yes!
I LOVED JTT. He was my all-time favorite. Then I also liked Rider Strong, but only because we had the same birthdate so I thought maybe that meant we were soulmates.
(also growing up my entire set of closet doors were covered with pages from Teen Beat, Bop, and any other teen mag I could get my hands on)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Devon Sawa was THE ONE for me. And JTT wasn’t too bad either. Loved them both pretty equally. And then there was Andrew Keegan. Be still my heart!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Same as you! JTT. Ah, that boy – I used to write him letters, littered with stickers and squirts of perfume that never ended up being sent. I, also, was sure we’d fall in love. I’m pretty sure I even cried over him one time.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I has a crush just as massive on him too, all my friends did. I really wonder what we were thinking!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 7:27 pm
I’m probably a decade older than you, but my crush was Chad Allen, who was on a show called *Our House* in the ’80s. I loved him so much and wanted him to love me so much that I sent him a photo of my much prettier friend in my fan mail package so that perhaps he’d actually write me back. He STILL didn’t. Jerk.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Scott Baio baby!
on July 22nd, 2010 at 9:14 pm
I couldn’t remember any of my embarrassing ones until I read the comments, Devon Sawa, I loved him! and also… Joey Lawrence. eek, I can’t believe I just admitted that lol. I also remember loving Luke Perry, but that’s not embarrassing, I still opening admit that
on July 22nd, 2010 at 9:16 pm
ugh. I meant “openly” admit that, daughter screaming her head off right now is not helping my brain connect to my fingers
on July 22nd, 2010 at 9:17 pm
morgan, what WERE you thinking? lol jokes
i am no better, i had pictures of vanilla ice all over my room. yes, i’m serious. and also new kids on the block. but i don’t apologize for them, they were hot. :p
on July 22nd, 2010 at 9:24 pm
omg, read all the comments after i posted, and i had forgotten about so many of those guys! hilarious.
i forgot to mention: i was *obsessed* with joshua jackson in mighty ducks. CHARLIE! so cute. and then he turned into pacey so i guess i was onto something.
on July 22nd, 2010 at 9:29 pm
that is too hilarious! In middle school one of my friends and I would fight over who was cuter – JTT or Jonathon Brandis. I was for Jonathon Brandis! :) It was a long battle with no clear winner.
When I was even younger I had a crush on Joey from NKOTB. When they were cool. The first time around. I was in 2nd grade. Since Joey was the youngest I thought I had the best chance with him. I actually remember thinking, hey, there’s only like an 8 year difference here… :) (Plus I thought Jordan had a monkey face. That’s what I called him, monkey face…)
on July 22nd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Rachel, Devon Sawa was a close 2nd! I loved him in Little Giants, lol! Look at his IMDB page now though.. he looks so old! :(
on July 23rd, 2010 at 9:46 am
Kimberly, you’re remembering wrong- Danny had the monkey face! :)
I totally crushed on the boys from Boy Meets World.
on July 23rd, 2010 at 6:11 am
I was so, so in love with Jonathan Brandis. I had 54 posters of him on bedroom walls and ceiling. Yes, 54. (I was very proud of the fact that I had way more posters than my friend who was also in love with him, which is why I remember the exact number.) Then a couple of years ago I Googled him to see what he looks like now only to find out that he died!
on July 23rd, 2010 at 8:07 am
I was in LOVE with JTT. I had posters and magazine pages taped all over my bedroom. And I even sent him a letter with an actual PHOTO of myself in it. How creepy is that? I am so embarrassed for Younger Me.
The other guy I had a huge crush on was Gabriel Damon – otherwise known as Spot from Newsies. Oh how I adored Gabriel Damon. I would watch Newsies over and over and over just to catch a glimpse of him.
on July 23rd, 2010 at 8:14 am
Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran-don’t judge me! LOL!
on July 23rd, 2010 at 8:23 am
Corey Haim and River Phoenix… sadly both passed away now, but both were serious cuties in the day.
on July 23rd, 2010 at 8:24 am
You guys are KILLING me!! I am seriously sitting here cracking up loud, alone in my office at work like a mental case. All the talk of sending photos and letters spritzed with perfume… you girls are the best.
on July 23rd, 2010 at 8:35 am
Nick Carter and his brother. Ohhhh boy, was I in love with him!
Oh! And Hoby from baywatch. Can’t even remember his real name. But Hoby… ohhhhhhhh Hoby was my guy, even before Nick and Aaron C.
on July 23rd, 2010 at 9:07 am
I loved JTT!! I was seriously obsessed!
Lets hope he doesn’t end up on Celebrity Rehab in a couple years (ya know thats what usually happens to the heart throbs)
on July 23rd, 2010 at 9:07 am
JTT, Devon Sawa, and Leonardo Dicaprio. Everyone makes fun of Leo but he’ll always have a place in my heart, hahahaha
on July 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 am
I have to agree with Jimaie! Andrew Keegan was hands down my favorite!
on July 23rd, 2010 at 10:07 am
I am a new follower of your blog and am also a 24 year old newly-ish wed, no babies yet though! Can’t wait for them. :) I just HAD to comment because you pretty much could have replaced your name (and the name alone, you could even leave the picture) with mine and it would all still have been true. My maiden surname is even Morgan. :D Anyway, yes, I was half retarded for JTT myself and was positive I was a long lost Olsen Twin.
Nice to meet you!
on July 23rd, 2010 at 11:05 am
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on July 23rd, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Oh JTT. He made me swoon too. :-D
on July 23rd, 2010 at 8:54 pm
My was JTT too. Just another reason we’ll never be able to fully integrate into society.
on July 24th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Oh wow! Looks very old!
on July 25th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
1. That shoestring hair bow is THA BOMB GURRRRRL! I had one my mom made me that was neon shoestrings. Holla!
2. JTT and the other two made an appearance at the mall when I was younger and some of their headshots were left there (not signed) when we went the next day and we grabbed a couple. I probably still have them to this day.
3. Those flowers he is holding are amazing. Were they for you?
4. I know I had a huge crush but I can’t even remember who it was. I’ll have to read through my old diary and see.
on July 25th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Mine was Leonardo Dicaprio–hands down! My best friend and I would spend hours rewatching his movies. It was pretty great.
on July 25th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
JONATHAN BRANDIS!
and then i found out he died a couple years ago. hadn’t thought of him in years. sad, huh?
p.s. “fluffy lesbian hairdo” = hysterical.
on July 26th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
ack, I loved him too! D: bahahahaha. I also loved Nick Lachey, and was devastated when he married Jessica Simpson, because until then I always kindof thought we could make it work.
I also always kindof hoped the guys from B4-4 would come to town and happen to run into me at the mall and think I was super cool and we’d be bff and then I’d date one of them.
and now it’s all like, Who? Who? and Who???? lol. sadface.
on July 26th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
I was into older men back then, thank goodness. I can always say that Sean Connery has been my forever crush. :) Anyone find recent pics of JTT? Just curious. :P
on July 29th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Daniel Radcliffe {from Harry Potter}. Oh ya, and I was 16.
Beat that ;)
lmfao
on August 5th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Haha ironically I had the same ridiculous crush…and I think the same thing now at 22 WTHell was I thinking??? P.S. Your blogs are magical! You write the things that I think about every day lol!
on November 2nd, 2010 at 8:45 am