Disco Heaven

May 4th, 2011

Hey, do you guys remember when I was all uppity about girls’ clothes, and how I didn’t want my kid stereotyped and I was all, where are the basic primary colors? Let us all rejoice in neutrals! Down with the princess stereotype, because MY kid will be different!

This is Sam’s favorite shirt in the whole world:

Excuse the funny angle, as it’s half in the sink after taking it off of her, but you get the idea, yes? It’s a silkscreen of a cat with a SEQUIN CROWN on its head — a pink sequin crown, no less — with the words, “Love being a princess” written behind the cat, over and over and over again.

Friends, my kid is the lady with the cat sweatshirt. She LOVES this thing. If it’s clean, she asks for it, and if it isn’t, God help us all. And no, if you were wondering, I didn’t buy it — her auntie Faith, Adam’s sister, did. That it came with a purple velour track suit with sequin tuxedo stripes is almost beside the point at this stage, am I right?

It just makes me laugh, how smug I was. Because while it’s true, I could have hidden the shirt if I was that uptight, I also knew she’d love the damn thing and you know what? She does. I also will admit to secretly hoping this happens to hipster parents who ironically dress their infants in rock T-shirts and funky vintage clothing while crowing about their toddler’s amazing taste in music. (“She LOVES Mumford and Sons! She asks for them by name!”)

Yes, I secretly hope those people wake up one day with a two-year-old who begs for Lady Gaga and dances merrily around the room clad only in a T-shirt with a sequin-crowned kitty on it. Call me petty, but there it is.

ANYWAY, I don’t even know what happened to the last week, there. I went out to dinner with a friend, we spent the weekend driving around and tooling around in this glorious, glorious weather and then, BADOW! it’s Wednesday and we almost have to do it again, and while I love this life, sometimes the weeks just fly by without even realizing it, because nothing monumental was ACCOMPLISHED, you know? Oh, sure, I spent an hour and a half folding laundry tonight, but GOD HELP ME, I WILL DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW.

(Note, this is not unique to at-home people, this is just, sadly, LIFE. I mean, unless you’re a surgeon who saves lives, in which case you can be all, I REMOVED TEN BRAIN TUMORS THIS WEEK. And then I’ll clap you on the back like, WAY TO GO, DEREK SHEPHERD. I UNLOADED THE DISHWASHER THREE TIMES.)

I can’t complain, though, because it’s nice out, and we can go to the park and hang with friends, and I’ll take it, you know? I was reminded today that while it’s nice to want things for your future, if you spend too much time agonizing over them, you miss your life. Which, last time I checked, is happening right now. Silly little platitude, but it really helped.

Unfortunately, it is not enough to stop me from continuing to slog through Stephen King’s It, and hey, anyone want to talk about a book that was published almost 25 years ago? NO? After loving the shiznit out of my very FIRST Stephen King, Bag of Bones (seriously, in my top five favorite books ever. SERIOUSLY), Adam was up my ass to read It. “Have you read It? Have you read It?” So I, after finishing The Passage on vacation, and continuing with a nice, if unremarkable diversion of Neverwhere and The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, finally started It.

And now, what, two weeks later? I’m 400 pages into it, which, if you can believe it, IS NOT EVEN HALFWAY and I … NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. Also, I BLAZE through books, usually, so for me to only cover 400 pages in two weeks is Not Good. And then it turns out that Adam doesn’t think he was thinking of It when he was so effusive in his recommendation and, in fact, has never even READ THE BOOK, and might have only seen the movie (miniseries?), and I AM VAGUELY MURDEROUS OVER HERE, because now I am IN THIS SHIT, but also procrastinating like a mo’ fo’, because NOTHING IS HAPPENING.

The last time I felt this way was when my book club picked Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace, which I HATED, despite my love for literally every other thing the woman has ever written. I wanted to give up so many times, but NO! My devotion to book club kept me going. Naturally, I arrived at book club to find that I was the ONLY ONE TO HAVE MADE IT THROUGH, as every other person in the room gave up.

While Jesus may have turned water into wine, the real miracle is that I didn’t throw my wine at the room at large, because MY GOD. MY GOD.

Besides, the new Sookie Stackhouse is here, but NO. I AM STILL READING IT.

