Pink—the color of my shame
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Ever since I was little, I was a tomboy.
Now that I’m older and “oh-so sophisticated,” I’m taking the time to look back on the different phases of my life. I assuming that most of you didn’t know me when I was little, but you might know me well enough to believe the story my mom often tells: “When you were young, you hated dresses and skirts so much that I had to put your church clothes up a week in advance so you’d get used to the sight of them so you wouldn’t struggle so much on Sabbath morning when I tried to dress you.”
Since then, I’ve come a long way. In fact, it was only two years ago that I started wearing skirts for non-Sabbath attire! That was 2 years after I graduated from undergrad! And then I actually started wearing makeup. Occasionally. That was another big shift for me. BUT during that entire time, I REFUSED to wear pink.
My battle with pink began at the dawn of time (well, at least time as I knew it). My whole room in my childhood was pink from head to foot. Even now, my room at my parent’s place is littered with remnants of that period of pink-ocity. The hate ran deep. All my life, I had associated pink with being prissy, girly, and generally useless. And then…and then...it happened. I bought my first pink item. I was a Reebok sports bra. It was quickly followed only minutes later by a pair of Adidas kicks with pink stripes down the sides.
Since then, it’s all been downhill. I’ve gotten ALL KINDS of pink filth. Blouses, skirts, necklaces, scarves and even shoes! So my big question is, “Does this mean that I’m grown up now?”
ey, it’s that last picture, the one of you at E3! When I left a message on your phone, I said you were on a DVD here, right? You were posing with “booth babes,” weren’t you? Well, they were shooting a video (you even looked into the camera while walking away) and put in on a DVD that came with an issue of Famitsu not too long ago. I still have the mag and DVD so I’ll try to send it to you after I show all my studens and say “hey! that’s my friend!”
Posted by Datchan on 06/28 at 09:22 PMAaarrghhh!! PINK PINK PINK!! My little sister is all grown up!?
You were on Famitsu?! With the booth babes or the Katamari Damarcy guy? Does this mean that I, your older brother, am still immature for NOT wearing pink? Or is this just a purely sexist thing that I should not even be sticking my head out on the chopping block for? And does it help that I frequent the Clinique, Clarins, and Biotherm counters? And am I sharing too much? Hmm. . .
Posted by on 06/28 at 09:51 PMhahaha… i’ve struggled with those issues all my life too, and girl, you have FAR surpassed me! i always wondered why i couldn’t wear corduroys to church like my kuya did when we were growing up - what’s up with the frilly skirts, tights, and then travesty of having to wear socks -with- the stockings, socks with frilly pink fringe. *shudder*
on second thought, perhaps -that- is why i haven’t made the full transformation yet…
=)
i’m so proud of you, all growed up!
Posted by kimi =) on 06/28 at 10:54 PMYAY! Welcome to the Pink Side, Kathy! I told you it would happen some day!
I actually think there is a direct correlation between in love (for real, and being truly loved in return) and the desire to wear pink. I’ve witnessed it on several occasions!
I bought a really cute pink belt at the Gap the other day.
Posted by laura on 06/29 at 05:25 AMWhen my dad worked for CBS he took me to a press dinner on the south lawn of the White House, and Pres. Bill Clinton was wearing this hot pink polo shirt. They had a reggae band playing for a bit and the guy offered Bill his sax, but he declined to play. It would’ve been cool if he had. Shucks.
Maybe if I wore pink people would offer me their sax’s?
Posted by Ramone on 06/29 at 06:40 AMwell, laura, that correlation would account for my inability to be totally pink-ified, seeing how i’m lacking in the for real in love and having it be requited department…
but how does it account for the rest of the masses of girls out there?
Posted by kimi =) on 07/01 at 09:47 AMMaybe my theory only holds if you’re a girl who has reviled pink most of her life and then crosses over later on.
Posted by larua on 07/01 at 10:31 AM