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18 Responses to “Twirling”
miranda Says:
When I was a little girl, I refused to let my mother buy me a dress before I checked out the “twirl factor.” What a nice thing about being a girl.
I just bought my 2 year old daughter a denim dress. She told me she didn’t like it because “it doesn’t go up!” She spun around to demonstrate the lack of twirl. I couldn’t argue.
When I was ten, I took a crash course in baton twirling and performed in the local Canada day parade. I wore a red sequin leotard JUST LIKE THAT ONE. Can’t believe I’m admitting this on line.
As a kid I always loved twirling but thought it was kind of gay…then I realized the dress I was wearing was the gay part, not the twirling…I still like twirling but now I do it with my kids so I have a reasonable excuse to be a grown man in my thirties acting dizzy and drunk-like….and twirling.
i have to do a twirl test, because thinking you’re okay and flashing the entire world because your dress spun up, THAT’s embarrassing. it’s worse when you’re dancing with your ex-bf and his new fiance sees your tush.
Oy, great list – although most are now hypotheticals for Bossy.
a. Says:
Sadly, this is unrelated to twirling, but I just read your twitter about the eyelid swelling. I am also a redheaded, sensitive-skinned person who started developing seemingly random and rash-y allergies a couple of years ago. When my eyelid started to swell and I couldn’t figure it out, the doctor told me that it was blephargia. Which is eyelash dandruff. (pretty name, pretty condition!) She sort of chuckled at me and gave me a cream which I swear was vaseline. Please don’t judge me; I am only trying to help. I hope you don’t have eyelash dandruff, but given the allergies and such you’ve posted about lately, well, you might?
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When I was a little girl, I refused to let my mother buy me a dress before I checked out the “twirl factor.” What a nice thing about being a girl.
And, just in case you hadn’t seen it, twirling by Sheryl Crow: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kVrELd1HluQ
Oh, I was just like Miranda. (…Still am, I guess!)
Inspiring. I need to twirl more. I should make a Mighty List and put twirl in Paris on it…
I just bought my 2 year old daughter a denim dress. She told me she didn’t like it because “it doesn’t go up!” She spun around to demonstrate the lack of twirl. I couldn’t argue.
One of my favorite twirling pictures (of my baby sister! who is not actually a baby anymore, but still is…): http://flickr.com/photos/93393281@N00/125275584/
I’m pregnant with my first child, a baby girl. Those pictures make me extremely excited for the future (yes, even the last one, a little bit…
When I was last with two (of my ten) nieces, I wore a brown cotton full skirt, with a cotton liner under. Perfect twirl skirt.
The three-year-old kept saying, “Twirl, dancy-girl! Twirl!”
And twirl I did.
So fun.
I love this
… and you look mahvalous in blue 
Awesome photo finds! My sister used to call them “pumpkin dresses” when they’d poof out like that 2nd shot. Good times.
My girls (7 and 10) are leaving the twirl behind. Sob. Maybe I need to bring it back for myself?
When I was ten, I took a crash course in baton twirling and performed in the local Canada day parade. I wore a red sequin leotard JUST LIKE THAT ONE. Can’t believe I’m admitting this on line.
As a kid I always loved twirling but thought it was kind of gay…then I realized the dress I was wearing was the gay part, not the twirling…I still like twirling but now I do it with my kids so I have a reasonable excuse to be a grown man in my thirties acting dizzy and drunk-like….and twirling.
When I was a little girl, my dad used to twirl me once before bed. It was our ritual.
i have to do a twirl test, because thinking you’re okay and flashing the entire world because your dress spun up, THAT’s embarrassing. it’s worse when you’re dancing with your ex-bf and his new fiance sees your tush.
So much captured in so few words. Life does just seem to twirl by…
Oy, great list – although most are now hypotheticals for Bossy.
Sadly, this is unrelated to twirling, but I just read your twitter about the eyelid swelling. I am also a redheaded, sensitive-skinned person who started developing seemingly random and rash-y allergies a couple of years ago. When my eyelid started to swell and I couldn’t figure it out, the doctor told me that it was blephargia. Which is eyelash dandruff. (pretty name, pretty condition!) She sort of chuckled at me and gave me a cream which I swear was vaseline. Please don’t judge me; I am only trying to help. I hope you don’t have eyelash dandruff, but given the allergies and such you’ve posted about lately, well, you might?