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10 Things I Miss That Will Probably Make Me Cry
Thanks, Paul Combs.
As the old saying goes, I’ll probably be late for my own funeral. I imagine a traffic jam of coffins, all because I hit the snooze button on the big sleep.
Paul Combs issued a challenge, as he is wont to do, back in September, and I’m finally getting around to writing about 10 things I miss. It’s probably going to make me cry. But the cereal aisle at the grocery store make me cry, so this is not unusual.
I had a list somewhere, but like every list I’ve ever made, I lost it. It’s probably in a shopping cart somewhere being puzzled over by a bored bag boy. “Giant Barbie head?”
So as usual I’m going to make things up as I go along. The seat belt light has been turned off and you may move about the cabin. The attendant will be by to take your drinks order.
- My giant Barbie head. I had this giant Barbie head when I was a kid. I hated Barbies and dolls in general. I was a toy tractor kind of kid. But the point of The Head was you could style the hair and put makeup on it. Which was fine until I ran out of the special water-soluble makeup and my mom didn’t know where to buy more. If I had that head today, I could take over YouTube with makeup tutorials — I just need something to practice on and my boyfriend is not…