When I was a little girl, we lived in Vegas for a while, and there was this organization called GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling). It was kind of a big deal in the mid-eighties in Las Vegas. I think I must have been five or six when I first watched it live with my dad and uncle.
Oh sure, all the girls wanted to be Americana, and I did too, but deep down inside of me, there was this one wrestler, Matilda the Hun, and oh I wanted to grow up to be just like her. I thought she was so mean and cool.
You know when you're a kid, you want to grow up to be the hero, but secretly, deep down, the campy villains are always more fun.
And since it was peak eighties, it meant that she had her own theme song, and of course it was a corny rap:
Being a kid in Vegas was kinda cool. My grandpa worked for the owner of Vegas World, and so I had access to the back rooms and corridors of a lot of the casinos at a young age. I was often left alone to wander around while my mom was at work or we were waiting to pick someone up. I got to see a lot of wild stage shows too.
Ah but instead of a mild mannered homeschool mom, just imagine, I could have been meaner than Matilda the Hun....
On second thought... it's good that we moved from Vegas, because that's not a pretty sight. lol
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EDIT:
Thanks guys for all the funny responses! I never realized that GLOW was something people watched all over the place. I thought it was just a local, Vegas thing.
Don't worry, I didn't want to be her all throughout my childhood. By the time I was eight or nine, my dream changed. I wanted to grow up to be a children's writer. It was a big passion of mine as a child, and you could often find me writing little books out of folded sheets of paper.
I think for a while in middle school, there was a supermodel craze and I wanted to be a model. Reality hit pretty fast, lol, and instead my dream changed to wanting to design clothing. I was obsessed with fashion design, sewing, crocheting, etc.
The dream of writing never left me, nor did the love of the fiber arts.
In my adult life, I became very interested in midwifery and natural medicine. I've studied natural medicine, botany, and herbalism for over twenty years now. I was in school for a while, studying for my undergraduate, so I could become a Direct Entry Midwife (in home prenatal care, homebirths, unassisted childbirth, etc). But then I got really ill.
You know what I want to do now? I want to be happy. I just want to be barefoot, wearing a long dress, and curl up in a hammock on a 65 degree day under a glade of trees, with a book, a journal, a set of colored pencils, some knitting and a tall glass of sweet tea, and just stay there forever.
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EDIT 2: Oh yes, and I just remembered. I lived most of my life at my other grandparents' ranch up in the high desert. My daddy and grandpa broke horses for people. We also owned a couple horses over the years. I remember when the blacksmith would come and I'd watch as he cleaned and dressed and shod the horse's feet. I was transfixed as I watched him heat and shape the shoe to fit the horse and then nail it on. It was something that I absolutely adored and always wanted to learn to do.
Oh sure, all the girls wanted to be Americana, and I did too, but deep down inside of me, there was this one wrestler, Matilda the Hun, and oh I wanted to grow up to be just like her. I thought she was so mean and cool.
You know when you're a kid, you want to grow up to be the hero, but secretly, deep down, the campy villains are always more fun.
And since it was peak eighties, it meant that she had her own theme song, and of course it was a corny rap:
Being a kid in Vegas was kinda cool. My grandpa worked for the owner of Vegas World, and so I had access to the back rooms and corridors of a lot of the casinos at a young age. I was often left alone to wander around while my mom was at work or we were waiting to pick someone up. I got to see a lot of wild stage shows too.
Ah but instead of a mild mannered homeschool mom, just imagine, I could have been meaner than Matilda the Hun....
On second thought... it's good that we moved from Vegas, because that's not a pretty sight. lol
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EDIT:
Thanks guys for all the funny responses! I never realized that GLOW was something people watched all over the place. I thought it was just a local, Vegas thing.
Don't worry, I didn't want to be her all throughout my childhood. By the time I was eight or nine, my dream changed. I wanted to grow up to be a children's writer. It was a big passion of mine as a child, and you could often find me writing little books out of folded sheets of paper.
I think for a while in middle school, there was a supermodel craze and I wanted to be a model. Reality hit pretty fast, lol, and instead my dream changed to wanting to design clothing. I was obsessed with fashion design, sewing, crocheting, etc.
The dream of writing never left me, nor did the love of the fiber arts.
In my adult life, I became very interested in midwifery and natural medicine. I've studied natural medicine, botany, and herbalism for over twenty years now. I was in school for a while, studying for my undergraduate, so I could become a Direct Entry Midwife (in home prenatal care, homebirths, unassisted childbirth, etc). But then I got really ill.
You know what I want to do now? I want to be happy. I just want to be barefoot, wearing a long dress, and curl up in a hammock on a 65 degree day under a glade of trees, with a book, a journal, a set of colored pencils, some knitting and a tall glass of sweet tea, and just stay there forever.
*********
EDIT 2: Oh yes, and I just remembered. I lived most of my life at my other grandparents' ranch up in the high desert. My daddy and grandpa broke horses for people. We also owned a couple horses over the years. I remember when the blacksmith would come and I'd watch as he cleaned and dressed and shod the horse's feet. I was transfixed as I watched him heat and shape the shoe to fit the horse and then nail it on. It was something that I absolutely adored and always wanted to learn to do.
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