Tuesday, June 10, 2008

The Best Thing In My Room

I've been poking around the detritus that used to be my bedroom floor and this is far and away my favorite thing ever.
This is a straight-up vintage Ken Doll Case from when my Mom was a kid. I remembered how I used to play with her two Barbies and Ken doll back in the day visiting the Grandparents. I didn't recall ever being allowed to take the dolls home with me, but there we go. I crack it open with memories of those neat old-fashioned Barbie outfits with the metal snaps instead of velcro strips and how their Barbie faces looked different than my Barbies' faces.
I find this:
There's been a Ken orgy happening in my closet for who knows how many years now. Why does Ken have TWO accessories drawers? Who packed these? Look at that one on the far left: he's wearing a tank top with silver lame stars AND neon-abstract-print shorts! And that yellow jumpsuit is actually a clown outfit; you can see the matching hat poking out of the upside-down drawer. The Ken getting it from behind is actually a vintage Ken, but I don't imagine he's really worth anything due to a dislocated shoulder and a proclivity towards shiny vests.
I think my dad has that shirt that the one on the far-right is wearing.

10 comments:

Trixie Firecracker said...

Amazing. That made me laugh out very loudly in front of my computer. I wonder what the original founders of the Barbie and Ken dolls would think if they saw this now?

So@24 said...

Damn. Ken dresses better than me.

thisdayandage said...

even back then you were a sex fiend. not surprising.

and the more I learn about your dad, the more ridiculous I think he is. if he has the shirt that ken has, I respect him even more for the amazing human being that he is.

and overcome your fear of cars and come visit. take some side roads or something.

villageidiot said...

Ken finally comes out of the closet! (We always knew, Ken - duh!) Well, I guess he's still in the closet. confusing...

DnWormer said...

I never understood Ken, but now I realize he's a bi-sexual mackdaddy

Anonymous said...

lol!
that tickled me!

JerseySjov said...

tf: glad my weird stuff made you laugh :)

so@24: maybe you should let 10-year-old girls pick out your clothes each morning.

ta: i told you about his new hat, right?

blackdog: actually, barbie and ken officially 'broke up' a couple of years ago and she dates this other man doll now

mnwhr: no one can help but be attracted to his orange plastic skin and shiny yellow hair

sage: :)

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater said...

Closet Full of Ken Dolls is a good album title.

Shandra said...

DEAR GOD I just peed my pants lmao , as in I seriously felt something coming up.

This is effing hilarious. Hahaha, maybe you packed them? See it's starts when your a kid.

also your Dad has that shirt? AWESOME.

Shandra said...

PS you just outed Ken of the closet.