here's mine: in 7th grade my mom made me wear one of her office dresses to a dance. i guess it was 1988-ish? it was verticle pink and black stripes, cinched at the waist, then down to mid calf. really ugly, and MOM. at the time, just a no no for me. but she tortured me. i also wore lace pantyhose with roses in them. OK--all the other girls were wearing Guess jean skirts, LaGear tennies with big socks, button up shirts with rolled up sleeves. and here i am in my MOMS OFFICE DRESS. gross. ok, so anyway. i had a big crush on Kevin Kaye. Lady in Red comes on ( so i thought of this whole thing earlier when it played..) and he starts dancing with a popular girl Peggy--who was wearing a beautiful red dress of course. he didn't even know who i was. but it was only a crush--i didn't LOVE him. ANYWAY i felt tears so i went outside- it was raining so i slipped in my moms big high heels and fell down in the rain. Eric Hoy and all the other nerds laughed at me crying in a puddle. i can remember that erics big bucked teeth "haw haw haw!!" i got up and ran away to the girls bathroom. ok, that story is actually funny to me now. dang i was a dork and a half. i've got tons of embarassing moments. oh man.
JennyCat, I think I can beat you. When I was a junior in high school, I had this pair of cream colored jeans. I loved those jeans! Well, I got my period while wearing these jeans and didn't know it. I made it all the way down and through the lunchroom before someone told me about it.
My worst was in a production of Funny Girl. I had a very quick costume change into a dance number that involved velcro on the fly of my pants for speed and ease. During the last rehearsal I told the costume lady that the velcro was loose, but she was so busy that she didn't get to it in time. The pants were a little big so I was used to them dropping to my waist, but as the tap dance started, they didn't stop dropping. The velcro had come completely loose. There was no way to get off stage without ruining the number so I just fought with them the best I could. At one point in the dance, we did a pin-wheel with each person facing the opposite direction. The guy next to me (a good friend luckily!) would hike up my pants from the back when I faced forward, and I hicked them up from the front when he faced forward. We got through the number, and I said to my friend (who was gay) "That is the only time I'll be glad that you kept grabbing my pants!" We still lose it when we tell that story!
When I was in the 5th grade it was my job to take the dog out in the morning. So I slipped a pair of pants on and my coat. I must have been in a huge hurry that day because when I got to school I took my coat off hung it up and went into class. Needless to say I still had on my Incredible Hulk pajama top from the night before and no way of going home to change clothes. There was no running off stage for me! I just pushed up the sleeves and tucked it in. I made it half way thru the day without anyone noticing. That is until the biggest geek in school said Hey! I've got that same pajama top at home!
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Sometimes, when i'm lonely... i crawl into a laundry basket and tickle my ears. But, Some times I don't...
I am a superklutz when it comes to falling down. i fall down at least once a year. (usually do to poor foot wear choices) in fact this morning i was walking into work i saw the loading dock was have open and figured rather than walk around the buidling, i would go up the ramp. when i got closer i realized it wasn't half open, more like a third to a quarter.... i had to scooch under the door wearing my sandles when I slipped. I ended up banging my head on the platic molding and almost fell off the loading dock. this guy came running... " OMG! are you ok???" i said, "uh, yeah, i was going to limbo under but hadn't had my coffee yet" vera embarrassing...
But my absolute worst embarrassment was at one of my favorite aunt's funerals who died too young. i was probably 13 or 14 and was so upset i started laughing at the wake. i couldn't stop. it was horrible. someone finally took me out of there after the priest started giving me dirty looks. Most embarrassing and shameful moments of my life.
There are so many to choose from, this thread could go on forever. Here's a good one though.
In 3rd grade, we had a new boy join our class , and I had a super huge crush. I had just gotten some note pads that came in different shapes, and one was a red heart. I couldn't tell you what I wrote, but I'm sure it had to do with me liking him and wanting him to be my boyfriend (in 3rd grade boyfriends were changed as often as underwear, so this wasn't be all end all).
At lunch that day, one of the other guys in glass got a hold of the note from this boy and shared it with the lunchroom, all 400 kids. I was mortified. The boy ended up transferring back to his old school the next year, but I'll never forget it.
And funny, as I type this, New Kids is on. IT's like I stepped back to my nerd grade school days.
MusicJunkie, I know what you mean. I am also an absolute klutz. The worst thing I've ever done is to try to open an iced shut car door while standing on solid ice. I slipped and literally fell underneath the car. I didn't break anything, but I totally bruised up my legs.
Sparky- That is awesome! I can't top those you guys. I'll keep brain storming. Sorry to disappoint Wef. I think that should be your new avatar. The incredible sparky!
So what you are saying is you'd like me to drudge up some of my repressed memories as a child. Like the fact that I had boobs before anyone else in my class. It was embarassing in my school - some places it may be cool but for me it sucked.
Or how about the day that the whole bus wanted to beat me up!! Oh yeah, I wasn't a dork. Next time you call out Star, you better remember who you're messing with I've got just as much baggage as you do I just don't like to throw it all out there.
