Childhood Joy: Sailor Moon Edition
In the midst of re-examining my life, I've dug up a bunch of old photographs and I thought it might be fun to share some of these.
I forget the year, but judging by the wrapping paper I'll assume this was a Valentine's Day gift from my mom. And of course I loved to make goofy faces for the camera.
I think this was later that same day. The candy heart suggests that it probably was.
Not sure what occasion this was, but I was very pleased with these curtains.
This was one Christmas or another when I got Mercury and Jupiter.
Me with some fanart I drew. Try not to get jealous of my artistic talent.
Guess which bunk was mine, lol. (We did have matching bedspreads at one point.) I shared a couple of pictures of this ages ago on this blog.
I loved this comforter. It's one of the things my grandmother made disappear when I made the mistake of leaving it at her house. Nearly 30 years later and I'm still kinda salty about it.
This was my 9th Birthday. My mom made me a Sailor Moon cake.
And she drew this super cool picture.
I got a lunch box too.
A Lego fanwork next to a shampoo bottle. Presumably I had used the bottle as a reference to try and approximate her design with the Lego bricks. I think my mom helped me. I shared another image of Lego Moon a while back.
She was accompanied by Lego Mars. You can also see the lunchbox behind them and the curtains from earlier on the right.
Not sure when this was, but there's Venus. I know I had Mars and Princess Serenity too, along with various other toys and VHS tapes, but I haven't found any photos of when I received them.
And there's a season 2 poster I had on my wall.
These memories still make me smile. Sailor Moon was really important to little me. I'm sure I've talked before on this blog about some of the ways the show influenced me. I can also remember playing as Sailor Moon with my Crescent Moon Wand and Crystal Brooch. I think I remember accidentally leaving the Crystal Brooch outside one time and going out to find it the next morning after it had been rained on. I can remember brushing the hair of my dolls. For some reason I was determined to un-twintail Usagi's hair. I can remember doing several drawings of the characters.
I think I'd stay in the warmth of those memories forever if I could.