🏡PLP's Bazaar of the Bizarre: A Study Hall for the Deviant and Delightful

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So I went to see Barbie this weekend, alongside an army of people. It was amazing and hilarious and clever and feminist. But I was also overwhelmed with nostalgia. See.... I WAS a Barbie girl. I loves the hair and the outfits. I was obsess with my Barbie Fold n Fun Dollhouse (I've found one on ebay but I can't make myself buy it for that many 000s). But most of all, I loved playing pretend and making up huge, overly complicated stories. There was always a fight or a murder or an affair or something completely over the top dramatic and looking back I see how much that toy and that play shaped me as a kid.

What was your favorite toy growing up? Do you think it shaped you in anyway as an adult?
 
So I went to see Barbie this weekend, alongside an army of people. It was amazing and hilarious and clever and feminist. But I was also overwhelmed with nostalgia. See.... I WAS a Barbie girl. I loves the hair and the outfits. I was obsess with my Barbie Fold n Fun Dollhouse (I've found one on ebay but I can't make myself buy it for that many 000s). But most of all, I loved playing pretend and making up huge, overly complicated stories. There was always a fight or a murder or an affair or something completely over the top dramatic and looking back I see how much that toy and that play shaped me as a kid.

What was your favorite toy growing up? Do you think it shaped you in anyway as an adult?

I had Barbies growing up as well, my brother had action men, his action men used to kidnap my Barbies and then hold them to ransom. If I didn't pay he cut off their hair or pulled their limbs off and sent me pieces in envelopes. I have recently learnt that my parents were very concerned about this at the time although he has turned out okay in the end.
 
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So I went to see Barbie this weekend, alongside an army of people. It was amazing and hilarious and clever and feminist. But I was also overwhelmed with nostalgia. See.... I WAS a Barbie girl. I loves the hair and the outfits. I was obsess with my Barbie Fold n Fun Dollhouse (I've found one on ebay but I can't make myself buy it for that many 000s). But most of all, I loved playing pretend and making up huge, overly complicated stories. There was always a fight or a murder or an affair or something completely over the top dramatic and looking back I see how much that toy and that play shaped me as a kid.

What was your favorite toy growing up? Do you think it shaped you in anyway as an adult?
So I remember having GI Joes and various other toys, but I don't have strong memories of these being that important.
What I do remember are the "monkey bars" in my backyard. It was a mountain, a ship (hmm), a spaceship, a tank, anything I wanted. I remember hours with friends and alone spent imagining incredible adventures. I've always had a good imagination, and I think that has helped me both in my career (creativity is important) and in writing for Lit.
I also remember my micro-scope and some other things like that (I had an insect collection for a while, and a pet snake). While I didn't go into the bench or field sciences, I think the early ideas of scientific exploration and methods have been important too.
 
I also remember my micro-scope and some other things like that . . . I think the early ideas of scientific exploration and methods have been important too.
I had a microscope too. I thought having it in my room would make me smart. It didn’t work out that way. Apparently you’re supposed to know what you’re looking at under the microscope and take notes or whatever.

I thought the information would travel through my eye and into my brain. I remember wanting to tell my science teacher that I owned a microscope and therefore it was impossible that I was failing science, but she disagreed.

Fucking bullshit, man!
 
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