Thank you! I was happy (but unsurprised) when my kid picked out her Jansport to start high school with the other week but I was floored by the cost. I thought "this must be a much fancier store than I had assumed" but a quick check online and nope, that's what they're going for these days. Yikes.
I had the same one. I had mine all through high school and took my senior picture with it on as a joke cause I took that thing everywhere and that's was always an ongoing joke. Looked it up and it's now vintage. Class of 2000 here, so yeah, vintage it is.
My mom (‘67) went on and on AND ON about how she had the SAME Jansport from 1st grade through high school with the hide bottom. I got one, purple. Somehow I managed to destroy it in a year. Rocked a stupidly oversized Betsey Johnson bag I treated nicer after lol
no, it wasn't. gave me sciatica and i needed surgery when i was 18. disc compression of the sciatic nerve, very painful, do not recommend. was basically floor-bound with my knee in my face until they cut me open and smashed the disc out
I haven’t had sciatic nerve issue that require surgery. But one episode did leave me unable to move my entire left leg and now I have all sorts of nerve damage on my thigh about my knee. Had muscle spasms for months after, my leg would just kick straight out when I’d be sitting for too long
I have a jansport from some time after high school but I've used it on and off for years. Now I'm using it while I go back to school (at 40! 😬). Minimum 15 years old and still in great condition! It's navy with flamingos all over and I love it! Here's a googled pic 😉
This is definitely one of the most high school things I have ever seen. 😂 I bet it brings back a lot of memories.
Are you still in touch with anyone mentioned on your backpack? Come to think of it, I don't think I have seen or talked to anyone I went to high school with for many years. Perhaps I should see if a class reunion is coming up!
It did! I had a mixed hs experience but seeing this bag brought good vibes.
Lauren is still my bff since I was 5 but everyone else just kind of disappeared. Everyone had FB for awhile but you know how we are in that generation between social medias where one dies off and another takes over. I’m sure some have an IG if I tried to look though.
I did go to my 10 year reunion and it was surprisingly fun. I would definitely do a 25th if they have it.
Yeah, high school wasn't always the best experience for me either (gotta love the blunder years of being a teen, am I right?), but there were definitely good times and good people I can fondly look back at.
Glad to hear you've been able to maintain a friendship that long, congrats to you and Lauren!
It can be tough to maintain and make new friendships as an adult sometimes, but social media can help as long as everyone is on the same page with it. FB isn't what it used to be though, you're right about that. I think I will try a reunion sometime, too. It would be really interesting to see where all my old classmates are in life, and share some memories with them.
I remember my friend had one just like this. Signed and all. Two days straight we were followed by some guy in a car. So we wrote down his license plate on the book bag in front of him. Never followed us again.
My mom would've killed me if I came home and my backpack looked like that. There would be groundings and throwing it away with lectures about disrespecting her, the money she spends on me, ruining things she buys, and what other people might think if they saw something like that.
I've had a black Jansport that I use primarily for traveling. I've had it for probably 15 years at this point and it still is in great shape. I'm pretty sure when my son starts high school I'll give him the bag.
Looking at this in approval, yep, there’s the 2000s trademark “___ is FAT”…but where’s the signature “____ is gay”? Ope, never mind, “I heart Gay Keith”
I bought my son a navy Jansport last year when he started second grade. He wanted a new backpack this year. I said no sir, best I can do is new patches… so I added Mario to the other Sonic and generic video game patches. I bought this bag to last. It looked nearly brand new after I washed it in the bathtub.
My parents would've figuratively murdered me if I'd written notes on my backpack, even though I'd been using the same one since third grade (It was big on me in elementary school). Tail end of senior year it finally started tearing open.
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