Comments | cieo: Treasure hunting

cieo

Treasure hunting

Mar 23, 2006 00:40

I wanted Barbies when I was a little girl. I didn't see the cheap fabric, the plastic shoes that Barbie couldn't even stand on, the gaudy use of glitter, the fact that Barbie was closer anatomically to a typical wasp than a woman. I saw the seeds of my own homemade theater instead, my beautiful actors packaged in cardboard castles. As an only child ( Read more... )

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Ooh! Ooh! packsherbags March 23 2006, 06:26:33 UTC

That's the first of the only two Nancy Drew books I ever owned (and the other was from the later stuff, which I didn't like as much), though I read them a lot too. Good choice. =)

Re: Ooh! Ooh! cieo March 23 2006, 06:31:26 UTC

I had the first 12 in order, but the rest I got through the library. Well, not all of them, but a lot of them.

Costco started selling them in packs of four so I got the 13-16 pack. I started reading them for fun, but I just couldn't do it. I like the idea of Nancy Drew, but I guess I'm too old for it now. It was a very sad day.

resipsacrap March 23 2006, 11:40:56 UTC

Nice post! I used to be a huge Nancy Drew fan and have a couple of them stowed somewhere back home. But when I tried to read it last year, I found myself scoffing at how archaic and quaint the whole thing was. I can still read it, though!

cieo March 23 2006, 21:52:51 UTC

SO archaic, although I can no longer read them for different reasons.

akdidge March 23 2006, 17:54:58 UTC

I have a confession to make. I used to read Encyclopedia Brown. That is all.

cieo March 23 2006, 21:08:35 UTC

Why is that embarrassing? Unless by "used to," you mean to say five years ago ;)