The Influence of the World

A few reasons why I feel I have grown up to become the sort of person I am today:

1. I have delicious friends: 

Now, I'd like to think I made a really splendid choice with the group of friends I have, and I really do love them. But some of the tales and stories that I've been told over the years, as well as some of the activities we've been a part of (many include stalking favourite celebrities with cakes that have their faces on), it's no wonder I've turned out like this.

2. I grew up watching such entirely unsuitable films such as:

Monty Python; I blame my father, but Life of Brian and The Holy Grail probably weren't the best sort of material for a 7 year old, then again, I'm glad he did show us them. Blasphemy and the occasional nude man really did inspire me in later life I feel. Also A Clockwork Orange, because throwing in a bit of rape and ultra-violence doesn't damage a child in any way at all. I guess it's one way to expose classical music to those of a young age. Cultured, that's what we were.

3. I played with:

Never one to enjoy the stereotypical baby doll most young girls were given, often throwing them away in disgust, I opted for playing with a large jeep toy me and my sister had bought for us. It was excellent. And blue, and just glorious. Also play dough. Always moulding it into the most wonderful of phallic shapes. Those playgroup times. (Good video of that which I still own and show to people).

4. The games that me and my sister created sometimes involved:

There were a lot of unusual topics covered, that's for sure. One game was revolved around the novel Watership Down, and if anyone has ever seen it or read it, you know that film fucks you up as a child. So many underlying themes. Religious symbolism, Homer's Odyssey, my gosh, we were deep.

5. My first "crushes" were people like this: 

I do believe in a thing called love, Justin.

There's a reason The Labyrinth is my favourite film.

So, whilst most girls were probably fantasising over Disney stars or whatever, there I was, thinking, yeah... I like that. I like that a lot. Perhaps it was Justin's falsetto that done it for me. And "The Labyrinth" is a really good film, so there was no reason not to watch it again and again. Although perhaps a small part of it was the fact Bowie wore incredibly tight tights. Maybe.

Do it Hoggle.