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High school girl brie.
When Carolyn was in high school, her boy friend insisted that she wear only dresses or skirts without nylons, allowing easy access at all times, looking something like this:
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“Real Magic”
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Speaking of “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque,” Philip lived in a beach house at Capistrano Beach –back then the average Joe six-pack could live in a beach house in Southern California, though they were just renting. Later, they bought their own house in San Clemente, not on the beach.
Anyway, even though my father had shown me how the chess pieces moved years before, I had no idea how to play the game. So, Philip showed me. It was a painful though fascinating experience. I had to keep losing before I became a strong enough player to even challenge him.
Also, on his window sill he had a cute set of Edgar Allen Poe books, which he got cheap for helping out at an antique store. At school one day, when the power went out, he happened to be in my room on student business, and offered to recite “The Raven” from memory. Consequently, I sent away to Captain Company back east for an Edgar Allen Poe record album: one side had a narrative of “The Pit and the Pendulum,” while the other side was “The Tell Tale Heart.” It only took about 6 months to arrive in the mail!
Amazing time with Philip in the beach house enjoying Poe and chess!
One day he was on the back of my bike as I was dropping him off near his house. He was so entertaining, that I didn’t want to stop the bike, and wanted to take him home with me, but he jumped off the bike–almost nothing could distract him from his impending accomplishments.
Even though Philip could have skipped grades, his parents held him back wanting him to be more like a normal person, but by high school they no longer saw any reason to hold him back. Just hanging around Philip boosted my vocabulary to the top percentile for my age, but I didn’t keep it up, when I moved back to LA, since I am somewhat of a sluggard.
Even though Philip was a grade ahead of me and a year older, he was actually smaller than I (I am an average size person). Philip being a scrawny person, though he was wiry from working out on the monkey bars. So, one day we were wrestling, though I was bigger, he was actually stronger, and he was on top of me pinning me down as two of the cutest girls
in school came by to observe. I thought this cannot be! A little runt like Phillip getting the better of me, while wrestling in front of two really cute girls, who were enjoying the spectacle. So, I struggled mightily trying to throw him off me, but it was futile as I’ve never had much upper body strength –just like a girl!
The girls really seemed to enjoy watching me being humiliated by the smaller but stronger Philip!
Once Philip and I went to the Los Angeles county fair in Pomona. I brought back a fake derby hat and a bamboo cane. Philip was one to utilize things. I was informed by him that I would be performing as Charlie Chaplin in front of the entire school! I would do almost anything for him. So, they painted a fake mustache on me and had a fake pie in the face made from shaving cream (whipped cream would have tasted better).
I’ll not bore you with the details, but my Chaplin was based on
Lucille Ball’s
Chaplin. Notice: I related better to women even back then.
For my thirteenth birthday Phil, Lynn (more about him later), Shaw, and myself were driven to Hollywood to see a movie. I wanted to see “Cleopatra” at the Pantages, but it was a dollar more than the other moves, times 4 with my friends. So, we were dropped off at some crummy run-down theater down the street to watch a lousy black and white movie (nothing against black & white movies–some of my favorites have been such!), after the movie we spent the night at my house.
When Philip advanced to the next grade, requiring that he attend another school, I was lost without him. As I exhibited bad behavior the principal offered to drive me home. He got excited, when he discovered that I was actually in another school district as the line went through Shore Cliff estates! Even though he was being a mean jerk, I do admire the slick way he got rid of me.
So, at the next school I met Lynn, who just loved the “Bye Bye Birdie” record album. As I was an introvert, Lynn was an extravert, which made us a good team. We were both in the Boy Scouts. Even though I started in the Boy Scouts in Los Angeles and continued in San Clemente, I never made it beyond tenderfoot –never earned any merit badges! (Throughout my entire life I’ve never been any good at getting promotions!)
Lynn got me a date with Cathy,
who was another incredibly cute girl. When we went to the picture show, Cathy would touch me and say “I wish you would reciprocate.” When she touched me, I would shake all over, which was my same reaction a few years earlier when I saw my divorced mom
on the floor with the lights on, and the radio blaring, while Geno was giving her the in & out!
