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December 19, 2003
Toys in Babeland
As is her nearly daily practice, Girl-E pushed snooze unknowingly for 105 minutes this morning, lept out of bed murmuring "shit... shit... shit" at two second intervals, and stood in the middle of her bedroom contemplating just how overrated showers are. This morning's verdict was "quite". It was actually not work she was late for this time, but her weekly Old School Family Restaurant Breakfast Date with Girl-C. Work can wait. Omelets can not. Luckily, Girl-C's power had gone out overnight, so they arrived with groggy glee at exactly the same time.
Another complicating factor to the morning ablutions this morning was the need to bring necessary items for Girl-C's Christmas in Toyland party tonight. Promises of Transformers, My Little Ponies, and wine mean you don't have ask her twice. So, Girl-E's 15-minute preparation included about 7 minutes spent in the attic, murmuring shit... shit... shit..., tossing things about willy-nilly in search of the box labeled "millions of stuffed animals". While she didn't find that box (furtive glance at The Dude who's been trying to offload it for years), she did find the most important thing, which was her box of Cabbage Patch Kids. Including tote bag full of clothes. Only four of the original eight were in the box (shut up, really), but we're not going to worry about that at the moment. So she grabbed three, threw them in a bag and rushed out the door.
Have we mentioned she's 27?
Anyway, when she was finally safely on the moving train, she noticed Christine Lea's sandy-colored yarn-covered head peering out of the bag, and thought oh lord, what are all these people going to think about a grown woman schlepping around Cabbies? Then she realized that they wouldn't think twice about it-- they would assume she was taking them to donate to needy children for Christmas. Ha and ha.
Posted by The Twins at December 19, 2003 10:08 AM
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I was slightly disappointed, upon reading the headline "Toys in Babeland," to find out that this was not what you meant. But I'll get over it.
Posted by: Lex at December 19, 2003 02:15 PM
Yeah, yeah, I know. I did rip the title off from the website. Which I swear I only know about because I read Dan Savage religiously. Really.
Posted by: EV at December 19, 2003 02:22 PM
please don't tell me you have a beanie baby collection. no? please?
Posted by: snowy at December 19, 2003 03:39 PM
Oh no no no. Beanie Babies came out when I was at least a teenager, I did have the decency to only collect toys as a primary school student, obnoxious as those collections may have been.
No offense to my avid twenty-something Transformer collector friends.
Posted by: EV at December 19, 2003 03:43 PM