--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 17, 2007, at 8:12 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > There are family photos of me sitting on a pillow > > astride the piano bench en costume, waving my spear > > and shouting "Ho-jo-to-ho!" > > > I wore the costume to a Halloween party that year > > and was just crushed when nobody knew who I was. > > Ok, I'll make you a deal: your photo in your Halloween costume > for my c. 1963 costume posted in the photo section. Any other > takers?
I'm not sure there are any photos of me dressed for Halloween, just the ones of me riding the piano bench. And unfortunately I don't have easy access to them, or I'd be delighted to post them, no deal required. > What year are we talking here? Probably Christmas 1946, when I got the costume, or very shortly thereafter. I think I skipped a year in my earlier chronology. My parents got the recording when I was 3 1/2, when we were living in Evanston; but the photo was taken in New York after we'd moved, which was when I was 4. > I would hope your parents would've known it would've been > unrecognizable to almost anyone. Well, not necessarily almost anyone. This was in the Columbia University community, after all. Some of the adults there probably got a big chuckle out of it. I'm sure my parents realized it wouldn't be universally recognized. They most likely figured it wouldn't be too smart to attempt to explain this to a 4-year-old who was in love with the costume and the character and bent on wearing the outfit. "No, no, dear, you can't wear that; people might not know who you are. Here, let's fix you up a nice Goldilocks costume." I wouldn't have believed them, or been the least bit interested in going as a lesser, tamer character. The people of the Ring were at least as vivid to me as any other fairy-tale personages. My parents weren't about to step on that passion by telling me the costume was unsuitable. Unless they were really lacking > in social skills of course. But of course. What a poisonous person you are. > But it sounds like you had a good time. I'm sure I did, after I'd gotten over the initial disappointment. I suspect I talked the other kids' ears off telling them the story of the Ring and explaining just who Bruennhilde was.