I hope you have a great Thursday.

(PS, if you’re wondering, yes, I added ads back. I joined Federated Media via the Clever Girls Collective and … I hope they aren’t making your eyes bleed too much.)

*Lady Gaga, natch.

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97 Comments Add your own

  • 1. NGS  |  May 4th, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    How did I not know about the Sookie Stackhouse book? What kind of loyalist am I?!

  • 2. Ali V  |  May 4th, 2011 at 10:53 pm

    Me me!! I want to talk about It!!

    I never read any Stephen King until about a year ago because I had some horribly snobby, ingrained idea that it was trashy – and given all the other stuff I read (vampire anything) was pretty ridiculous. Then I read On Writing, moved on to Salem’s Lot, and proceeded to plow through most of his other books in the course of the year. It turns out I freaking LOVE Stephen King. With a few notable exceptions. In particular – It.

    I don’t want to drop any spoilers, so I’ll just agree that it takes FOREVER for anything to happen. I appreciate a well developed character, I really do, but for god’s sake, get on with it. I tried to get through It the first time with an audio book and had to abandon it because, good lord, the voices the reader was doing. I tried again with the actual book – I think it took me longer to read than any other book I’ve read in recent memory because I kept having to force myself to sit down with it…

    Sorry, that is probably not terribly encouraging. Things do happen in the end, just not my favorite of his overall. I loved Bag of Bones too. Also Dead Zone and The Stand, which while of similar length to It, I zoomed through in a few days because I couldn’t put it down.

  • 3. jonniker  |  May 4th, 2011 at 10:57 pm

    God, Ali, seriously, ENOUGH WITH THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Do we need six (SIX) pages of Eddie’s childhood experience with TRAINS before getting to the point of why he was near the train tracks to experience something that has NOTHING TO DO WITH TRAINS OR TRAIN TRACKS AT ALL. NOTHING. SO WHY ALL THE TRAIN EXPOSITION?

  • 4. Denora  |  May 4th, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    I loved IT. Honestly, I thought it was one of his best books. But, I also read it right after The Stand, which oh my hell took me 6 months (!!) to get through the first 300 pages, and then mayyyybe three days to get through the last 900. He just starts very very slowly, which kills me. I’ve not read Bag of Bones yet, but maybe I’ll check it out soon, since I’m almost done with my current book (of which I can’t even remember the name, it’s THAT bad).

  • 5. rebecca  |  May 4th, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    I gave up on It. That and the Grapes of Wrath are the only two books i have ever not finished. sad.

    I was determined to make my daughter gender neutral! no pinks! no character clothes! Now Violet is five, cites Selena Gomez as her style icon, wears pink daily, hates dirt and bugs, buys Polly Pocket with her allowance. But, damnit, she can throw a punch, climb a tree, and helps her dad change the oil…who cares if she does it in a tutu?

  • 6. Jennie  |  May 4th, 2011 at 11:40 pm

    Sam’s sequined princess cat shirt (never thought I’d type THAT particular phrase) is Kyle’s Lightning McQueen ANYTHING. That boy, when he finds a love, he COMMITS. He still loves Cars like a year after first discovering it.

  • 7. Ginger  |  May 5th, 2011 at 12:23 am

    I cannot tell you how much I laughed when I saw that picture. Because holy wow is that hysterical!

  • 8. Amy (frugan)  |  May 5th, 2011 at 4:23 am

    I was the same way with my daughter. Then someone gave her a Hello Kitty shirt and guess what? Yeah, love. The Barbie my dad gave her? Also love. But I’m still attempting to keep a little balance with what I buy. I’m not going crazy with it — I’m not going to force her to wear something with cars on it if she doesn’t want to, or forbid princess stuff — but I still want her to know there are options, and some cute stuff lurking on the other side of the store. Even if Baby Gap tells her she wouldn’t like robots on her pjs.

    That shirt right there? She would adore it, as well as the track suit it came with.

  • 9. Giselle  |  May 5th, 2011 at 5:12 am

    Oh! How did you like The Passage? I read it last fall, and can’t find anyone who actually read the whole thing. I have very strong opinions about it…am curious what you thought.

