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Penn Yan, NY. September 2020.
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There isn't a time I can remember when Aladdin was not a part of my life. I have no memory of seeing Aladdin in theaters with my family, because I was so young. But, I do remember all the merchandise that was released with the film...namely the dolls! Every time the Aladdin cartoon series aired on television, my sister and I dropped whatever we were doing to watch it. We were truly bummed out when the show was canceled. One of the reasons we loved getting cable television when I was nine, was the fact that we got the Toon Disney Channel...which ran episodes of the Aladdin cartoon. My parents bought us Aladdin on vhs tape, but we eventually had to replace it around 2004. Somehow, we managed to ruin that vhs tape as well, but fortunately, we found the same '04 edition on dvd at the flea market during the summer of 2014. That dvd turned out to be faulty after a few uses, so we once again had to track down another! I guess my sister and I watch Aladdin so much, that we have a habit of ruining the tapes! We also always loved the sequels, Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. I still vividly recall the day I first saw Aladdin and the King of Thieves on vhs. It was around my birthday, when I spotted the display at CVS while shopping with my mom. She said I could pick the tape or Palace Wedding Jasmine as part of my birthday gift. Even though I desperately coveted the Jasmine doll, I chose the vhs, so Colleen and I could share it. For years and years, I always regretted not choosing the Jasmine doll. But realistically, Jasmine would have been destroyed within a year, like most of our childhood Aladdin dolls. Upon reflection, my childhood would have felt a little empty without Aladdin and the King of Thieves being in it!
Besides the movies, my sister and I collectively had hoards of Aladdin merchandise when we were young. We had the Sega video game, which we played every Saturday morning religiously. I owned a purple Aladdin lunchbox which I took to school with me, and Colleen had a green pencil case. We somehow managed to hang onto both the lunch box and the pencil case over the years. Then there were our Aladdin paper dolls--Aladdin was mine, Jasmine was Colleen's. We both always got into heated fights over who played with Jasmine. Jasmine's head had to be taped together more times than I can count, because we both played with her so much. Aladdin also saw play...but he was nude most of the time. I somehow lost both his outfits. Not to mention, while at the hair salon one day, I let another little girl play with Aladdin...and she chose to draw on the back of him! I also had a palace figurine set that came with Aladdin, the Sultan, and Jasmine. Our dog, Haley, ate Jasmine's head one day while I was walking down the hallway. Years later, I still resented Hayley for destroying my beautiful Jasmine figurine. I bought the Aladdin Polly Pockets too--poor Jasmine lost both her hands, but I still have the set. Colleen and I even had Aladdin clothes. Our childhood wardrobes consisted of swimsuits, shirts, and even underwear that were adorned with Aladdin cartoons. Basically, whatever merchandise was marketed for Aladdin, chances are, my sister and I wanted it.
It's no surprise given my long history of obsessing in the movie Aladdin, that I have accumulated a ridiculous number of Aladdin dolls over the years. The dolls, of all the merchandise, were always my favorite, and usually the thing I whined the most about not having. It seemed as though Colleen and I never had luck with our Aladdin dolls when we were kids. My sister's black, rambunctious (and might I say disgustingly smelly) dog, Hayley, devoured several of our dolls in the course of a few years. Hayley consumed Colleen's brand new Water Surprise Jasmine doll within the first week of her arriving home from the store. To be honest, my younger self couldn't be trusted any more with the Aladdin dolls than Hayley. It was a habit of mine to steal Colleen's coveted Aladdin dolls when she was at school. Sometimes I would take only Jasmine's necklace to use on my Sun Jewel Kira, other times, I would steal just Aladdin's lamp. One day, I worked up the nerve to borrow the Aladdin doll. Even though I was very young, I still vividly remember sneaking into Colleen's closet, digging through her laundry basket of Barbie dolls, and snagging Aladdin. Mom warned me not to play with Colleen's stuff, but that certainly did not stop me. Apparently, according to Colleen, I broke Aladdin's head that day...which she was NOT happy about. I conveniently blocked out my memory of decapitating Aladdin! Mom and Dad unintentionally rewarded me that day, as I got to keep the broken Aladdin, since they bought Colleen a replacement Water Jewel Magic Aladdin. Colleen felt ripped off, because her old Aladdin doll came with more clothing and accessories than her new doll.
