I thought that eating too many carrots would turn my skin orange.
I believed I wouldn’t get any gifts at Christmas if I didn’t believe in Santa.
I was terrified that I’d grow up to be Stranger Danger.
I trusted easily.
I held a grudge against the Easter bunny (still do!)
I thought that my Barbies would walk around their houses when I was in bed.
I was scared that people lived in mirrors.
I didn’t believe in organization.
I colored with my tongue sticking out of my mouth.
I believed that because my cousin was a week older than me that she would die before me.
I was sure that Freddy Kruger was going to kill me.
I was reluctant to take a bath unless there were some form of bubbles, Foamy Soap or food coloring in the water.
I convinced myself that Jaws was in my bathtub if I couldn’t see through the water to the bottom of the tub.
I thought I sounded like a boy.
I could watch the same movie over and over and never get bored. (Batman was my movie of choice, followed by Beetlejuice and Good Morning Vietnam!)
I believed my toy vacuum could really suck things up.
What are some funny things you did or believed as a kid?
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My older brother had me believing all sorts of things, like we’re all born with tails. Yet for some reason I thought I wasn’t cool until he let me hang out with him.
And I still do color with my tongue sticking out.
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you know the scene in Look Who’s Talking Too when the toilet turned into the blue monster thing?
that terrified me to the point where I would hold it until I absolutely couldn’t hold it anymore or I would Burst!
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hahaha. my grandma used to tell me that eating too many carrots would turn me orange.
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My sister’s skin did turn orange from carrots!! I was scared of pretty much everything when I was a kid, thank god I grew up to be semi-normal!
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I watched Annie and The Sound of Music about a billion times–i also believed my barbies had a life of their own when i wasn’t there!!
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I was convinced that the maintenance sheds in cemeteries were the crematoriums.
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I thought that the small square seams on jeans were pieces of chiclet gum.
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I don’t know about odd things I believed or did, but I do know that my musical tastes were… different. For the first fourteen years of my life ‘Bubba Shot the Jukebox’ was my favorite song.
…also when I was seven and we were renting a house in Texas I asked my mom if we would have to pay for the whole house if a tornado destroyed it.
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I was reluctant to take a bath unless there were some form of bubbles, Foamy Soap or food coloring in the water … I convinced myself that Jaws was in my bathtub if I couldn’t see through the water to the bottom of the tub.
Ummm, why would one want bubbles, foam or colored water if it’d only muddy your ability to determine where Jaws was hiding?
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Wait… I still thought that eating too many carrots can turn you orange.
You cannot convince me otherwise.
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When I did art, I chewed my tongue….okay, I admit it, I still do it….
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When I did art, I chewed my tongue….okay, I admit it, I still do….
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Bubbles could be moved around to see the bottom. Foamy soap went on me. The food coloring was tricky. Red made me feel like I was sitting in blood, yellow was pee and green was swampy. As long as the water was blue (but not too dark) I was okay.
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I thought there was a vacuum in the drain of the tub. I thought my mom would die on the way to work if there was any car accident along the way. I was afraid to swallow gum because I thought it would stay in my stomach forever.
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I thought I was one of the strongest people on earth, I even thought I could take down Hulk Hogan in a wrestling match.
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I still don’t trust Freddy. He just isn’t a very nice guy.
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freddy was the cause of many sleepless nights from my youth.
i truly believed that one day i would be on ‘Barney’ because i had memorized ALL of the dialogue and songs to every.single.show.
and i had to have bubbles (and i mean tons) in my bath water before i could get in. not having any bubbles was the scary part for me.
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Eating a lot of carrots does turn your skin orange! I proved it in college when I went on a carrot-spree. My doctor was concerned when I went in for a check-up.
I’m not joking.
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When I was little and at Jewel with my mom I saw a National Enquirer story that said “NEW DISEASE MAKE PEOPLE SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST” and promptly lost my shit and pulled my shirt over my head and refused to breathe because I didn’t want to explode.
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I believed there were two crooks hiding under my mom’s bed, waiting to stick me in the ankles with needles. So until I was 12, every time I went past my mom’s bed, I’d run. Or just hop on her bed to stop them.
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i don’t remember too many weird things i believed as a kid… mostly i spent my time convincing my SISTER to believe things. like when she was an infant, she had a small benign growth removed from her skull – i told her it was an operation to remove the antennae, so she would fit into human society better. she got REALLY upset at that one. heh.
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that if I crossed my eyes too much, they would stick that way.
that if I worried about something enough, I could keep it from happening.
that I was adopted, and was really a princess.
that I was missing huge awesome parties when I had to go to bed.
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It’s true, many oranges turns you orange. But it’s not permanent, like I thought it was when I was a kid.
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i totally believed my toys would walk around and play when i wasn’t there, a la toy story. i also thought that they’d be mad at me if i gave them away or got rid of any of them. i had a big heart, haha.
