I was reminded today of my weirdness as a child. We were discussing our favorite movies from childhood. Mine was definitely The Neverending Story. Well, as a 6 year-old I became obsessed with the idea that someone could be watching my "movie" right now. I tried to do everything as exciting and dramatic as possible, from brushing my teeth to doing my homework. I didn't want anyone to be bored if they were watching my life. I even reenacted my favorite movie on a daily basis (I suppose I didn't think that that would be boring). As soon as I came home from school, my parents would give me 2 hours to do whatever I wanted to before I had to start my homework. The Neverending Story was about an hour and a half...so it was perfect. I would push play and reenact the entire thing from start to finish...complete with props. I had a huge stuffed dog that became my Falkor. I had an obnoxiously large pin that was my grandmothers, this became my Auryn. A stuffed horse was Artax and a necklace draped across my forehead made me the Childlike Empress. This obviously impacted my decision to take part in theater later in life.

I had another theory too. I believed even though "they" said the world was round, it was actually flat and that we all had someone directly under us who was doing the same exact thing at the same exact moment. My identical upside person was of Asian decent and name Kaita. I don't know...perhaps it was my take on an imaginary friend, even though we never talked. I just imagined her doing the same thing I was. We had no dialogue.

I had more theories, but I'm afraid that you might think me weirder than I already am. Which I don't necessarily mind...but we'll save the theory talk for another day.

Tuesday, August 10, 2004 | 4:08 PM | LINK |