I used to beg Colleen everyday to borrow her beautiful Jasmine doll. One day, she foolishly let me have my way, by giving me the privilege of carrying Jasmine around the grocery store. I lost Jasmine, who was wearing her purple dress, that day while we were shopping. Colleen was furious with me, and for years and years, she hung the entire incident over my head. I was certainly not any more trustworthy with my own Aladdin dolls. I don't know where my beloved childhood Musical Princess Jasmine went. She was either lost like Colleen's Jasmine doll, our she was one of Hayley's meals. I made my Perfume Jasmine and "Classics" Jasmine doll bald not long after I bought them. Poor "Classics" Jasmine was my birthday gift when I turned four years old. I still recall picking her out at Toys 'R' Us, along with the So Much to Do! Kitchen playset. Water Jewel Magic Jasmine and Aladdin, as well as Colleen's Perfume Jasmine were the only dolls who survived our early childhood unscathed. Well, Water Jewel Magic Jasmine didn't completely escape carnage....her head fell off on multiple occasions and Dad had to super glue her back together. Regardless, she was the surviving Jasmine doll that I always played with until I bought my Sparkling Jasmine in 2002.
Although our luck with Aladdin dolls was not the best in our early years, the acquisition of my Sparkling Jasmine in 2002 shifted things. She was the first Jasmine to be in stores since the My Favorite Fairytale lady (who I had missed out on getting). I was so unbelievably ecstatic the day Mom, Dad, Colleen, and I were at Target and I saw the most stunning Jasmine doll ever. Sparkling Jasmine's purple ensemble was unique, and I loved her less bug eyed facial screening. To me, she most resembled the character I loved, and I was so grateful that I was able to afford her. The last Jasmine doll I had been so taken with was the Holiday Princess lady. But due to her "fanciness" I declined from asking Mom or Dad if I could get her. Although she wasn't outrageously priced in retrospect, she was at least double the price of my less than $15 Sparkling gal. Jasmine became a fast favorite, of course it helped that her only competition was our sad, repaired Water Jewel Magic Jasmine. Coincidentally, I had been playing with Water Jewel Magic Jas right around this time, casting her as a poor farm girl who ran away from home. Obviously, Water Jewel Magic Jasmine was dethroned when Sparkling arrived. Sparkling Jasmine was my most prized possession for several years. She was the apple of my eye, and her beauty could not be matched. I bought her numerous Barbie fashion packs that would go splendidly with her purple makeup. Wherever I went, Jasmine was sure to tag along. Kid Kore Katie, Colleen's favorite doll, who was sold with a poodle, soon became Jasmine's traveling companion. We took the dolls to the pool, the beach, in the woods, to the movie theaters, to restaurants....everywhere and anywhere we traveled! Along the way, other Aladdin dolls joined the cast. During a beach themed doll scene, Colleen gave our childhood Water Jewel Magic Aladdin a new identity. He became Leroy, the hard working, nerdy, reliable guy. Leroy and Jasmine fell in love, and the rest is history! We would crank up my Britney Spears albums and have Jasmine sing to Leroy. Sometimes he would duet with her when male singers guest starred on the songs. They would take flying unicorn rides on my Starlight Unicorn (who did not actually feature wings), named Ocean. Jasmine's furry/hoofed friends were always nearby--Ocean and Muffin my Puppy Ruff dog I got when I was two/three. The family soon became the "Arabache" clan. Jasmine's family showcased her adopted sister Katie, and her two sisters/sometimes daughters Reggie and Myra. Leroy's side consisted of his wheelchair bound sister, Becky, and his featherbrained brother Bradley. Winning London Mary-Kate and Ashley and Pet Pals Skipper, aka Robin, were also part of the family, but changed sides. There were also usually Kelly and Krissy dolls added once we decided to have Jasmine and Leroy start their own family (one was Stroll 'N Play Krissy, aka Natasha, the other usual was 1995 Bathtime Fun Kelly, aka Stephanie). Once I got Xpress It! Yasmin, she too was a staple in our games, sometimes featured as Leroy's sister, other times as Jasmine's. Bradley was our decapitated "Classics" Aladdin from childhood. Reggie and Myra were our two Perfume Princess Jasmine minis. Ironically, I had always been jealous of Colleen's much neater Perfume Jasmine, even though I already had my own. Myra, who was my original doll, had