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Acid washed: ’90s high schoolers caught on tape

Depending on your age, Josh Burdick’s 45-minute slice-of-life home video “April 1990 - Video I Shot Of My Typical Day Of a High School Student,” is either a nostalgia trip or strange alien artifact of a bygone era. There’s no real attempt at a narrative through-line here. Instead, it’s exactly what it says on the cardboard case, starting with the then 18-year-old Burdick waking up to his alarm clock and making breakfast and ending some time around the end of the school day.

Even the act of being filmed is cause for sheepishness or intrigue, rather than being simply a natural part of a teenager’s life. It’s an authentic glimpse into a seminal time for another generation.

-The blue and yellow ones that go POW

-The purple-y durple guys that make that dope krackling noise

“In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Perhaps it’s fate that today is Groundhog Day, and we once again find ourselves wondering if the winter will last another six weeks. A metaphoric winter, I mean, of this alien invasion.”

“…Perhaps it’s fate that today is Administrative Professonals’ Day, and we once again find ourselves, um, buying mugs from The Hallmark Store to show our appreciation for our co-workers. Mugs of courage. And the co-workers are, like, our fellow humans. And obviously not an actual Hallmark Store. (whispers to self) You’re blowing it, Whitmore!”

“…Perhaps it’s fate that today is Independence Day. Icelandic Independence day. And we – or at least those of us who are Icelandic – once again find ourselves fighting for our freedom. From the Danish. It makes sense if you think about it, I promise.”

“…Perhaps it’s fate that today is Chinese New Year, and we find ourselves standing as proud as the noble, um, what’s this the year of? The rat? Okay, not very noble. Shit. Fuck.”

“…Perhaps it’s fate that today is the first day of Oktoberfest, and most of you appear to be drunk. Speaking of which, may I ask who plans on flying in less than an hour? Wow, like the drunkest ones.”

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G'day team,

Last night there was an accident at the velociraptor paddock and Geoffrey was eaten. I think we’ve been getting reckless around the dinosaurs lately, so I’m making the following changes to park protocol: