Post by Captain Jack Harkness on May 8, 2014 17:49:54 GMT -5
My sister and I used to pretend that the carpet was made of lava and would try to get around the house by jumping on the furniture, which were islands. Tile was ice, so it was okay to walk on that.
We went to catholic school growing up and my sister and I used to pretend necco wafers were the Eucharist and we would take turns being the priest and giving each other communion. Also our couch had these covers on the arm rests that I would put on my head and pretend I was a nun. I'm fucking going to hell lol
Post by donnamartingraduat on May 8, 2014 17:59:28 GMT -5
I used to put a slice of Kraft American cheese on a slice of bologna and microwave it. The bologna would curl up into a "bowl" and the cheese would melt inside. It was my favorite snack.
My neighbor Julia and I both invented the same invisible friend and he would play with us. We named him Boz. I think we were about 5 years old give or take.
My other neighbors had a big tree house in a very tall oak. You had use a rope ladder to get up and there was a fire pole to get down. We would pretend the tree house was a space ship.
I also remember going to a sleepover and we all danced to George Micheal's 'Faith' album. One of the mother's later got upset because the song 'I want your sex' wasn't okay for her daughter to listen to. lol
I told my fourth grade teacher that I had a grandmother in Africa (no specific country) and I made up an African alphabet that she let me teach the entire class for show and tell. We spelled our names in "African." She must have thought I was insane.
I can't even trace my ancestors back to a country in Africa let alone have a family member there.
We used to turn my bedroom into a haunted house. We would steal my dads fishing line and hook it to my rocking chair and run the line out the window so we could make it move when we showed off our house to our parents.
My BFF and I would drag everything Barbie we owned , cars, furniture and all out to my front yard to play for hours. Every time people pulled over to see if we were having a yard sale and it would send us into tears.
Did the glue thing on the hands thing too.
And when we lived in the first house I couldn't sleep facing the wall with the rainbow on it because I was convinced it always caused my nightmare of being chased around the block in my big wheel by some scary dude.
Reading all of these has reminded me of one more: When I was in probably 6th/7th grade, I ran an imaginary orphanage for girls. I would spend hours with the Sears and JCPenney catalog picking out things for each new girl. Each girl got a fully decorated room and a full wardrobe, down to socks and underwear. I made lists of everything I "bought" for each girl, so that no one got more than the others did. I had notebooks full of these lists.
I was, um, really cool.
I used to plan my babies future nurseries (farm animals for the boys, natch) and pick out my wedding parties dresses etc. And pick out the clothes I would wear as a grown up.
Love you JCP catalog.
OMG I had file folders where I would paste decor items for my imaginary home and clothes and things for my imaginary children. Good ol' JCP catalog.
Post by textbookcase on May 8, 2014 18:53:54 GMT -5
I lived way out in the country, like 20 miles from town and 1/2 mile from the Mexican border. I had a little suitcase that was packed with utensils, a tin can, a few bricks, and matches. I would traverse the countryside and pick vegetables from fields (that were probably dripping with herbicides and pesticides). I would fill my tin can up with water from the irrigation canals , make a fire, boil the water, and make a little stew. MOTHERFUCKING BOXCAR CHILD STATUS, YO.
Then I'd sit and watch the border patrol pull dead bodies out of the border canals.
I used to find dead prairie dogs and line them up on a 2 x 4 to watch them bake in the 120 degree sun until their hair fell off.
I had pretend rodeos with cicada shells (they were the bucking broncos)
I was pretty sure a family of human-sized beavers lived in my house after everyone else went to sleep.
I slept in a sleeping bag on top of my bed for two years. No idea why!
I slept in my closet for awhile when I was 12.
I did this too. I put a bunch of blankets and pillows in there to make it comfy.
I used to pretend I was on a cooking show. I would prepare a meal and talk like I was the chef on the show. My little sister or whichever friend was staying over always go to the the guest on the show and try the food.
One time my friend and I were outside playing and decided to play makeup. We used leaves as the makeup applicators. Yea.....they were poison ivy leaves.
I do more weird stuff now than when I was a kid. Anyone else?
I was tempted to make a s/o thread 'what weird stuff do you do now?' but since I'm old enough to know the weird stuff I do is weird, I'd be embarrassed to admit to it.
My sister and I used to pretend that the carpet was made of lava and would try to get around the house by jumping on the furniture, which were islands. Tile was ice, so it was okay to walk on that.
Nope, not weird. I don't think I know anyone who DIDN'T do this as a kid.
I used to "grow mold" in the dark corners of my dining room - I would fill the containers with a little bit of water and a little bit of leftover yogurt, and leave them sitting in the corners so I could take the lids off later and see what was growing.
My Mom got an Easter egg decoration back in the 70s that was made of yarn and held together with sugar water. Every Easter she'd put it out, and every year I'd sneak licks of it because it tasted sweet. Eventually it started to mold. My Mom just found out a couple of years ago that I used to lick it, lol. I cannot believe I am sharing these things.
I went through a phase where I thought I was a dog. I would eat my meals under the table at home AND AT RESTAURANTS and bark at people that walked by. For a while I legit only communicated at home in barks.
