My folks like to tell the story about when we went to Disney and searched all over for Minnie Mouse. When we finally found her in the late afternoon, my father tried to take the picture but I kept craning my neck to see behind Minnie. Later, when asked why I wouldn’t pose for the picture after all that time we’d spent looking for her, I said, “So hey, Dad, guess what?” He said, “Okay, what?” I said, “That was the real Minnie Mouse.” “Oh?” he said. “Yeah,” I said. “No zippers!”
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This is great! Who’s next?
Well, how about you? Need a pic from your childhood and a funny story from your childhood. The two need not relate.
This goes for any writer who’d like us to feature them in this context here at Big Other. Send your pic and “caption” to molly.gaudry@gmail.com.
I’m digging this project, Molly. What inspired it?
Shya! Shya’s Facebook profile pic is the pic here. So priceless, right? That mullet? Oh my god. So I told him he should do the posts. But he told me to do them. And since I never have anything to contribute, I thought it a good idea. I’d like to make it a regular Wednesday feature. I asked Jamie because he happened to be visible in Gchat. And because we’ll be touring together soon. But really it was Shya who inspired, and then helped brainstorm the title, too.
I feel you should tour to Chicago.
If we’ve got the $, we should definitely try to make that happen.
Jamie and Molly are hitting the road together? That’s a great pairing. Keep us updated.