Last time I saw Philip he was on television calling himself
Isaac
and arguing with Joe Pyne! Philip had gone to Berkeley, and as an honor student he was able to talk the faculty into allowing him to major in “Magic”! Philip had a University of California diploma with a major in Magic, including a facsimile of governor Ronald Reagan’s signature printed on it!
Philip to Joe Pyne: “ad hominem, ad hominem!”
New Year’s in Tujunga
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brie wearing a poodle skirt with sissy socks such as found in this rare video:
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New Year’s in Tujunga
I was just 21 years old during my senior year in college, and it
was the early eve of New Year’s in Tujunga (Los Angeles county).
Larry (my cousin’s boy friend) suggested we stop at a dive bar for a beer, since it was legal for me to do so.I had longish hair back then, and as I was stuffing the pockets, of my JC Penny pressed corduroy big-buttoned coat, with the free peanuts still in the shells from the huge barrel, some inebriated old dude (“you do like older men?”) came up
was the early eve of New Year’s in Tujunga (Los Angeles county).
Larry (my cousin’s boy friend) suggested we stop at a dive bar for a beer, since it was legal for me to do so.I had longish hair back then, and as I was stuffing the pockets, of my JC Penny pressed corduroy big-buttoned coat, with the free peanuts still in the shells from the huge barrel, some inebriated old dude (“you do like older men?”) came up
to me declaring loudly “I love you!”, while tugging on my arm. So,
coyly I just sort of looked startled, but to this day I appreciate how wonderful he made me feel!
Previously, at the university the maid said I had the prettiest
hair (brown with a reddish tint, and
a natural flip) she had ever seen. Someone else sometimes used to call me “Miss Clairol.”
More previously, watching “the Joe Pyne show with Ozzie
Whiffletree” , which was on Metromedia television in only about half the cities, Ozzie says”my paintings are not
schlocky!”
and more previously,
At another time watching Mort Sahl also on Metromedia, Mort was talking about a book that von Braun (famous rocket scientist) had written entitled “I aim at the moon”, then Mort explained: “but he missed, and hit London.”
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At the checkout stand in the super market, “I suppose you are going to wear that!” referring to a hair ornament of the sort that might have been worn by Patty Duke, said by either a very perceptive female, or more likely just a wise-ass chick.
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OCTOMOM!
“Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman (born Natalie Denise Suleman; July 11, 1975), known as Octomom
in the media, is an American woman who came to international attention when she gave birth to octuplets
in January 2009. The Suleman octuplets are only the second full set of octuplets to be born alive in the United States. One week after their birth, they surpassed the previous worldwide survival rate for a complete set of octuplets set by the Chukwu octuplets in 1998. The circumstances of their high order multiple birth have led to controversy in the field of assisted reproductive technology as well as an investigation by the Medical Board of California of the fertility specialist involved. Public reaction turned negative when it was discovered that the single mother already had six other young children and was unemployed and on public assistance programs. She denies ever having used public assistance. She conceived the octuplets and her six older children via in vitro fertilization (IVF).”
Pregnant woman who looks like the octomommy:
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from the octomom video, Vannah Sterling as the octomom:
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girls like Patty Duke
& Shirley Temple
wearing flat shoes such as Mary Janes and T-straps get noticed.*******************
Kandi Barbour wearing a tennis outfit:
& brie too!
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Melody Love wearing saddle shoes:
& brie:
janet Mason (PTA soccer mom!) goes glamorous:
brie goes to hollywood
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Even though I lived in los Angeles county (La Crescenta –not far from the “Spike Jones market”), we were considered a bunch of rubes and corn-pones by the hipsters and hucksters of Hollywood!
Oh!
Even more previously, back in high school I actually had some money, which was most unusual. So, early one Saturday morning I jumped on the bus to Glendale, then transferred to the Hollywood bus. I was looking to buy some coins!
Just after I got off the bus in Hollywood,
a character looking very much like Oscar Levant the famous personality and piano player, was clutching a transistor radio to his ear and yelled out “Alexander’s Rag Time band!”
As it was too early for any coin stores (I assumed there would be at least one good one within walking distance from Hollywood & Vine) to be opened, I decided to go to the famous (in los Angeles anyway) Cherokee book store, where upstairs you could find Burt Blum the king of the comic books! It was early on Saturday morning and Burt seemed irritable, as if he knew I was only there to look and not to buy. So, I asked if he had any STI’s (Screen Thrills Illustrated). He responded that he had all the STI’s. I became excited and asked if I could see STI issue # 10,
which was not only the last issue, but the only one I had never seen as I had all the others myself. Burt said that it was locked in the cabinet with the good stuff, and he would only unlock the cabinet, if I wanted to buy it. So, disappointed I left. If I had been actor Billy Mumy (“Lost in Space”), reported in the LA Times as being a customer of the Cherokee book shop, that cabinet would have come flying open!
(If I could have foretold the future, perhaps I would have picked up a collectable “Super Boy” comic in order to impress Ginger at the university some years in the future.)
Still kind of early for any coin stores to be open. So, I went into an old drug store, where, back then, it was common to have a sort of restaurant. This was before the current fast food industry almost completely took everything over. While eating a sweet roll, washed down with black coffee, I noticed that “Oscar” was in there talking to some gal, and that there was a display case containing coins! Since Oscar (or someone greatly resembling him—I was dying to ask, but I wasn’t a tourist, besides, he could easily deny his identity) was a well known hypochondriac, it actually made sense that he would own a drug store to save money on any medicine he would be taking. I inquired of Oscar about the coins. The upshot of which was that I purchased a Mexican two peso gold coin.
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A would-be night club singer, Bobby Duke, claiming to be Patty Duke’s
cousin at night outside my window, underneath a sheet tapping on the glass, and going “boooo!” He and his buddy (side kick?) were both adults, but acting like kids. Hard to imagine them tag teaming mom. They were only around for about a month. Guess night club singers have to keep moving.
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” You’re the most beautiful woman on XTube, especially your hair. You have the most beautiful hair.
Don’t go away. I’ll be back in a minute. “
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variously,
lovely catwoman costume!
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emy george milf
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kate wearing her blue sneakers
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sissy socks
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unkown european bobby-soxer
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um whatever shall i do with my pink maribou slippers?
oh! i know!
oh! dearest baby! you make mommy brie feel so good!
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the other patty
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brie doing the “Patty Duke Show.”
The amazing Patty Duke was mentioned previously in this blog.
However, there was another Patty!
“Patty McCormack (born August 21, 1945) is an American actress with a career in theater, films and television.
She achieved success as a child actress, portrayed Rhoda Penmark,
an eight-year-old sociopath and fledgling serial killer, in The Bad Seed (1954). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film version, The Bad Seed (1956).and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance (1956).
Her acting career has continued with supporting roles in film and television, including a more recent performance as Pat Nixon in Frost/Nixon (2008).”
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Luridly, more brie the bobby-soxer:
and more bobby-soxing with saddle shoes!
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Little miss adorable Dawn
Sitting on a tuffet next to her cat
Before the action ensues!
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“According to Las Vegas Weekly, the [Liberace] museum,
which exhibited the jewelry, pianos, garish gowns and other artifacts owned by the great pianist, has fallen victim to the economy.
At its peak, the museum rivaled the Hoover Dam as one of the state’s most popular tourist attractions, bringing in more than 400,000 visitors per year. Liberace Foundation Board of Directors Chair Jeffrey Koep informed the staff last week all full and part time positions will be eliminated October 17.”
I visited there about 5 years ago. After which i went to the nearby “Blueberry Hill” coffee shop for a waffle washed down with black coffee. Really old song “Anna” on the jukebox. Is that the fab four? Yes! From an old vee jay album no doubt. At one time (that would be the seventies) Liberace and Elvis were the biggest entertainers in Vega$.
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Sultry “Patricia Neal (January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), and middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown
in Hud (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.”
In 1949 Her appearance in The Fountainhead coincided with her on-going affair with her married co-star, Gary Cooper. By 1952, Neal had starred in The Breaking Point, and Operation Pacific, starring John Wayne. She suffered a nervous breakdown around this time, following the end of her relationship with Cooper, and left Hollywood for New York, returning to Broadway in a revival of The Children’s Hour, in 1952. She also acted in A Roomful of Roses in 1955 and as the mother in The Miracle Worker in 1959. In films, she starred in A Face in the Crowd (1957).”
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“Julie Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. Noted for her role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons.
Born in Los Angeles, Kavner grew up in Southern California. Known for her improvisation and distinctive voice, Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern
in Rhoda in 1974. Following Rhoda, Kavner was cast in The Tracey Ullman Show, which debuted in 1987. The Tracey Ullman Show included a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family. Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner to voice Marge. The shorts would eventually be spun off into The Simpsons.
Kavner has been described as “nearly reclusive”; part of her contract says that she will never have to promote The Simpsons on video.”
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sissy-soxing:
fantasy
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Fantasy in literature is so stultifying.
This brings to mind Ayn Rand.
I don’t really know what planet she was writing about.
If she had lived to see the future, she would have been astounded by all the big rip-offs selling us out to special interests!
For such a brilliant woman, she seemed rather naive.
Unaware that if you played by the rules, and the possibility existed that you might actually win the game, then more likely than not, your enemies would change the rules, making you a loser.
So “Atlas Shrugged” –big deal.
If you decide to quit, there are many others desiring to replace you, commensurate with you success. Your successor may not be as talented as you were, but the system doesn’t really care! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out bub.
I read an account of Ayn Rand having visited an all boy’s prep school, wearing a short skirt,
thereby causing a sensation among those present. She was no doubt charismatic. As a person she sounds way more interesting than her writing ever could be.
At a young age I read the monumental “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, and really can’t waste any more time on fantasy.
When unemployed during the eighties, I read Thomas Pynchon’s epic tome “Gravity’s Rainbow,” which verges on fantasy. We really don’t need any more writers trying to emulate Pynchon!
Same with the Harry Potter books. The author herself is way more interesting than a bunch of rubbish, as the British would say, about witches and such. Truly amazing how she came from nowhere to become such a success.
Modern society has a tendency to chew up people like sticks of gum before spitting them out, producing an abundance of washed-up-has-beens.
cheerleaders
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scene from video brie cheer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biPz8jnYb3U
“firecracker firecracker!”
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retro cheerleaders:
& from the internet:
“In the mid-70’s there was a sit-com called “Welcome Back Kotter” starring Gabe Kaplan as a high school teacher in Brooklyn. [Some guy named Travolta played one of his students,aka “The Sweathogs] At the end of the show, when they rolled the credits, they showed people in a real-life street scene in what I presume is Brooklyn. A girl was walking and wearing an athletic jacket and on the back, written in script was “Ty Cobbs Cheerleaders” I just happened to catch the end of a rerun today, so I’m wondering,is there a high school named after Cobb in Brooklyn or NYC?” [i don’t think so]
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answer to last month’s mystery photo:
Audrey Rose
from the movie “Chunky Cheerleaders.”
I saw the outtakes at the end of the movie, and a handsome actor tried to flirt with Audrey Rose, but she was just there to work and make buck$. However, the good-looking stud made sure she would not ever forget him!
Also, Audrey mentioned that she needed a ride back to North Hollywood (where I used to live!).
Additionally, delightful Roxy Blaze
really has a wonderful personality according to the outtakes.
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“Natasha Lyonne has also appeared in more than 30 other movies, including starring roles in the independent films Slums of Beverly Hills [“Let’s go to Sizzler!”] and “But I’m a Cheerleader.”
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stamps approved:
harem
& Princess Leia
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flash!
over 8,000 downloads of “velma varsity”
on deviantart!?!?!?
jinkies!
brie coffee mugs and fridge magnets available at:
http://brielivingston.deviantart.com/store/
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brie as Betty Boop:
Betty Boop by the artist Doc Icenogle:
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bobby-soxer (Cathy)
bobby-soxing:
& brie:
next month’s mystery photo:
