yes, ally mcbeal. I know it’s a shitty show, but I was watching it that night because robert downy jr. was on it & for some godforsaken reason, I cried. but I’m not ashamed, I like tons of shitty stuff.
and sarah, huggies commercials? ha fucking ha! you win!
this made me feel a little scared, but eh. we all have skeletons in our closets. i still like you, julia!
p.s. i was forced to learn piano, but i hated it because my grandma went crazy/nazi when she was teaching me. and my first cd? well… i’ll let this link speak for me.
Do you still have bellarina buns? Those are cute. I can’t remember what my first CD was. It was pretty shamefully either the soundtrack to Indian Jones and the Last Crusade or Alanis Morisette. teehee
I know my first tapes were the Ghostbusters soundtrack and Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill, that I got on the same day when I was about 7 or 8 years old. One of my friend’s brothers had the Beastie Boys and I thought it was so damn rad as a child. My grandad bought it for me because he thought “Beastie Boys” sounded like a children’s group. Then my parents read him the riot act after they heard what I was listening to. Sorry, Stanley!
By the time you get to be my age (my first record was a 45 RPM of the damned BEACH BOYS!) you will have started and stopped and quit and started again 43 other things, interests and such. If you MUST judge yourself, (’cuz that’s what you’re doing here) wait until you are at a point where you can see what parts of all those things you kept. If you kept some of the good from any of that stuff, you got it right.
From this old fart’s perspective, you’re doing just fine.
Julia, only be embarrassed if you’ve ever had a mullet haircut. That would warrant serious regret and embarrassment. Serious.
I’m not really judging myself, just having a good ole’ laugh at my own expense. I don’t regret any of these things because, no matter how embarrassing they may be now, they led me to where/who I am now. which is a 180 of the above, but hey, at least I got here somehow.
and the Beach Boys were my first concert when I was 2 at the Napa Town & Country Fair. I fell asleep.
//I’m not really judging myself, //
Good. Sometimes I get the idea that you’re pretty hard on yourself. No need to be, unless you had that mullet I was talkin’ about.
//they led me to where/who I am now. which is a 180 of the above, but hey, at least I got here somehow.//
Again, where you are now and where you are going seem to be pretty good places, all things considered, J.
I understand about the twisted path we follow until we apparenlty “arrive”. Hell, I used to be a professional magician, a “Dr. T in the Night” radio voice dude, disco DJ, struggling actor, rock climbing instructor, prep chef, sporting goods sales scum, and other job which are like noplace to where I am now.
//and the Beach Boys were my first concert when I was 2 at the Napa Town & Country Fair. I fell asleep. //
I saw them right after I graduated from college (yeah, a bazillion years ago) and I was hoping that they would be so totally cool and sound “just like their records”. My god, they sounded terrible.
A couple of months later, I saw The Pretenders. They were spot on perfection.
Hey, all that stuff is good. The more ya know, the more ya do, the more you can write about. And for a while Ally McBeal was a really good, fucked up show. It stayed on the air too long, though, like most American t.v. shows.
As for the Christian thing…well, they’ve been getting it wrong for years, so you might be better off NOW (even if your Dad wouldn’t think so)!
My most embarassing first was a load of crap for a penny - through one of those record of the month clubs. They sell only weak junk that ends up for sale in the dollar bins at grocery checkouts. Edgy is out.
1. Always wanted to…
2. Played for 10 years, quit at 16
3. Mariah was also my 1st CD…but I had a few cassette tapes before…don’t listen to her ever now.
4. Ditto…except for the Reverend part. I quit around 14
5. Didn’t watch Ally McBeal, but I did watch & cry during Friends…*shrugs*
6. Nice! I like Newsies.
No…I don’t hate you…I find we are some what similar.
I bonded with another girl at a party last weekend through our shared secret shame over the fact that we can never hear or read any mention of Santa Fe without getting that song from Newsies stuck in our heads:
“Santa Fe, my old friend…”
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March 22nd, 2007 at 10:14 am
No shame in Newsies! I’d pork Christian Bale at any age.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:43 am
should i rent newsies?
also, i am never confessing ever! i am still fighting the good fight silent as a grave.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 am
Ally McBeal?
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:39 am
Wait, so did you quit God for Newsies? Because I think that’s a fair play.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 am
also done the ballet and piano thing for years, as a kid. quit after both teachers pissed me off.
hmm, and for some reason I always though you were jewish. you look like one of us, the chosen ppl, you see
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
The Bodyguard soundtrack was my first CD. HA! Beat ya! And I’ve cried during Huggies commercials.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:05 pm
yes, ally mcbeal. I know it’s a shitty show, but I was watching it that night because robert downy jr. was on it & for some godforsaken reason, I cried. but I’m not ashamed, I like tons of shitty stuff.
and sarah, huggies commercials? ha fucking ha! you win!
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:08 pm
this made me feel a little scared, but eh. we all have skeletons in our closets. i still like you, julia!
p.s. i was forced to learn piano, but i hated it because my grandma went crazy/nazi when she was teaching me. and my first cd? well… i’ll let this link speak for me.
http://www.joeandmonkey.com/comic/20050329.gif
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Do you still have bellarina buns? Those are cute. I can’t remember what my first CD was. It was pretty shamefully either the soundtrack to Indian Jones and the Last Crusade or Alanis Morisette. teehee
I know my first tapes were the Ghostbusters soundtrack and Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill, that I got on the same day when I was about 7 or 8 years old. One of my friend’s brothers had the Beastie Boys and I thought it was so damn rad as a child. My grandad bought it for me because he thought “Beastie Boys” sounded like a children’s group. Then my parents read him the riot act after they heard what I was listening to. Sorry, Stanley!
