Saturday, April 30, 2011

"It's so fluffy, I'M GONNA DIE!!!"

Just pullin' this over from FB (:



Those of you who know the the movie that line comes from, well done; you now have my blessing, and are therefore even MORE officially awesome than you were before you started reading this.   Mmhmm, I know - you're welcome (:

But, really, Despicable Me is an amazing movie, all the way down to the kitten book and the music that gets stuck in your head.  Me though?   I love the unicorn parts.  Partly because unicorns are just a sexier version of horses; partly because they are adorable, not-important segments of the movie that most people forget and therefore make them more charming; mostly because the little girl named Agnes reminds me so much of myself.   Packaged up into that little ball of high-voiced animation, are so many parts of me - of my past, and, yes, even my present.

Unicorns were never really an "in" thing when I was younger, but horses.... OH BOY, HORSES!  Now that was my thing.  I had horse everything.... horse quilt, horse pictures, horse books, horse toys, real horse tack, you name it.
One sucky thing about getting older though, is that it is expected of you to lose that little-kid excitement and all-consuming infatuation that grips you when you are young.  So, like "normal" kids, my passion for equines faded to the point of hardly being mentioned.  Or, so people thought.

"Thought."  That is the key word.  In some ways, yes, the all-consuming part of my love for horses has ebbed away, but the parts of me that used to love horses so much are still there.   No one knows that I still own all that horse tack... tried to get rid of some of it, but somehow end up not being able to do it "this time 'round," and put it away; or that when I go through my things and come across that box, I lovingly take out each piece and spend a moment in dream-land, or take a stroll down memory lane.
And, HO BOY. The 21st century is perfect for anyone in my situation, because unicorns are cooooool!!! I mean, think about all the amazing ways that unicorns have blessed our society!  Art, movies, toys, tattoos, stuffed animals, PILLOWS, youtube videos ("Come to Candy Mountain, Charlie..."  Best. EVER.), everything! Just re-direct your love, and you'll still be in! haha!

So... let's just say that that little girl inside of me didn't ever fade away... I simply have a kosher way of revealing it now ;)    (*singing*  "Unicorns, I love them; unicorns, I love them. Uni-uni-unicorns, I looooooove them." )

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