...I made this huge deal about how excited I was, and how much the book meant to me, how I related to it so much growing up, and all that stuff. People were weirded out by this. Even my parents were a bit miffed--I liked the book a lot, they said, but not that much. I chalked it up to a funky memory/perception issue.

Anyway, I just figured it out. I wasn't remembering Where the Wild Things Are. I was remembering Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day:


http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Terrible-Horrible-Good-Very/dp/0689711735/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

I was not the cool, rebellious kid with a kickass imagination and a heightened appreciation for children's books illustrations. I was the inappropriately emotional and annoying kid who constantly needed her feelings acknowledged.

2/14/2010 2:53:21 AM

k

2/14/2010 2:54:43 AM

Fuck your k.

I'm pouring out my soul here.

2/14/2010 2:56:12 AM

k

2/14/2010 2:56:27 AM

I POSTED A .

NOW ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND MY FEELINGS!

2/14/2010 2:57:59 AM

2/14/2010 3:00:23 AM

Quote :

"I was not the cool, rebellious kid with a kickass imagination and a heightened appreciation for children's books illustrations. I was the inappropriately emotional and annoying kid who constantly needed her feelings acknowledged."

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

2/14/2010 3:02:25 AM

There, there now BridgetSPK. There, there...

2/14/2010 3:03:25 AM

^^Hey now. I'd say the need for acknowledgement has at least downgraded from constant to intermittent.

I mean, give me some credit here. I have discovered alcohol after all.

2/14/2010 3:19:17 AM

And thank you, Mr. shmorri2!

^^^^

2/14/2010 3:21:37 AM

Quote :

"SO WHEN WHERE"

2/14/2010 3:25:31 AM

Anytime darlin.

2/14/2010 3:25:37 AM

^

2/14/2010 3:34:22 AM

2/14/2010 3:53:05 AM

I know I read this book, but I can't remember it at all.

2/14/2010 5:12:25 AM

I think i saw a reading rainbow episode about this book.

2/14/2010 2:50:04 PM

I just remember: "I went to sleep with gum in my mouth, and woke up with gum in my hair." Which I think is how it begins.

2/14/2010 3:16:20 PM

Quote :

"I have discovered alcohol after all."

You may have discovered it, but you obviously aren't using it.

Drink those emotions away!

2/14/2010 4:10:56 PM

Yo if they made a movie about this book I'd probably jizz myself

2/14/2010 5:30:34 PM

^ hahaha who should direct it, Tim Burton?

2/14/2010 8:05:56 PM

, BridgetSPK

2/14/2010 8:07:20 PM

^

2/14/2010 11:46:17 PM

i wish they would make a movie out of that catepillar book.

2/14/2010 11:49:59 PM

Oh god the caterpillar book. I still see that in bookstores sometimes, but it's like... updated.

Probably more mindful of caterpillar rights.

2/15/2010 3:23:40 AM

if it ain't broke don't fix it.

2/16/2010 1:35:04 AM

my favorite childhood book


also liked the others mentioned above

2/16/2010 1:45:32 AM

I loved Alexander, I am right there with you Bridget.

2/16/2010 2:03:32 AM

What not to like about it? It's about fecal matter coming out of the ass!

2/16/2010 2:08:02 AM

k

2/16/2010 11:15:44 AM

THEY ALL ADORE HIM. THEY THINK HE'S A RIGHTEOUS DUDE

2/16/2010 11:17:56 AM

if Tim Burton made a movie out of "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" or the story where the porcupine kid goes to the dentist... I think I would cream myself

2/16/2010 11:20:57 AM

was?

2/16/2010 11:45:30 AM

You got me!

2/16/2010 12:23:31 PM

I'm getting my movie, y'all. It doesn't look all that good, but still!

Also, I've learned the correct definition of "miffed" since I made this thread. I'm embarrassed, but whatever, I'm not gonna let it ruin my day.

10/1/2014 9:25:04 PM

how the fuck they made a full length movie out of that book I have no idea. I agree it looks terrible.

10/2/2014 12:13:12 AM

Now if they will just make a movie about my favorite book as a kid

10/2/2014 8:46:27 PM

I remember I won a spelling bee in elementary school and the prize was a copy of "Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"

10/2/2014 8:48:42 PM