April 13, 2008
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OH THE HORROR!
Haynes mentioned The Rocky Horror Picture show in her blog and oh it brought back the memories!
I went to visit my friend Bill at U of M his first year there and stayed in the dorms with him, it was sibling weekend, so I was his little sister. We did so many cool things that weekend. Shoving ten people and groceries in a Volkswagen Bug, driving the wrong way down a one way street, going to a street fair and probably the highlight of the whole weekend, seeing The Rocky Horror Picture Show in a theater, complete with squirt guns, umbrellas, toast, rice and flying toilet paper.
It was a good time. Holly mentioned that she had seen the show in high school. For me it was my freshman year of college, so I was eighteen. I was thinking about that weekend though and wondering if I would ever let my kids do that, and what I came up with was HECK YEAH!
My parents gave me a lot of trust and I am very grateful they did, I was a good girl and had some good times.
Don’t get me wrong, the good times don’t stop when you get older, they just change in a big way… I am not sure that I will ever be able to convince Ben to go to The Rocky Horror picture show with me, but you know I might try.
I hope that my children will be worthy of my trust and show that they are responsible because I want them to have so many fun memories.
Comments (35)
I loved that movie!!
I had a friend who dressed up as the Sweet Transvestite from Transylvania every weekend at a local theater when we were in high school. I’ve never seen the movie all the way through, just clips. LOL
what parents don’t know won’t hurt them
not to date myself here, but I was 15 when it came out and managed to sneak in with my friends. I saw it every year till I had kids, then my sister came down to visit one day (about 85? 86?) and we hit the midnight show and it started all over again. I still see it every year…complete with all the goodiesÂ
for some reason, none of my kids like it. weirdos.
thanks for that memory!
Let’s do the time warp againnnnn!!!
I was showing this to my husband and was shocked that he hasn’t seen it. Guess what we might have to see.
I’ve been hearing about it for most of my life but haven’t gotten around to it…yet? Good times~
ryc: lol, yes our bikes are much different. judging by the looks of yours, i’d say that you can travel backwards (only backwards) in time on yours. i’m teasing
i love the main theme from rocky horror. “science fiction double feature picture show…”
RHPS was the midnight movie at the Keith Albee Theater in Huntington,WV for about two years in the late seventies. We had been out to dinner with friends and hangin’ at their place later when they asked if we wanted to go to the midnight movie. I,in my usual 70′s “one toke over the line” state of mind replied-sure! What time does it start……………….pot IQ is KEWL
I’ll go with you, dammit janet!
A few friends took me once and other than smirkage at Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon, it kind of freaked me out.
Phil and I will go with you!! We would even dress up!
Tell Ben he doesn’t know what he is missin’.
I’ll bet your are a terriffic mom!
YAY! I love the YouTube video! Brings back SO many memories!! LOL
RHPS! Oh, wow, that brings back the memories. I haven’t thought of the times I snuck in the theater for the midnight show, seeing everyone participate with props like TP and toast. My frat used to do a RHPS-theme party once a year and it was a big draw. Now I feel old LOL
@Bitter_Bierce - DOn’t feel old! That’s the GREAT thing about it… You don’t have to tell people WHEN you saw it… it is a classic and therefore ALWAYS current. ;-b
OMG! What a blast from the past. It was always fun to initiate a newbie into the world of RHPS!!
I went twice when I was in college to see this, complete with my water gun, bread and rice. Thanks for posting this clip! it’s on my playlist. Teehee!
Hmm… U of M. There are quite a handful of those around the world.
The key word there is RESPONSIBLE – back in my days (which weren’t very long ago I guess), we were able to get up to mischevious fun yet still remain responsible – dont know whats wrong with kids today that they act like such idiots when they’re supposed to be having fun!
RYC : Thank you Angi, for caring so much and for being so awesome!
Ahhhh, I used to go to the midnight showing of Rocky Horror with friends–and toast and toilet paper, etc.–and yeah, good times were had! Great, thanks, now I’m going to work all day with “Let’s Do The Time Warp Again” playing in my head!! Thanks, Ang!
I think there’s a balance between the freedom you give the kids and the responsibility they show. The more responsible they behave, the more comfortable I am with giving them freedom. And, sometimes, you do just have to let go a bit (while praying hard for their safety!) and let them fly on their own. Those days are coming awfully fast here… in some ways they were already here when STB got his driver’s license a few weeks ago. Now, I’m facing sending the kid off to college in a a little more than a year… sigh. It happens SO freakin’ fast!
groovy video! I remember siblings weekend at Hillsdale College with my older brother. Ours went a little differently. It envolved a lot of beer and bongs. I’m glad I lived after those weekends!
@the_best_stuff - No bongs or beer for me… didn’t you see the “good girl” Part. lol
The truth is I am way to much of a control freak when it comes to my body to even try that… not saying it was bad… I was just THE designated driver A LOT. lol
My only hope is that my children survive all the stupid things they will try as teens. I know I was lucky my fair share of times. I believe in trusting them until they give me a reason not to. That doesn’t mean I don’t question and scrutinize their stories, because I so do. D1 told me about a month ago that she won’t even try to smoke or drink with her friends because she knows I subject her to the up close sniff test when she comes in the front door and even if she comes in sober the next morning, I will smell it.
You’ve already opened the door to adventure for your kids. I know this! I guess I’m the only one who couldn’t get into the Rocky Horror movies. Peace
I’ve never seen it….Ang you know your kids are perfecto….
@mlbncsga - OH! I wouldn’t go THAT far! lol I am sure they will have their moments, especailly going into their teen years…
Today at the bank.. the teller was going to give Cooper a sucker and she set it down for a minute… Cooper Yelled at her… “HEY LADY! That’s MY sucker”… I tried to hide behind the stearing wheel. lol I said not if your mean to her it isn’t… and he yelled “I’m SORRY, now PLEASE can I have MY sucker?” She was laughing so hard she couldn’t push th send button on the drawer…
Yeah… I am not counting on that perfection thing…
That is my all time favourite movie..
Great. Now you’ve got me singing “Dammit Janet.. I love you” in my head. Grr.
I was a “good girl” too…but we still had a lot of fun…you crammed ten in a VW bus, we had 5 in an MG midget…my sis and I in the back, hunched over with our chins on the front seats…two in the front, and my friend sitting on the lap of the guy in the passenger seat with her feet in the driver’s lap…went to the local drive-in burger place, you should have seen the faces on the people who saw us all trying to get out of that car…the “mom” in me would freak out if I saw my kids doing that now…all I’d be able to think about is what would happen in an accident…but we’re all indestructible when we’re young aren’t we???? Have a great one, Rainy
@nattiecross - NOT a bus… a BUG… A bus we could have done no problem. lol Yes… it was a stupid thing to do.
I never got in to RHPS. Everyone thinks that I love it, but I just don’t get it.
I have a door in my post today, albeit not a very artistic and pretty one, lol.
Yeah, same here. My parents trust me even though there are times that they’re being strict but I get the reason why and even though I complain at times, I do understand., Like you, i believe that I’ve been a good daughter too. That is why even though I wanted to do a lot of things but my parents won’t allow me or advise me not to go or do it, I follow them and if they do allow me, I don’t take advantage of it because I don’t want to lose their trust.
I’m also hoping that when I’ll have kids, I’d handle them like how my parents handled me and that they’d be like me in principle and wouldn’t take advantage of my trust and the like.
And yeah, when one is a good person doesn’t mean he/she can’t have fun. They could too and it being in a good way is a bonus.
Want to know a secret…I know every lyric to every song in that movie and that embarrasses my kids to hell when they watch it and I sing along to my heart’s content!