an earring chewed off by a guinea pig and virtually no hair. Colleen gave me her Jasmine doll, who I renamed as Reggie--she was the smarter, more "mature" twin who was also the head troublemaker. Myra was the sweet, incontinent one who always asked for "Mommy" or "Daddy," and who was notorious for toting a massive stuffed Pooh Bear with her. Despite the scruffiness of some of our oldest Aladdin dolls, they were incorporated into the newer games. It was also around this time that we found "replacements" for a few of them. Colleen bought another, much fresher Water Jewel Magic Aladdin, who we named Lennon, at an outdoor flea market. He subbed in for Leroy on occasion, since his arms weren't faded and his hair paint was intact. We also scored a very mint looked "Classics" Aladdin for $5 at the town flea market (which is notoriously over priced). She decided to make him the father of Leroy and Bradley, and he was dubbed "Frank." We always envisioned Leroy and Bradley having an overbearing mother, but nobody was permanently cast in the role. As adults, we feel that Bratz Portia would have been the perfect leading lady! For several years our doll family remained more or less unchanged until our favorites began to deteriorate. I bought Princess Party Jasmine as a temporary substitute when Sparkling Jasmine balded and began to fade from too many pool excursions. But she just wasn't the same, which is why I eagerly bought a secondhand Sparkling Jasmine in 2004 or 2005. She was purchased a little bit too late though, because by that point we had phased out of the Arabache clan and were playing with a new doll family. These days, the members of the Arabache household still make appearances in photos and Youtube skits. We always cast the original dolls, despite having minter counterparts. But my skills as a doll restorer have helped our poor childhood friends look substantially better, so they aren't the raggedy faces we used to play with anyways! The "Leroy and Jasmine" era will forever be Colleen's and my favorite time in our doll playing history. Of course, it was all that more special since we incorporated several beloved Aladdin dolls!
It was not only my love for the film, but also my "not so great" childhood experiences, that drove me to collecting so many Aladdin dolls. It was surprisingly unintentional that I first began buying so many Aladdin dolls. My original focus when beginning to collect dolls again in 2011 (I took a few years off from dolls when I was a teenager) was on Hercules dolls and the Hunchback of Notre Dame dolls, as well as a few random Disney dolls. I remember I wanted Water Surprise Jasmine and Holiday Jasmine first. Not long after, I couldn't resist buying a brand new Water Jewel Magic Jasmine, since I have a long history with our childhood doll. Then, one day, I won Rajah Friendship Jasmine on eBay somehow. I was fueled with anger after losing a bid on Fashion Secrets Megara. I took all that frustration and turned it towards bidding on Jasmine. I couldn't believe I won her!!! She was the first bid on eBay I ever won that was opposed. The day she arrived, I opened her up right away, and I couldn't help but desire more Aladdin dolls. So, I used Margo Rana's "Disney Dolls Guide", as a map for which Jasmine and Aladdin dolls I wanted. One of my main targets from the get go was Palace Wedding Jasmine--a doll I coveted from the moment I saw her at CVS as a child. She was the most expensive individual doll in my collection, but worth every penny. I was able to make another childhood dream come true that first year, when I found a perfect set of Magic Carpet Aladdin and Jasmine dolls online. I had pined for them each time we were at my friend's house, and I saw her sister's dolls set up in her bedroom! Within my first year of collecting, I had nearly all the dolls in the Aladdin section of her book. It's become an addiction of mine to buy Aladdin dolls as an adult. I've taken long breaks from purchasing anymore of them, but it just takes one doll to send me into a frenzy. That's actually how my third Aladdin shelf happened. I simply wanted to buy Glitter Princess Jasmine and Sparkle Princess Jasmine on eBay. Then I found Genie of the Lamp, Gem Princess Jasmine, Enchanted Tales Aladdin, and several more dolls over the course of the next two months. I couldn't cram another doll on my other two Aladdin shelves, so I evicted all my Cindy dolls from the top shelf. My Aladdin expansion made me very happy, as I not only had a fabulous new display to look at, but I also was able to put just about all my duplicated Aladdin dolls on display!
