When I was a kid, I was, uhh, how shall I put this? A little dramatic… to say the least. My parents used to call me Lady Godiva. Although I think more because I had long blonde hair and less because I chose to ride naked through town to oppose certain taxes…
Anyway, I genuinely thought (and perhaps a little part of me still does) that I was going to be famous. After watching movies like Cinderella or Grease, I would be instantly convinced that I was going to fall in love with some highly desirable Prince Charming/Danny Zuko type and I would be whisked away to some kind of castle/sunny-high-school-graduation fair.
Anyway, one year my mum’s best friend made my older sister this sweet granny’s nighty with penguins all over it. Boy was I jealous. Apart from being rather partial to penguins, I thought, in this nighty, my sister resembled both Cinderella and Sandy Olsson from this scene of Grease:
I obviously had to have one.
So I begged my mum’s friend to make it for me and she finally gave in.
Man I was SO chuffed.
I honestly, would sit in my room, wearing that little nighty, singing “hopelessly devoted to you” or just wishing I could go to the ball. In that nightdress, I felt like I was Cinderella.
Anyway this story is one that the parentals simply love to bring up to make me blush, and I figured, I may as well just get it over with and tell the entire world (or my 40 readers) myself.
So one night my parents were having this huge party and I was of course wearing my granny nighty. Mum asked me to go and clean up my toys and I was more than a little disgruntled because I wanted to stay at the party. So I stormed off to the play-room and as I was packing up my toys, it suddenly dawned on me; the dress, the situation….
All I wanted to do was be at the ball and my evil mother was making me do chores instead. And the fact that I was dressed in my Cinderella nighty made it all too obvious what needed to be done.
I was EXACTLY like Cinderella.
All I wanted to do was be at the ball and my evil mother was making me do chores instead. And the fact that I was dressed in my Cinderella nighty made it all too obvious what needed to be done.
So I marched out to that party to assert my dissatisfaction, in front of my parents and their 30 or so guests.
And, at the top of my voice, in the middle of the goings on I yelled:
“It’s Cinderella do this and Cinderella do that….
AND LOOK AT ME! I even have to wear rags………”
As I dramatically spun round to exit stage (or dining room), I was so bloody impressed with myself for finally being able to voice all that the unassertive Cinderella could not, that I don’t recall the eruption of laughter that my parents tell me occurred as a stormed off back down the hall to finish my chores….
Some mothers do have ‘em....
And even now you are still speaking your mind! Good on you girlfriend!
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I remember having a "princess" nightgown that I loved too. And singing along to Grease. Great story it made me smile. :)
HAHA great stuff, my elder sister was always the princess, i was more content with the tomboy role :)
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The dress I wanted MOST was Sleeping Beauty's dress. The one that the fairies make pink and blue. Remember the scene where they both hit it with magic pink and blue juice at the same time and it looks all wacky and punk?
That's what I wanted.
That, or Winona Ryder's red wedding dress in Beetlejuice.
What can I say? It was the 80s.
PS Great blog! We love you! Keep it up!
I got even more laughter when I used to wear a dress when I was a kid I bet...
Also: I have always thought that i would do something important. Not necessarily be "famous", but that I would change the world somehow. Since I was a kid I have felt this way. Does this make me a weirdo?
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Empress: Thanks, my fellow assertive sista!
Mynx- Princess night gowns were THE coolest. Especially because all the cool princesses were doing it.
Ginger: I was totally the tomboy too, but thou always covets thy older sister's night attire. Especially when said night attire resembles that of fairy tales.
Alexa- Yay! I am a little nervous about you reading this, seeing you're writing is so eloquent, well versed, vocabularily spectacular and stuff. But are you kidding me? I would have trampled over puppies and new born babies to own that sleeping beauty dress. That dress was the catalyst for my wanting this dress! Also, has to be said: In my school's grade 6 concert we did a musical montage and my roll was the bride from "going to the chapel and we're/ gonna get ma-ha-ha-harried..." and my mum had that dress as a costume she'd worn to a costume party and I TOTALLY WORE IT FOR THE CONCERT!! Coolest. Kid. Ever.
Emerson: Why am I not surprised? Any pictorial evidence of this period in your life? Please? You will change the world, one sandwich/fucked up television program at a time. Will email back this arvo x
I always fancied myself more of a (way hotter) Rizzo, to be honest. (I know. Shocking.)
Except the bit where Kinicky says, "I'll make an honest woman out of ya" and they rush off screan, making out, and presumably en-route to shag town USA.
FIRST - I've watched that damed film way too many times.
SECOND - Um...hello?? You're in danger of REPRODUCING!! Blech!! Birth control birth control birth control!!!
- B x
B- Baha! Want a little confession? I had NO idea that Kinicky was actually pulling a condom out of his wallet. I HONESTLY, SWEAR TO GOODNESS thought up until a less naive age that it was HIS LUCKY COIN!! No wonder that scene never made sense to me!
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Haha I love all your posts but this one had me laughing outta loud! Gold!! I can picture it all, I bet your parents have gotten lots of milage out of that one!! A great way to start a hellish Sunday morning of yr 12 marking!!
That was HI-LARIOUS. I have to say, I really really REALLY love Grease. I used to watch it all the time. I had the soundtrack when I was 9 or 10 years old and sang along to it ALL the time. So I definitely know that feeling about wanting desperately to be famous someday (hell, I still have it even).
I also remember when I was a very small girl (we're talking maybe 6 years old) I had my favorite Jasmine nighty that I wore all the time. And all my bedding was Beauty and the Beast. (I frequently liked to mix and match with my Disney characters).
Awesome story.
Love the blog.
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The Canadian does have a touch of the Danny Zuko's about him! Or is he more like the Cool Rider from Grease 2 when on his bike?
Frase!: Parents LOVE that one. Apparently I gave them endless entertainment when I was a kid. Good luck with the marking, I have about 20 Yr 12 English SACs to mark too and I am NOT looking forward to it!
Jera: I would have trampled over puppies to have ANYTHING Jasmine or Belle but my parents were a little anti-establishment and we used to watch these "fairytale theatre" versions of Cinderella etc which were AMAZING. Actually! Completely Random link, the step mum in this version of Cinderella is actually the same actress as that weird grumpy principle lady in Grease! Whod'a thunk?
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Anon: You're right ! He definitely does! Although I was utterly and irrevocably obsessed with the Cool Rider, Michael Carrington and always thought to myself I would have loved him regardless of him having a motorcycle...