First, before I begin, I want to wish my BFF Barbie a Happy 50th Birthday! I am SO excited to see all of the hype surrounding my girl Barbie turning the “Big 5-0″. Barbie and I are COOL. We go wayyyyyyy back, I mean way back to the Barbie hot pink Corvette way back, I mean way back to Barbie and The Rockers (”rockin’ out we’re totally in the groove…in the groove!”) with the cassette tape and all way back…and when I say I had all the Barbies, I mean I had ALL the Barbies. I had Doctor Barbie, Astronaut Barbie, Malibu Barbie, Eskimo Barbie, Spain Barbie, Barbie and all of The Rockers (”…Dana, DeeDee, Derek, and Diva tooooooo”), the Barbie cosmetic head, various Bride Barbies, Barbie’s pregnant friend, some Skippers, and even her cousins The Heart Family and all of their kids. My Barbies had a fully furnished Dream House, Corvettes, Farraris, motor homes, buses, horses, motorcycles, a Rock Star stage, and the best part, a fully accessorized and seasonal appropriate designer wardrobe, of course. My Barbies even had fully choreographed runway shows! See, I was very serious about Barbie. I played with my Barbies faithfully until I was about 14 years old and I still play Barbies with little girls every opportunity that I get. Needless to say, I cannot WAIT until Anna is old enough to play Barbies. I am ready!
Speaking of not being able to wait to share Barbie with my daughter, I couldn’t believe it when I read that some people think that Barbie is not good for girls. Something about hurting their self-esteem or something. WHAT?! When I started wistfully and happily reminiscing about the Barbie World of my youth, I realized something…you know what…wow, no way…one of my inspirations in life is actually BARBIE! Yes, Barbie. I want to be like Barbie when I grow up. Barbie inspires me to “do it all”. Barbie has the everything life: many successful careers (I mean she’s an Ambassador, President of the United States, Firefighter, Paleontologist, Teacher, Fashion Designer, etc. etc.), a college education, she is well-traveled, she has a loving long-term monogamous relationship with a very supportive Ken, she has a loving network of family and friends, she’s recession-proof (have you seen her Dream House, wardrobe, and cars?), and she does it all while managing to keep her hair done and never mess up her makeup! If that’s not inspirational, then I don’t know what is.
So to all of the Barbie haters I say this, everything I need to know about life, I learned from Barbie: you can be anything you want to be and do anything you want to do in this world while having a haute coordinating outfit for each task and getting it all done while strutting in matching stilettos. Now, can you top that life lesson?
Viva Barbie!
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March 28th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Hey Tonjia,
Whew, you just brought back some memories with “The Barbie and the Rockesr”. I had the stage….played the tape nonstop!!
I so agree with you, I learned a lot from Barbie!
And Tisk! to all the Barbie haters!
When Anna grows up we may just have to work on a Diva’s mom Barbie!! LOL!
March 28th, 2009 at 11:45 am
LOL I did too and I can still hear all of those songs in my head! I am already thinking of a Diva Mom Barbie. It is so time!