My Aladdin dolls all have a history, whether I made memories with them as a child or an adult, I cherish each and every one. They've been a staple in my dolly world since I was too young to remember. I am so grateful that a few of our oldest dolls are still standing, like Bradley, Leroy, and our original Water Jewel Magic Jasmine. All have required an extensive amount of work--from new bodies, to partial reroots, to paint touch ups. My Sparkling Jasmine needed some of the most lengthy restoration as she was so heavily played with. Despite being able to fix up these dolls, Colleen and I still always have trouble turning away Aladdin duplicates. Colleen was over the moon to find a boxed Water Jewel Magic Aladdin, renamed Luxor, in 2018 at the flea market. I was secretly glad that a third Sparkling Jasmine joined the family in 2013 in the "60 Doll Bin." She most captures the spirit of my forlorn childhood doll (but when she was brand new, not trashed). I'm without a doubt torn whenever I see an Aladdin/Jasmine doll I don't "need" floating around a secondhand venue. Of all the Disney movies dolls were produced for, I have the most Aladdin dolls hands down. The majority are the 90s-early 2000s era produced by Mattel, as they are the cream of the crop in my opinion, due to nostalgia! But I also have expanded my collection to include Disney Store dolls and later Mattel releases, even those with gaudy molded clothes. Aladdin dolls have left a mark on every era of my dolly history. They were the coolest Disney dolls to have in our household, and also the ones most likely to be lost or destroyed, during our early years. When I was eleven to thirteen, Aladdin dolls were key cast members of the most sentimental time in our doll playing history. It wouldn't have been the same if we had another Disney couple or a random Barbie and Ken instead of Leroy and Jasmine. And of course, it was the Aladdin section in Margo Rana's book that drove me bonkers and fueled my inner doll addict when I first dabbled back into collecting as a nineteen year old. Although there aren't many Aladdin dolls I don't have, I still find that my family is constantly expanding, and I never tire of adding more! My Aladdin dolls always have the best display spaces reserved for them, in the same way that I always hold a special place for them in my heart that no other dolls can ever touch!
I decided to try something and this big greeting from @simonsaysstamp was perfect for that 😄
I stamped this greeting with regular Distress Inks, used 7 different colors. I first inked the stamp in a couple of places, stamped, used a different color in different places than first and stamped. Did that until the whole greeting was finished 😊 I used the mini cubes though.
I joined some of my ambulance colleagues down at the cenotaph in Sheffield for the Remembrance Service..
Nice to see a few more than last year..
(Not as cold either!)
Now off to work..!
Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.” -
in respect of the greatest movie V for Vendetta
Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of Always
~Dante Alighieri
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiaKefGWtsg
I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.
~Virginia Woolf
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Remember Me
@3000x3000 (GeDoSaTo)
Camera binds, timestop, FOV control
TexMod (remove film grain)
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J.R. scours the coast near his home to look for anything of value.
He recovers empty bottles, the slippers he currently wears, and some discarded items.
The things he find, he places inside a red sack he lumbers around on his small back.
Eventually he will sell it as scrap
He will give everything he earns to his mother.
He told me he doesn’t go to school.
He added that he hasn’t seen a classroom all his life.
He was very young when he started working…helping his family in little ways he can.
My questions were answered in a straightforward manner.
Evidently hardened by the difficult life he lives, he speaks stoically….as if wise beyond his years.
I bid goodbye as he sat and ate on the shore…alone with the pack of food my companion gave him.
As I was about to walk away, I turned back to show him the pictures I took.
His eyes lit up when he saw himself on the LCD.
For the first time that day…I saw the little boy inside him……
Other pictures of JR:
On my way to Banff to take some photos I passed this tractor that was sitting by the highway. My intuition told me this was unusual but the light was flat since it was noon and more was needed. Later that evening when I returned home from a rather disappointing journey, I passed this tractor again.
This time the light was very unusual and the device stood out as a recognizable silhouette. I could not pull over with a black truck tight on my ass but new there was a round about only 2 minutes away. Normally I would exit it 90 degrees to go home, but this time I turned back on myself going 180. The goof ball in the truck followed me proving he was not paying attention but doing his best to follow too close. I looked in my rear view mirror only to laugh since he too had made the turn at 180 degrees, missing his on the 90. I could see him making an ill advised turn on the highway and felt vindicated with the last and most pleasing laugh.
I returned to this location by the highway and got out to set up for a shot. It was then I realized the challenge this would present since the wind was howling with a very lens unfriendly snow drifting in the air. Fortunately the wind was to my back so I could protect the lens and brace the tripod against the barbed wire fence.
