OMG, a 1974 American Girl? That does seem very wrong.
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Sep 08, 2007 4:07:15 pm PDT #9252 of 10001
askye - Sep 08, 2007 4:10:13 pm PDT #9253 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Baby D is soo adorable! I love the baby toes picture.
Hil R. - Sep 08, 2007 4:12:03 pm PDT #9254 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
1974?
I've been growing increasingly more annoyed with the American Girl stuff since it got bought out by Mattel. It seems to be way more about the American Girl brand now than about the stories and the dolls.
sumi - Sep 08, 2007 4:19:06 pm PDT #9255 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
1974??
So, so, wrong.
I'm not even going to say how old I was then.
Shrift - isn't it just mindboggling? I mean, can't they win on their own serve? Must they break and then the other guy breaks?
Pix - Sep 08, 2007 4:21:11 pm PDT #9256 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Though, to be fair, the 1970s were a pivotal time for women in America, and most young women/girls today truly don't have a clue about it.
Hil R. - Sep 08, 2007 4:29:12 pm PDT #9257 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Though, to be fair, the 1970s were a pivotal time for women in America, and most young women/girls today truly don't have a clue about it.
Looks like the basic plot of the first book is Julie dealing with her parents' divorce and having to go to a new school, and that she wants to play on the school basketball team and the coach says she can't because she's a girl. Could be interesting.
They seem to be focusing a whole lot more on the twentieth-century ones lately. They discontinued the 1774 character for a while, and the newest dolls they've introduced have been 1904, 1934, 1944, and now 1974. They've got a fairly wide swath of late 18th/early 19th century that they don't cover at all. I think that they've got 1774 and then 1854.
edit: Nope, I was wrong. Just checked, and they've got Josefina in 1824.
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2007 5:25:15 pm PDT #9258 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That was some good tennis. Tomorrow's final will be fun. I'm in not much rush to watch today's final.
Kathy A - Sep 08, 2007 5:26:40 pm PDT #9259 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hil R. - Sep 08, 2007 5:31:43 pm PDT #9260 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Huh. While googling American Girl stuff, I found a page showing how the Girl Scout Law has changed over the years. [link]
Interesting how the "purity" thing evolved over the years. 1912: A Girl Scout keeps herself pure. 1920: A Girl Scout is clean in thought, word, and deed. 1972: To show respect for myself and others through my words and actions. 1996: Responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others.
Also in the 1972 revision, "obey orders" became "respect authority." And in the 1996 revision, "protect and improve the world around me" became "make the world a better place." I like the old wording of that one better -- there's something to be said for learning what needs to be protected and what needs to be improved.
Zenkitty - Sep 08, 2007 6:06:35 pm PDT #9261 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Much to skip and skim... random meara:
Happy belated birthdays, Nilly and flea and Lyra Jane!
Matilda walking, Dylan rolling over... wow, it happens fast!
Seattle, meara! You so lucky.
Consuela! Gorgeous doggie!
I hate high-waist pants. Uncomfortable.
1974? I was 11! I'm history too. I'd rather be mythology.
How can the day be over already? I still have stuff to do!