My five most embarassing childhood memories.... all my work to block them.... undone.
1. Any school Picture Day during my primary years. I am a twin. My sister was your typical Native Canadian girl, dark skin, straight, long and jet black hair. She was always organized, neat and tidy. I was the female equivalent to Pig Pen. In the seventies, perms were hot. Not. On. Me. My short and curly hair was always messy with twigs, leaves, and other random objects. Anyway, my mother always dressed my sister and I alike on Picture Day. Well, mostly alike. See, she was three inches shorter than me and tiny. Stick arms and legs. I was more traditionally Native. Big. Sturdy. So my mother dressed my sister in the dress, and I wore the matching pant outfit. In the seventies.
2. I took Judo class with my older brother. In fact, I'm almost certain that I was both the youngest in the class, and the only girl. So, I was mortified when I was partnered up with a taller, and much bigger boy who happened to step on the bottom of my pants before throwing me in the air. I landed on my head and crumpled to the ground, and I had lost my pants, exposing a pair of girly underwear with flowers. I don't think that I ever went back.
3. I was away from school for awhile, I had broken my ankle quite badly, and came back to school with crutches and a cast. Well, I saw a bunch of guys pointing and waving at me as my mother dropped me off, and my sister laughed wildly. As I had gotten out of the car, I was so preoccupied with staying balanced on my crutches, that I hadn't noticed that my shirt had popped open and by leaning forward on the crutches, my breasts were just overflowing my bra.
4. (And because my sister and I laughed wildly at the last one that she had reminded me about, she allowed me to write her most embarassing moment) She was in seventh grade, and walking behind her friend Julie, who had been talking with a boy they both knew, Doug. Well, when she had caught up to them enough, she overheard Julie asking 'Well, what about Rae?' and he had answered quite adamantly, 'Fuck, no!' And Rae had realized that Julie had must have asked him if he liked Rae, or found her attractive. To this day, Rae says that whenever she's feeling especially attractive, or pretty, these words echo in her head. But we both laughed too, because Doug was one of the grossest, disgusting guys ever. Which, in turn, made her feel bad again.
5. A boy in high school invited me out one night to a bar. I didn't have any problem getting in, neither did he. We both ordered a couple of drinks and then the night's entertainment began. It was Karaoke night. After a few songs from others, he went up and sang a couple of songs... and it was obvious that he'd been there before, and he had a fan base. Midway through the night, he urged me up towards the stage. Not wanting to seem like a chicken, but knowing my strengths and weaknesses, I declined, and told him to go up again. Well, he went up, took the mike, and invited me to sing onstage in front of everyone. Fuck him. So I did sing a song, but did it badly... it hurt the ears of animals, I'm certain. But throughout the whole song, I pondered back and forth about cutting out mid-song, knowing how horrible I sounded. The expressions from the audience was the worst, though. Some people wouldn't even look at me, and others were giving me this knowing look, understanding how humilliated I felt. I got a standing O, but it was a horrible moment. And I don't think he ever mentioned a word about it, then or afterwards. I never went out with him again, either.
I tag KellyW, Macky, and Muggaz! Just do it already, if you've read mine.