I was an Orphan in Annie.

After two really fun conversations with my friend Victoria I was inspired to do this. One thing you have to know about Victoria is she is awesome. She always makes me laugh a lot and I know she will brighten my day. During our conversation she was reading my blog while we were on the phone. She read my post about acting and singing and said you were in an off Broadway version of Annie? I said yes. Victoria was also in the musical Annie. We were both orphans. She was the nameless one and I can’t remember what the name is of any of my characters were. She told me about how the table broke during the cast photo and we swapped Annie stories.

Then we started talking about the music. We were actually singing Annie songs together. We sang NYC, Easy Street, Thank you Herbert Hoover etc. NYC is probably my favorite Annie song. At one point later in our conversation we were talking about something else and Victoria made the comment of something like things will get better tomorrow. I started singing Tomorrow. We are dorks but we have fun doing it. We decided to start a new Facebook group called I was an orphan in Annie. I am sure there are millions of us out there.

We both decided we liked the song Little Girls too. I was up really late singing Annie songs. I am surprised my son didn’t wake up and cry because I was pretty loud. So, this morning I decided to sing some karaoke in honor of our orphan days. So, Victoria this is for you and all those Annie orphans out there.


Little girls - Vote for my rendition!
There is no reason to vote cause i didn't want votes. Also I want to point out that I am singing it like Miss Hannagain would

My favorite childhood movie

My favorite movie growing up was Peter Pan. I am pretty sure the Peter Pan I loved so much is not the one you are thinking of. It is not the Disney one. In fact the Disney one isn’t even one I particularly care for from what I remember. I haven’t seen it in a very long time. My favorite Peter Pan is the one with Mary Martin. I believe it came out in the 70’s. I love that version. The characters are so much better. The music is awesome. It is so fun to watch. I highly recommend it. I have probably seen it a trillion times. I know all of the words and songs by heart. Of course they sing I won’t grow up and I’ve got to crow. My favorite song is Ugga Wugga Wigwam.

The story is also different. Captain Hook tries to poison Peter Pan twice, once with a cake and once with Peter’s medicine. Tink is represented by a flickering light. Then you have the animals that dance randomly in the Forrest. It is quality entertainment. I had it on VHS when I was little and wore it out I watched it so much. The tape broke. That was a very sad day for me. I am sure I cried.

This Peter Pan is really hard to find. I found it on DVD on Ebay. I happily bid on it. Less than a day later, the seller said I won before the auction was over. I was so excited but then I noticed that they had another copy listed shortly after. Who in the world has more than one copy of Mary Martin’s Peter Pan on DVD? Then I remembered what my mom always says, If it sounds too good to be true than it probably is. I decided not to send the seller the money. Had it ever been released on DVD? I know that is bad on my part since it is a contract.

I went on my little way wanting so much to watch my childhood favorite plus Noah was born before this and I desperately wanted to share the movie with him. The movie has been a big part of my life. I have many fond memories of watching it and running around singing the songs with old friends. About a month after I “won” the DVD that I never paid for. For the record this is the only time I ever didn’t pay. I got an email from Ebay. My heart sunk I was thinking oh no I am in big trouble. The email said that this seller is a scammer and stop payment or whatever. I thought that I was glad I didn’t send it. It was only 30 dollars but that’s still money.

I started watching it on You Tube. I thought that I would look again. I think this time I tried Amazon for the VHS. At the time I had a DVD-r VHS combo thing. So I could watch it. This time it came and I made a backup copy with my machine for my viewing pleasure since the tape is easily over years old and was used. I am excited to share this movie with my son. I am sure he will love it as much as I do.

What are some of your favorite movies as a child to watch? I am interested in hearing your responses.