I'm sure this isn't shocking news to you. You've listened to me rant about things like granny elbows. You've seen the tense exchange of verbiage with my older sibling that often happens in the comment threads. And most of all, you know that I'm an author, which means I have conversations with imaginary people.
Also, I play with toys.
We saw this in the clearance isle at the toy store and I pretended to be the nice mom and buy it for my 11 year-old, but really: I WANTED IT FOR ME!
This was one of my favorite toys as a kid. Obviously, I knew it wasn't really magic, but that didn't stop me from asking it questions non-stop. Most of the questions probably had to do with boys. I must have been about 17 or 18 at the time. (Kidding, more like Jr High, which is still embarrassing.)
One thing about me: I'm impatient. I always want to know what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next year. I would like little glimpses of my life off in the distance so I know if I'm on the right track. Since I haven't found a crystal ball lying around, I'm back to relying on a Magic 8 Ball. I quietly whisper it questions like these:
Did everyone think I was vain and foolish after last weeks post?
Are my blog friends the best kind of people in the world?
Is there someone who takes better pictures of barns than me? (You need to look here and then you'll know that the Magic 8 Ball possess amazing powers.)
Will I be in a mental institution before school starts again?
And guess what answer I get every time?
You may rely on it.
But! The Magic 8 Ball is not broken, because when I ask it the following question, I get a different answer:
Is my new book, Reign of Trees, any good?
Outlook not so good.
Argh!
That's when I throw the Magic 8 Ball across the room and say, "This stupid toy doesn't work!"
The M8B (I'm getting tired of tying Magic 8 Ball, so we're going with an acronym. Besides, it sounds more modern and hip to call it the M8B.) wasn't the only toy I played with as a kid. I loved Barbies. Loved, loved, loved them.
I even had Donny and Marie Dolls. He had purple socks! And a microphone!
I had a Green Hulk lunchbox.
I loved my Cabbage Patch Kid.
What toys did you play with when you were a kid? Do you have any toys you like to play with now? And did you read about the kid who had a Lego stuck up his nose for 3 years? Do you think he still likes to play with them? (Obviously not the piece that was in his nose, because eewww! It's covered in boogers!)
Be a sharefish and tell us all about your toys.
And no post next week. I know a bunch of you have kids going back to school (and two of you are off to college!) and I'll be traveling, so we'll see you back here on 28th.