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Actually, having been through similar stuff, it makes me like you more. (Well, except for the crying during Ally McBeal, that’s just wrong
)
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:01 pm
By the time you get to be my age (my first record was a 45 RPM of the damned BEACH BOYS!) you will have started and stopped and quit and started again 43 other things, interests and such. If you MUST judge yourself, (’cuz that’s what you’re doing here) wait until you are at a point where you can see what parts of all those things you kept. If you kept some of the good from any of that stuff, you got it right.
From this old fart’s perspective, you’re doing just fine.
Julia, only be embarrassed if you’ve ever had a mullet haircut. That would warrant serious regret and embarrassment. Serious.
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:04 pm
I’m not really judging myself, just having a good ole’ laugh at my own expense. I don’t regret any of these things because, no matter how embarrassing they may be now, they led me to where/who I am now. which is a 180 of the above, but hey, at least I got here somehow.
and the Beach Boys were my first concert when I was 2 at the Napa Town & Country Fair. I fell asleep.
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I recently worked with a girl who wore a custom-made “Newsies” hat nearly every single day. Damn, you kids make me feel old.
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:16 pm
//I’m not really judging myself, //
Good. Sometimes I get the idea that you’re pretty hard on yourself. No need to be, unless you had that mullet I was talkin’ about.
//they led me to where/who I am now. which is a 180 of the above, but hey, at least I got here somehow.//
Again, where you are now and where you are going seem to be pretty good places, all things considered, J.
I understand about the twisted path we follow until we apparenlty “arrive”. Hell, I used to be a professional magician, a “Dr. T in the Night” radio voice dude, disco DJ, struggling actor, rock climbing instructor, prep chef, sporting goods sales scum, and other job which are like noplace to where I am now.
//and the Beach Boys were my first concert when I was 2 at the Napa Town & Country Fair. I fell asleep. //
I saw them right after I graduated from college (yeah, a bazillion years ago) and I was hoping that they would be so totally cool and sound “just like their records”. My god, they sounded terrible.
A couple of months later, I saw The Pretenders. They were spot on perfection.
Oh yeah…this is a good comic, lady.
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:43 pm
“Newsies” made me gay.
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:27 pm
dude! i totally quit ballet at age 11 too! except change ballet to “masturbating” and change quit to “started”
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Dear Whoever Nick Is,
ME too!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:45 am
Hey, all that stuff is good. The more ya know, the more ya do, the more you can write about. And for a while Ally McBeal was a really good, fucked up show. It stayed on the air too long, though, like most American t.v. shows.
As for the Christian thing…well, they’ve been getting it wrong for years, so you might be better off NOW (even if your Dad wouldn’t think so)!
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:26 am
I fucking love Newsies. When I visited Santa Fe, well, you can imagine the looks I got.
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:11 am
I didn’t like you anyway, so you’re in the clear.
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:19 am
My wife is retarded for NEWSIES. Christian Bale, too… She saw BATMAN IS BEGINNIG like three times, and I didn’t even think it was that good.
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:22 am
pointe?! im so jealous =/
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:12 am
My most embarassing first was a load of crap for a penny - through one of those record of the month clubs. They sell only weak junk that ends up for sale in the dollar bins at grocery checkouts. Edgy is out.
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I’ve got 15 years of classical french horn (including one worthless music degree). I wouldn’t feel so bad about your piany.
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:58 pm
the newsies is awesome!
on the dvd extras they have newsies sing alongs, and its the shit.
shut up.
March 24th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
dude, you were 16 when we started hanging out… please tell me i had something to do with you breaking up with jesus. please.
March 28th, 2007 at 11:07 am
go get ‘em cowboy! you got ‘em now boy!
March 28th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
haha!!! sweeet!!!
April 1st, 2007 at 1:19 am
1. you started ballet when you were 4?!
6. never, ever ever quit newsies.
June 8th, 2007 at 11:44 am
#4 does not surprise me.
February 24th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Newsies is basically the best thing ever.
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I love the newsies! me and my best friend know all the words too.
March 7th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
You like Newsies, you just became my favorite person ever. And it is nothing to be ashamed of.
August 30th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Love these (just found them).
And I’m a PK too!
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:41 am
1. Always wanted to…
2. Played for 10 years, quit at 16
3. Mariah was also my 1st CD…but I had a few cassette tapes before…don’t listen to her ever now.
4. Ditto…except for the Reverend part. I quit around 14
5. Didn’t watch Ally McBeal, but I did watch & cry during Friends…*shrugs*
6. Nice! I like Newsies.
No…I don’t hate you…I find we are some what similar.
January 18th, 2009 at 6:04 am
i think i like you more now. we all have an embarrassing past. mine would make some people cross the street when they saw me coming.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
yes!! newsies is the best ever, seriously. my sister and I sang through the entire soundtrack just today. never quit newsies.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
My first CD was Ricky Martin.
OUTSIDE, INSIDE OUT! LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOCA!
…I’m gonna go shoot myself now.
November 1st, 2009 at 5:46 pm
[...] can read the first comic about this here these all seem to revolve mostly around dancing, singing and religion, which is funny because the [...]
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 am
Haven’t you watched Brothers & Sisters? Making you cry is Calista Flockhart’s superpower.
November 8th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I bonded with another girl at a party last weekend through our shared secret shame over the fact that we can never hear or read any mention of Santa Fe without getting that song from Newsies stuck in our heads:
“Santa Fe, my old friend…”