When I was old enough to get unsupervised baths, I used to pretend I had been kidnapped and woke up in the tub unable to move as the water was filling up. I would lie there not moving a muscle, stretching my neck to keep my nose and mouth above water so I could breathe. Then I'd go underwater for as long as possible before the "kidnapper" would "take pity on me" and let me sit up. This was my FAVORITE game.
I used to record (onto VHS) "Making the Video" episodes so I could learn the dances to various pop songs (usually Britney's).
I used to sing "Part of Your World" at the top of my lungs out the back bedroom window, convinced I was Ariel.
Similarly, I would put on full Broadway performances in the shower - usually of Les Mis; I would sing every part of every song with all the gusto in my bones. One of the most embarrassing days of my life was coming out of the bathroom after a particularly dramatic rendering of "Come to Me (Fantine's Death)" to find we had company. They were just looking at me like: :?
I could go on. My sisters are 7.5 and 11 years older than me, so I spent a lot of time with just me growing up, and obviously I had to occupy myself somehow! lol. I was a strange kid.
I kind of LOL at everyone who is all "I used to pretend I was on camera". YouTube, millions of adults are making their childhoods a reality, lol!
My brother and I used to spread our blankets on the floor and then roll up in them. We would then try to get up and walk, first one up won.
I also made my barbies have sex. With each other, with Ken, it didn't matter.
I had a song for every moment in life and my family loves to remind me how I didn't really talk as kid, just sang all these songs I made up. Too bad I can't sing.
I had conversations with imaginary...people. Not friends, but I would pick out a name like Meghan and then narrate her life in my head.
I know I did other weirdo things but I can't think of what.
ETA: How could I forget this! My parents have a tub that has a slanted wall at one end. I would push up on that wall when I was a kid and sing Little Mermaid songs. Just like Ariel did on that rock.
My grandma once walked in on my oldest uncle (who was maybe four at the time) sitting on top of the dining room table eating a tub of butter directly from the tub. You aren't alone!
I did this, but put tons of sugar in it because I thought it was like cookie dough.
I do more weird stuff now than when I was a kid. Anyone else?
I was tempted to make a s/o thread 'what weird stuff do you do now?' but since I'm old enough to know the weird stuff I do is weird, I'd be embarrassed to admit to it.
Post by laceylaplante on May 8, 2014 20:15:08 GMT -5
I had irrational attachments to inanimate objects, like stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, things I would make with play dough, ect. I really believed that everything had feelings and such.
My barbies had sex with Ken and eachother all the time. I played with barbies way too long.
I was convinced that my dreams told the future. I remember one time I made my dad come get me from a sleepover because I dreamt that he fell into a pit of mouse traps and died.
If I couldn't sleep at night (I was always restless until they figured out I was sensitive to food dye) I would pretend I was in the hospital having back surgery and that I had to lay very still, lol wtf?!
I used to hate when my shoes would get dirty, so I would walk around with a rag and clean them as soon as I got dirt or something on them.
Also, I would pretend I was a tightrope walker and walk along the edge of my bathtub. One day I decided that was not challenging enough so I sprinkled water along the edge. Yeah that did not end well. I, of course, fell and cut my chin open. I told my mom I fell reaching for the shampoo. Lol.
I also used to cut my own hair during class movie days. Not a lot, but like tiny areas that I would "trim" my hair was super long so it wasn't very noticible, but I did it when I was like 12, way too old to be cutting your own hair at school.
I used to narrate lots of stories in my head, like I was writing a book, but just in my head instead of on paper.
My brothers and I used to play this game where one of us would pretend we were blind and walk into everything and say "oops, sorry ma'am". We thought it was so funny.
I also hated sleeping alone, so after everyone was asleep, I would sneak into my parents room and sleep under a pile of dirty laundry. I thought no one knew I was there. Turns out I wasn't as sneaky as I thought.
Post by spellingbea on May 8, 2014 22:30:59 GMT -5
I used to blow kisses to all of my stuffed animals before I went to bed, so that they wouldn't get angry and kill me in my sleep. Rather than, you know, get rid of them.
We went to catholic school growing up and my sister and I used to pretend necco wafers were the Eucharist and we would take turns being the priest and giving each other communion. Also our couch had these covers on the arm rests that I would put on my head and pretend I was a nun. I'm fucking going to hell lol
Omg I did the same thing! Except we weren't catholic lol I had to have been like 3-4 and I would put the couch arm cover on my head and walk around to everybody and say "I'm Mary!" I knew what she looked like because I played baby Jesus in the Christmas play and I remembered that Mary had the cloth on her head.
I lived way out in the country, like 20 miles from town and 1/2 mile from the Mexican border. I had a little suitcase that was packed with utensils, a tin can, a few bricks, and matches. I would traverse the countryside and pick vegetables from fields (that were probably dripping with herbicides and pesticides). I would fill my tin can up with water from the irrigation canals , make a fire, boil the water, and make a little stew. MOTHERFUCKING BOXCAR CHILD STATUS, YO.
Then I'd sit and watch the border patrol pull dead bodies out of the border canals.
I used to find dead prairie dogs and line them up on a 2 x 4 to watch them bake in the 120 degree sun until their hair fell off.
I had pretend rodeos with cicada shells (they were the bucking broncos)
I was pretty sure a family of human-sized beavers lived in my house after everyone else went to sleep. I could probably go on for days.
I was not a normal child.
I'm pretty sure you win the weird award with the prairie dogs and dead bodies lol