    Also…laughing about the cat shirt. It is truly hideous and yet my daughter would most likely sell her brother to a stranger for it. I hate the color pink…HATE…and yet my 4 year old walks around like a head-to-toe advertisement for Pepto Bismol. -sigh- Free expression and all that…

  • 10. Tammie  |  May 5th, 2011 at 5:36 am

    I’ll own up to dressing Myles in cool band T-shirts, but it’s music that we like and listen to. What I don’t dress him in is any licensed character clothing or sports themed stuff. I’ll also admit that if he does get that stuff from friends and relatives, it gets relegated to the pajama drawer. Superheroes and footballs are for bedtime!

    And as for him asking for Lady Gaga, if he never hears it, he can’t request it. That’s my motto. He does really enjoy They Might Be Giants though. Their kids music is so much easier on the ears than say the Fresh Beats, which he also loves with an unholy fervor.

  • 11. Linda  |  May 5th, 2011 at 6:50 am

    *I* am a jeans and t-shirt, minimal make-up, basic hair kind of gal. Pre-kids, I was also all “MY KIDS WILL NOT BOW TO STEREOTYPES.” I have three daughters and 2/3rds of them are FANCY. When my twins were 5, they were in a wedding and L STILL wants to wear that satin flower girl dress with the pearl buttons and pink sash EVERYWHERE. They love jewelry and lip gloss and pink pink pink, especially if it’s sparkly.

    I realize that it’s not a battle I’m willing to fight. We live in a time where my 6yo can wear dresses AND take karate. My 3yo wears her pink tiara to dig for worms. I love that they don’t see the juxtaposition of those things – they just do and wear what they like.

  • 12. jonniker  |  May 5th, 2011 at 7:12 am

    Giselle, I LOVED The Passage. The middle, when it gets all … well, boring and out of context? That was hard to get through, but mercifully it was short-lived, AND I thought we were rewarded at the end with having a lot of it start to make sense.

    I really, really loved it and can’t wait for the next one.

    And Tammie, I listen to Lady Gaga, so I can’t complain :-D I have, however, never worn anything with sequins in my entire life (I’m like Linda, but you knew that). NO SEQUINS. Or pink. And yet, here we are. But I can only take credit for, uhhh, not buying it.

    And Linda, Sam dug for mud pies yesterday for an HOUR in hot pink leggings and a dress.

  • 13. Li  |  May 5th, 2011 at 7:21 am

    CAN TOTALLY RELATE! I crowed to everyone who would listen how we would be a princess-free zone. And what t-shirt is requested EVERY MORNING?!?! the one with “the ladies on it” (I take some solace in the fact that she doesn’t USE the word princess.) The freaking DISNEY PRINCESSES! oh, and there is a lot of wearing of tiaras (obviously, i did not purchase them) and i just give up because she loves them, and also loves to climb up the jungle gym at the park and practically dive off the top, so I guess we have some balance?

    Also, Alias Grace BLEW – and I am an Atwood fan, also!

    Happy Thursday!

  • 14. Jess  |  May 5th, 2011 at 7:49 am

    Um… hate to rain on the already-rainy parade, but yeah… I didn’t find the ending of It to be an improvement over the beginning. In fact, I found the beginning far more effective with the scary clown creepy-ness and felt like the end was all downhill from there. I’d say ditch it.

    There are SO many better King books out there. I think I’ve already pushed Lisey’s Story on you on Twitter, but yes. Definitely. That. Duma Key is pretty awesome, too. And Cell. And the list goes on.

  • 15. the grumbles  |  May 5th, 2011 at 8:05 am

    pet cemetery isn’t half bad, maybe abandon It and try that? i’ve read both, though it was years ago and i don’t remember much about It. probably because it’s not all that memorable. so there.

    now you’ve all got me curious about the Sookie books!

  • 16. Sara  |  May 5th, 2011 at 8:39 am

    I was a huge King fan as a teenager, not so much as an adult. But I do remember sludging thru It and finally giving up. You are certainly not alone! And actually, I felt much the same way about The Passage.
    With regards to the shirt–ha! Welcome to parenting a girl!!! Without fail, my 6 year old will LOVE the ugliest shirt in the store! My mom bought this hideous shirt that I wanted to hide. Nope–Ally went looked for it every damn time! Not worth the battle! :)

  • 17. Maura  |  May 5th, 2011 at 9:03 am

    “I was reminded today that while it’s nice to want things for your future, if you spend too much time agonizing over them, you miss your life.”

