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In honor of PJ20 - What were you up to 20 years ago?

JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,425
edited May 2011 in The Porch
What was your life like in 1991?

School, work, in jail, not yet born?
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    working as a dj in a bar in Volos Greece :)
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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    release23420release23420 Posts: 1,176
    being the only kid in grade school rockin a pj shirt

    :mrgreen:
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    mydogmookieblaylockmydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    about 5'6 hahahahahaha!
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    mrpink90mrpink90 Posts: 415
    lets see, april '91 i was 12 years old, finishing up 6th grade and playing lots of nintendo.
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,887
    I was 15 and discovering what would become my all-time favorite band.
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    Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,380
    Great thread! I was 10 years old and absolutely 100% OBSESSED with music. Before PJ it was AC/DC and Aerosmith, but after I became known as 'that Pearl Jam girl' in school. In fact, I'm still 'that Pearl Jam girl', so not much has changed for me in 20 years!! :oops:

    Anyone else remember recording music videos onto VHS tapes back in the day? I found those recently and realized that Jeremy and Alive were likely to be recorded at least 3 or 4 times on just about every tape I had!
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    conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    i was in kindergarten 8-)
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    its just gishits just gish San Antonio, TX Posts: 880
    In 2nd grade, living in Italy.
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    ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    I was 24, working at an outdoor clothing supplier, living with my boyfriend (who's now my hubby).
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    jamminpearlsjamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    Puberty!!
    Go Birds!!!!
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    Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    Trying to figure out who I was, trying to figure out what to be. Barely out of HS and wanted a family. 20 years later I have 27 kids.... Err... Just kidding.

    I have 4 kids, 1 grand kid and am set to be married a 3rd time. I couldn't be any happier.
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,286
    Getting ready for my wedding little did i know that later in the yr in November i would see PJ for the 1st time , so for me this YR is full of ANNIVERSARIES ..
    20 yrs of marriage
    20 yrs of 1ST PJ show .. 8-)
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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    cindbricindbri Posts: 88
    JimmyV wrote:
    I was 15 and discovering what would become my all-time favorite band.

    This.

    I'll never forget the day my friend (still best friends and PJ road trip companions) told me to come over after school and check out this band he couldn't stop listening to. The obsession hasn't stopped since.
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    BigairbruceyBigairbrucey Posts: 141
    chasing "bowheads" and booze in Baton Rouge
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    New York MSG night 2 2010
    Montreal Bell Centre 2011
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    Mitch8415Mitch8415 Posts: 227
    20 years ago I was 13 years old and finishing up 7th grade. I remember coming home from a track meet and someone throwing Nirvana onto the bus tape player, and it blowing everyone's minds... We got our hands on PJ Ten shortly after that... and the rest is history.
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    Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,479
    Just out of college, working the first job, getting laid off during the last recession and spending the rest of the summer fishing all over mass and ct. Great summer.
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    washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    i apparently asked my mom for a brother. she likes telling that story of me being 2 years old and how she didn't want another kid until i asked her for one. when my brother was born in may i thought he looked like a peanut.
    PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
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    gn245758gn245758 Posts: 6
    working in a foundry making garbage disposers rocking to led zep, acdc.the doors did"nt know who pearl jam was till 1995 thank you joe my brother in law took me to pearl jam summerfest 1995 concert sponserd by no one
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    BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    i was 16, so Cuttin school, drinkin. Practicing my swing for when i made it to the majors.
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    iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    I was 9 years old, going on 10...I think at this time 20 years ago I would have been in 4th grade...wasn't interested in music yet, that didn't happen until about 1994, and what a fantastic year for music that was! Became a PJ fan in high school, around 1998.
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    Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    What was your life like in 1991?

    School, work, in jail, not yet born?


    I was in first grade.
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    pjfansince10pjfansince10 Posts: 49
    Finishing up my junior year of high school and thinking i knew everything...little did i know, i didn't know shit about anything. PJ fuckin' rocks!
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    ChrisileinChrisilein Vienna/Austria Posts: 3,878
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    tenvsvitatenvsvita Colorado Posts: 20
    December 1991, I was 14 years old, living in Austin - Shopping with my best friend Ann for Christmas presents. Ran into a cassette tape in a music store: "Pearl Jam - Ten." It sounded really familiar, and my brother (and myself of course) was a huge music fan, so I bought it. The intention was to give it to him as a Christmas gift. On the way home, we popped it in to have a listen.

    My brother never got the tape. I kept it. Completely fell in love. Unbeknownst to me, I had just missed their tour with RHCP that month..... but got to see them on April 28, 1992 with Swervedriver/Monster Magnet and Soundgarden at Austin City Coliseum. It was incredible! I touched Eddie's shoe when he dove into the crowd... :-D

    PJ has been a staple in my life ever since... My 6 year old nephew says his favorite band is Pearl Jam, and I cannot wait to take him to his first PJ show!
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    Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    I was 2 years old, probably getting my diaper changed :lol:
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    washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    Lukin66 wrote:
    I was 2 years old, probably getting my diaper changed :lol:
    holla!
    PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
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    themessengerthemessenger Dallas Posts: 1,320
    mrpink90 wrote:
    lets see, april '91 i was 12 years old, finishing up 6th grade and playing lots of nintendo.

    Same here I was in junior high and rocking to a dubbed tape of Ten on my Walkman and dominating Super Mario 3 on my NES.
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    FrankieGFrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,095
    I was 1 year old in 1991. :lol:
    I would guess that I cried a lot and like Barney. :roll:
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    Illridethewave20Illridethewave20 Posts: 491
    I was 11-It was pre-Pearl Jam or even Nirvana. but I started listening about 1993. I was probably on the softball field or in school.
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    Black73Black73 Posts: 1,018
    High school beer party on a Friday night. Remembering someone playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and not getting why everyone was all gaga over it while they nearly wore the tape out replaying it over and over. Not too long after that, saw PJ vid on MTV, and thought it was "more Nirvana" at first - then hit another beer party and was exposed to Ten start to finish...realized it was on a whole different level than Nirvana.

    Came to appreciate Nirvana after that, and can proudly say Ten was musical awakening.
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