Childish

I'm not afraid to admit it...I am 28 years old and I STILL collect My Little Ponies. I just love the lil' buggers. I don't COLLECT collect them, as in keep them untouched in the box or have them all perfectly clean and catagorized in a display case somewhere. I simply enjoy their cuteness. My old ones are a bit dirty 'cause I really played with them...outside and inside. They remind me of good times during childhood, they were my absolute favorite toys. I would take them everywhere, to grandma's, to school, to friend's houses... I didn't just sit and comb their hair or dress them up. No no no! They all had individual personalities and genders and were involved in many dramas, played out by me in my bedroom.

I'd get a new one and get a 'feeling' about it. Bowtie here was definately a girl. The look on her face, to me, is that of a sort of bored arrogance. Like, "Pfft, what-ev-errr, just get on with it would you??!" She was the prissy bitch of the herd. You didn't fuck with her though, or she'd make damn sure you were miserable. She did that to all the new little fillies who had the nerve to flirt with her stallion, Moondancer, the second pony I ever owned. I never liked dolls as a child really, I had a whole lot of stuffed animals. The was Pinkie the Pink Panther, Mikie mouse , Marie mouse (Mickey and Minnie mouse dolls), Bubba Bear, Ellie elephant, Goodbye kitty (Hello Kitty doll with a drug problem), Tady and Sally parrot and the pound puppy family. They all lived and played and carried on with the ponies. The ponies were always in the center. Any dolls were usually evil, except for the Cabbage Patch Kid. She was cool. She sat on my bed most of the time and just looked pretty. The ponies main enemy was the fake barbie family. I never had a real barbie, just a barbie-knock -off little family. Mom, dad, a baby boy and a baby girl. They were always trying to invade the ponyland paradise so that they could build their dream home. Uh-huh, it went on like that in my little imagination.

This particular one is not mine, but it is the very first pony that I had gotten for my birthday when I was six. She's called Bowtie for obvious reasons. I think she was one of the first in the series, not sure...I just know she's really old. I don't have a huge collection, only about 30. I just started adding to it again in the past few years. My originals were at my parent's house for a few years after I'd moved out. The day I brought them home I had to take them out, line them up and reminisce on all the good times we had. Their hair was all fucked up from being in a bag for so long, so I dumped them all in the bathtub and washed them. Then I sat down to comb their hair and line them up to dry. Soon after that I happened to be at a toy store and saw the newer ones. I had to buy a couple... So I've been picking a few up here and there over the past few years. Last night I got a wonderful surprise while grocery shopping. They had My Little Ponies in the toy section! AAAAA!!!! So I picked up a few more and went home to pull out the herd again...