    Dude, I need this stapled to my forearm so every time I go to do anything, I’m reminded that I need to live for the moment. I’m totally guilty of living for the future lately. All the adorable babies being born is not helping!

    That shirt is adorable. It reminds me of one I had when I was little that said “pink cats have more fun.” I loved, loved, loved it.

  • 18. H  |  May 5th, 2011 at 9:04 am

    I’m going on 49 years old, and fell in love with Stephen King’s books back in the late 70′s and 80′s when I was all about creepy books and scary movies. I read as much Stephen King as often as I could for years. I’ve read a few of his books since then but haven’t kept up as well as I’d like. My memory of the details is pretty fuzzy, but I do remember some of those books took forever to finish.

    The cat shirt is hilarious! Our neighborhood was full of boys and my daughter has only one sibling, our son, so as soon as she could voice an opinion, she wanted to wear our son’s hand-me-downs. God FORBID we stray into the pink or purple zone and never ever would she wear flowers or sequins. Even light blue could be an issue. Now that she’s in college, she claims I made her wear her brother’s clothes but OH HO HO NO, I have witnesses!! Frankly, I didn’t care what she wore (within reason) and eventually peer pressure influenced her taste, but she’s still not a girly girl.

  • 19. Nimble  |  May 5th, 2011 at 9:31 am

    Curious whether you liked Oryx and Crake by Atwood? I found that one a bitter pill and have pretty much sworn off her. I love her as a character: an intimidatingly brainy and wry Canadian author. I just don’t ever enjoy reading her writing.

  • 20. Christine  |  May 5th, 2011 at 9:37 am

    I kind of love Sam’s shirt. She wears it ironically so she’s totally cool with the hipster crowd, you know.

    As for It, just leave it. I never finished Lolita and it haunts me, but somewhere around the middle of the book it stopped being interesting and then I started hating it. It’s the only book I’ve started that I haven’t finished. I will say that I went through a pretty heavy Steven King kick in fifth and sixth grades…I vividly remember referring to the penile issues of the narrator in the Dead Zone in a book report. My poor teachers.

  • 21. Josefina  |  May 5th, 2011 at 9:38 am

    No, no, no…totally enjoying RANCH! every time I visit. Reminds me to eat it.

    I laughed and laughed and laughed at Sam’s shirt. It is fantastic. When I was pregnant, I remember having the realization that, “even if my child is a fan of [this particular thing I super duper hate], I will be enthusiastic about it, too, out of love.’ and, lo and behold, what was the very first thing my son was a fan of? THAT thing.

    My husband is already on notice for similar behavior, just not about books. Other stuff. The ENTHUSING! The Yes! You should go there/get that/wear that! Then when I do, I get the, Oh. Huh? No, I don’t remember that. Meh. I don’t really like it. A bit different from Adam since Adam made a legitimate mistake, and obviously my husband is only half-paying attention (how does he make his eyes look so interested???) to my fashion shows.

  • 22. hydrogeek  |  May 5th, 2011 at 9:44 am

    It is one of SK’s crappiest books. I love him, but that one kinda blows. The Stand is awesome, or if you are really wanting something epic, The Dark Tower Series are really great. I also loved Duma Key and The Shining.

    Also, I have a 4 year old daughter who I dressed in primary colors until she was about 2. Once she could make her opinions known, it was glitter and sequins and pink all the live long day. Sigh. I keep looking forward to her outgrowing the Disney Princess phase….until I see all the Miley Cyrus glitter t-shirts in the next size up…

    I also might be de-lurking, so HI!

  • 23. Ris  |  May 5th, 2011 at 9:55 am

    When I was a kid I loved ANYTHING that was pink, purple, sparkly, or a combination of those. My parents, the gender neutral hippie-dippies they were, grinned and beared (bore?) it. Now I hate pink with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. Just saying, she might turn around in a few years if you let her do her own thing.

  • 24. Olivia  |  May 5th, 2011 at 10:18 am

    It has been probably 15 yrs since I read It, but I am a huge Stephen King fan. I’m not sure what book Adam is talking about the most recent one of King’s that rocked my world was The Dome.