After trying various angles and using my flashlight for a slight bit of light painting to enhance detail, this is the result. I am so glad I went back after listening to that little voice of intuition that came earlier quietly saying, "remember me".
I remember the days when the coffee was brewing in the kitchen and the jasmine was freshly picked after a morning walk.
Having breakfast before school and running out the door so as not to be late.
Coming home to hear tales about the days when…
The days that will never return but that are etched in our memories
Thoughts drifting back to the past because of a scent
It triggered story upon story
A smile starts to be drawn on the face,
Those were the days the sun shone brightly and life was all about the games
About breathing the fresh air and appreciating every single part of life.
Now that summer is here and the Jasmine’s are blooming,
I remember her voice, the voice of kindness and understanding,
She held my hand and placed some flowers in them…
I breathe in today the scent of the past, remembering the days when…
demasiado vieja estas fotos como para esos dias que vos pensas olvidar y no por que todo vuelve a tu mente, las cosas no se olvidan del todo, quien recuerda es por que extraña ese "poquito de vos"
la foto es tan vieja como los momentos que pasaba junto a vos y me sentia la persona mas increible del mundo, ahora soy la persona mas comun del mundo, carlitos cuantas alegrias y grandes momentos me diste siempre me hacias sentir como en la montaña rusa alla a lo alto y no queria bajarme jamas de ese vertigo, ahora el 14 de enero cuando estes aca todo sera diferente♥
Amtrak's P42 Veteran's Unit No. 42 leads the eastbound Lake Shore Limited through East Syracuse NY on Pearl Harbor Day 2016.
Thinking about springtime on a cold, late autumn morning.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend, wherever in the world you might be.
Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Movember season is hot;
I know of no reason
Why the Movember Season,
Should ever be forgot!
CUTALOG, Number Fifty-Two
Cobb Shinn, Indianapolis, IND.
Date Unknown
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Do you have any other Cobb-Shinn catalogs? Contact me if you would be interested in selling.
I've been standing on my ears just waiting for Calas' Christmas sim to open and now that it finally has...walking into the Pavillion this year was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. My dear friend Caitlin Cornsilk and I (along with her sister Autumn) last met here at the previous year's build before she passed away earlier this year. I had to take a moment to pause and reflect and collect myself. I will always miss her and will love her forever. The holidays are about coming together, but also about remembering. ♥
...what was stolen from you.
BECAUSE....
IT IS COMING BACK TO YOU!!!!
For your viewing and listening pleasure...
And smile!! It will be O.K. sooner than you think!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=utdKjUZz-o0
Olympus Trip 35 on Ultramax 400.
Los Angeles, California
Remember
REMEMBER me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti
Does anyone remember the days we'd all sit for hours and skype/ message each other? Does anyone remember the days we'd all upload videos every week and comment on all of our friends videos?
All of these "does anyone remember" could go on for ages. I hadn't been on flickr for so long it wasn't even in my computer history. Summer time is always the time you find yourself, in my opinion. I want it back. I want those days back where the people who knew you even better then you knew yourself were always there, even if they were countries away. I want the days back where boys and makeup and clothes didn't matter, what mattered was all of this.
I have branched out into SUCH a better person. Moving forward, with video making : www.youtube.com/user/ExactlyItsEmma?feature=mhee
And so many people from the old AG community have joined this new community of making videos with the music video makers.
I miss you all so much. I'm sitting here crying like an idiot. I just can't put it into words. I need you all so much. And I'm sorry.
One thing I remember from the single photo class I took in college was to try to create tactile b/ws. I thought this did the trick.
A man walking past the "Remembering Vietnam" banner at the National Archives in Washington DC. via 500px ift.tt/2sVqgAZ
Do You Remember
When We Fell In Love
We Were Young
And Innocent Then
Do You Remember
How It All Began
It Just Seemed Like Heaven
So Why Did It End?
Do You Remember
Back In The Fall
We'd Be Together
All Day Long
Do You Remember
Us Holding Hands
In Each Other's Eyes
We'd Stare
Do You Remember The Time
When We Fell In Love
Do You Remember The Time
When We First Met
Do You Remember The Time
When We Fell In Love
Do You Remember The Time