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I believed my Dad was a pirate and that he really did eat Cap’n Crunch with rum because they couldn’t keep a cow on the ship for milk (the cow got sea sick). I told all my friends in my kindergarten class this piece of news and got stood in the corner for telling tall tales.
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I believed grownups knew everything and always told the truth.
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I still say stranger danger, LOL
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I believed that if you stopped moving the hair dryer constantly while using it, it would explode and your hair would burn up in a ball of flames.
Seriously.
I still find myself freaking out if I forget to move the hair dryer for two seconds.
…I bet that’s one you haven’t heard before!
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I trusted easily as well…and part of me still does.
I believed that pipe cleaners were JUST for arts and crafts projects.
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I think I must have seen a giant heart shaped balloon in the sky one Valentine’s Day, because for a few years after that, I was convinced that a heart was something in the sky, not unlike the moon and sun.
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i used to freak out if i swallowed a watermelon seed. i thought an entire patch of watermelons would grow in my tummy. i didn’t tell anyone, though. i didn’t want to look stupid even though i believed it would happen
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The girl from the Partridge Family, I heard, was anorexic and actually only ate carrots. I guess her skin DID start to turn orange!
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I also believed that my barbies walked around when I was sleeping!
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That if I crossed my eyes, they would stick that way. Thanks Mom. Parents are evil. (In her defense, I liked to do this A LOT and it was probably the only way to stop me).
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I believed that girls were made of sugar and spice. Man did I get that one wrong.
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JENN! Your skin totally WILL turn orange if you eat too many carrots! When I was a baby, I was a big fan of carrots, squash, pumpkin — any orange baby food. AND I TURNED ORANGE. Also, I had a friend in high school, who (when she was anorexic) would only drink V8 Splash. SHE TURNED ORANGE. Actually, I think that’s how someone decided she needed help, because they were pretty sure that was all she was ingesting.
I also loved Good Morning Vietnam — and Cocktail.
I refused to watch scary movies. Ask BFF. He’s the only one I’ll watch them with even now.
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I STILL stick my tongue out when I am concentrating… not so much coloring anymore (although it’s pretty fucking intense), but when I play the piano I hold my tongue between my teeth. I don’t know why I do that.
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I slept on my slide because I thought that the ghosts from ghostbusters were going to come through my bed and hold me down…. so if I slept on my side, I could slip out more easily.
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Eating too many carrots does turn your skin orange! Or eating too many things with beta caratine in it. Happened to my little cousin when she was a baby haha.
I used to think that my stuffed animals came to life and partied when I was sleeping.
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Wait, Jenn.
Your old beliefs weren’t even compatible. How did you check for Jaws in your bathtub if you had to have bubbles in the water? =/
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when i was little, my uncle/godfather told me that when you got velcro wet, it turned to sand. i had a pair of little mermaid velcro tennis shoes, and when my mom threw them in the washing machine because i had been playing in the mud at school, i cried and cried and cried cuz i thought my beloved shoes would turn to sand.
same person tried to make me believe that if i didnt finish my milk or crust, that my teeth would turn to rubber. luckily, i learned (eventually) to not believe everything he says.
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I was convinced that women with square toed shoes were witches who were going to turn me into a mouse and then stomp on me. I still would never consider wearing shoes like that because it’s all I think of when I see them.
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My skin turned orange when I was a baby because of carrots! My mom was so scared that I was sick and when she took me to the hospital they told her not to worry, that it was just the carrots.
And I totally thought women with square toed shoes were witches too! I was always on the lookout for purple eyes.
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food coloring in the water?!? heehee
i believed that if i stood outside and wished for a certain celebrity who will remain nameless to come visit me. if i just wished hard enough.
sigh.
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I believed that a bolt of electricity was going to come out of the electrical sockets in the wall, so I jumped over them to avoid a shock. I believed I was a spoiled piece of shit, just like mamma told me. I believed that being married would fix everything. I believed that if I crossed my eyes they would get stuck that way. I believed that if I bit my fingernails I would get worms.
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I used to think that when my mom said that I would grow potatoes in my ear if they didn’t get cleaned out that she was serious, that I would literally have plants growing out of my head.
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I believed the carrots thing, too! I’m not sure why, but it’s funny thinking about now.
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I was scared to use the toilet sometimes because I thought something would come up through the pipes and kill me!
This isn’t something I believed, just something weird I did. I used to take “class photos” of my stuffed animals because I played school with them. I’d get individual ones, then a group photo, with them arranged tallest to shortest. OCD at a young age, indeed. Also, when someone spoke, if they used, say, eighteen syllables, I’d take eighteen steps. So if you said, “Come here, Long Red Cape,” (5 syllables), I would take 5 steps.
WEIRD KID HUH?
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I just wrote this on your interview, but I used to think there was a monster in the elementary school toilet who came out when I flushed. Sometimes I would flush and dash… and once I got busted by a friend for running away sans flushing. Oops.
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