supplicium post mortem

Most of my childhood tgi play involved my dolls. As previously discussed (but where? on Twitter?), I never spanked my dolls (that would have made me Mean, and I wasn’t Mean, I was Nice!), but they certainly spanked each other. It’s a cold, rainy day here in Gotham, so it seems like a good time to dig some pictures out from wherever old pictures lurk.

These were taken by my own fair hand with one of those cameras the size of a milk-duds box, where you advanced the film with your thumb. Sort of like this:

Except I didn’t get mine off the back of a Minute Maid can. Anyway, remember the pink bedroom in that story The Visit? Here it is, gray dollhouse to the right just off camera:

Here we have Mother Goose looking the formidable schoolmistress. Her pupils (front to back) are Daisy (who has seen better days, and actually looks like she needs a visit from mental health services), Heather (Holly Hobby doll), Annie, and Holly (Holly Hobby doll). I did not actually name any of them. I always like the Holly Hobbies because they dressed very Little House on the Prairie. Anyhow, Mother Goose had better keep her eye on Holly and Annie, if you ask me. If they could be played by real girls, I would cast… oh, how could I choose with candidates like Jessica, Emma Jane, Eliane, Haron, Caroline, Mija, just to name a few internationally renowned schoolgirls?? Vote in comments, kids.

Next up, the orphanage dolls. The photo is blurred to hide their real identities, ha ha, but here they are, all lined up for inspection:

Cute costumes, right? These orphan girls slept in bunk beds, sang “It’s a Hard Knock Life” and suffered constant, mean whacking from the orphanage master and matron, played by Mr. and Mrs. Sunshine, who, when they weren’t impersonating orphanage wardens, drove around with their cute little baby in a camper van spreading peace and love.

It was constant drama in the pink bedroom. How I found time for homework and play practice, I’ll never know.

Mom & Dad: if you’ve been lurking and now, after seeing these pix, have to acknowledge that this is indeed me – Ohai!!