    My daughter’s favorite shirt right now has an elephant on it. A big pink and purple elephant.

  • 25. Shelly  |  May 5th, 2011 at 10:26 am

    Oh, totally with you on the pink/ princessy thing. I had everyone at my baby shower give me purple clothing because MY little girl wasn’t going to wear pink. My mom laughed in my face, as she should have. My daughter is now 8 and has had about 7 trillion favorite shirts that were pink.

    I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED Bag of Bones. Definitely one of my favorite Stephen King books. Have you read The Eyes of the Dragon? I think it’s similar to Bag of Bones in that it’s not a horror, gross out story. And yeah, HATED Alias Grace, and also Oryx and Crake, but love most everything else by Atwood. I LOVED the beginning of The Passage, but found that middle really hard to take. I thought the ending was very vague and hope the next one clears up many things.

  • 26. Vicki  |  May 5th, 2011 at 10:51 am

    I’ve read all King’s stuff from a very specific time period, like mid-90s-mid-200s…and then nothing else. OH, except The Stand which is kinda mind-blowing in my humble opinion. I remember liking Bag of Bones although I have no memory of the plot. Dreamcatcher, The Green Mile, and Desperation/ The Regulators duo (read them one after the other to get the full effect) are all good. And Insomnia! I really loved Insomnia. I’ve also hear good thing about The Dark Tower series. I stay away from his earliest stuff – I have all kinds of rules about how/when I can read King because I get creeped out so easily and his earlier stuff seems to be too much for me. Seriously, I’m not allowed to read them 1) while alone 2) before bed 3) if I anticipate being alone soon…..yeah, I’m awesome. And apparently have a vivid imagination.

  • 27. Sam  |  May 5th, 2011 at 11:09 am

    I just love that you LOVE reading and books and so do I but then you hate everything I love and vice versa. I loved Alias Grace! Have read it many times! As I love The Red Tent, but then I read it the year I was doing a religion minor. And I know you love A Prayer for Owen Meany and God help me, I have tried to read that book and CANNOT. I just can’t. But we can come together with our love for Sookie Stackhouse. Vampire lovers (or supe lovers) unite!

    I think it’s fine for little girls to princess it up -and I know they love it and I have bought more than one princess dress for my goddaughter – but you know there are other options for her. Some people really don’t. Like all the pink TOYS out there, that drives me batty. I mean basic things like blocks or musical instruments or whatever. Okay, a pink guitar IS very cute.

  • 28. jonniker  |  May 5th, 2011 at 11:46 am

    Sam, Jennie (She Likes Purple) and I are actual, no-shit real-life best of friends, and our book tastes are OPPOSITE. TREMENDOUSLY OPPOSITE. We are not book twins.

  • 29. Sam  |  May 5th, 2011 at 12:25 pm

    That is so funny.

    I do love it, though, when people have wildly opposite tastes in reading, because there’s room for it all! I mean, someone has to read all the fantasy and sci fi books – that’s what my husband loves. We rarely read the same things, except for Harry Potter, or the Chronicles of Narnia, and he’s about to start The Hunger Games trilogy. And I did tell him I’m open to reading Game of Thrones. Our tastes are merging perhaps more the longer we’re married…

  • 30. SwingCheese  |  May 5th, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    It’s funny, as I LOVE Stephen King, and I loved It. But I agree with an earlier poster, the ending is…well, it’s a let down. You could always slog to about 2/3 of the way through, and ditch it once the clown disappears. If I remember correctly, I was skimming and flipping for about the last third of it. For the ultimate in Stephen King, though, I wholly recommend the short stories. I have four of his short story collections (Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, Different Seasons and Everything’s Eventual) and I enjoy them all. And the only thing I’ve really been able to stick to, regarding my son’s wardrobe, is no camouflage. I’m pretty sure that we’re supporting Thomas the Tank Engine merchandising.

  • 31. Shannon  |  May 5th, 2011 at 1:00 pm

    Wha?!?! I LOVED Alias Grace. It is my favorite Atwood piece.

    I’m reading Olive Kitteridge per your recommendation, uh, last year.

  • 32. Halyn  |  May 5th, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    Yeah, IT gets better, but it never really gets GREAT, and it stays very wordy and exposition-heavy throughout. Plus, the ending is really skeevy, considering that these kids are twelve. Switch to The Stand. It’s a slow starter as well, because there’s a big cast of characters, and you kind of have to know who they are before shit goes down to understand why they act the way do, but once it gets going, it goes hard.

    I do not recommend Pet Semetary or Cujo for anyone who has a child.

    I liked Alias Grace, didn’t love it. Loved Handmaid’s Tale and most of her short story collections. Can’t ever seem to get interested in any of her other novels.

    You may like Sheri S. Tepper. I recommend The Gate to Women’s Country and Grass as starting points.

    Also, how about I just hijack your comment thread? Would that be ok?

  • 33. jonniker  |  May 5th, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    Shut up, Halyn, that’s not hijacking! That’s awesome.

    OH GOD SHANNON STOP. I did not like Olive Kitteridge.

  • 34. Jessica  |  May 5th, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    My almost-two-year-old wants to wear the same purple corduroys every day and it’s driving me crazy. I only do laundry once a week!

  • 35. Lippy  |  May 5th, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    I remember reading It and the ending is…..mmm odd. Love to chat about your thoughts on it if you finish. Bag of Bones was good, love The Green Mile, Needful Things and Insomnia and Gerald’s Game. One thing I hate, they way he weaves in characters from other books. I find myself with 5 books out looking up other characters, takes forever for me to finish. My 5 year old would love that shirt.

  • 36. Leigh  |  May 5th, 2011 at 6:16 pm

    Ha! I KNEW you would be happy again once the sun came out. I’m happy to hear you be happy.

    And, from what I have been reading about girls these days and princess mania, this is only the wee tiny beginning of what you a) are in for, and, b) have no control whatsoever over.

    SK: meh. I really don’t like Magaret Atwood much at all, I know sisterhood blasphemy. Oh dear, I don’t really have anyhting nice to say about any of the authors mentioned (except John Irving!) so I will shut up. (Iris Murdoch! Paul Bowles! James Baldwin!)

    Also: I still really love shiny things.

  • 37. Kristin H  |  May 5th, 2011 at 7:36 pm

    Haaa, that kills me about “It.” I re-read it recently and it wasn’t as great as I remembered. Now “The Stand”…that may be his best. Ooo, and “Salem’s Lot.” Also very awesome. Vampires of the scariest kind.

  • 38. Lynnette  |  May 5th, 2011 at 11:35 pm

    My toddler would reverently bow her head before that shirt. When I was getting calls about what I might want for my baby shower, I passed it on that we wanted to take it easy on the pink. Somehow that has translated into “Lynnette hates girly things.” Not true. I just know that nearly all girly clothes that people buy as gifts are pink, and I wanted more variety. When your kid has no say in how they are dressed, their clothes reflect your taste. It would be a poor representation of my taste to have her in a lacy pepto tea-length dress with effing crinoline. Now that she has an opinion, I don’t care what she wears as long as it doesn’t have ketchup on it.

  • 39. Katie S.  |  May 6th, 2011 at 11:41 am

    I selfishly wish you would make each separate thought its very own blog post so I could comment on them all. Often I have so much to say in reply to you that I say nothing at all and I lurk shamefully in the corner.

    However. Today I break my shame to say several things.
    1. I was quite smug when my 3 year old was a baby and I could dress him in plaid skater shorts and guitar t-shirts and insist he never wear crappy character clothing, etc. Until he got an opinion and words to express it (or screeching worked too) and now all he wears is Toy Story and Cars and crap. And I love it. Screw you, past smug self, and let the kid wear his Lightning McQueen.
    2. I used to read a lot of Stephen King in junior high and I never read IT because I heard it was terrible. But I feel your pain because I hate to get halfway through a book and decide I just can’t take it anymore or find out the real opinion of the person who recommended it to begin with.
    3. I had more but now that I’m actually typing a for-real comment it has left me. I blame two children.

  • 40. Carolyn J.  |  May 7th, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    Think of it this way: She is passing through her fancy princess stage now, so she doesn’t have to do it when she’s 40. It’s much less appropriate then.

    I was a fancy princess as a girl, but I moved on, and so will Sam, quite likely.

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