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The oldest son of my mom's best friend used to babysit us sometimes. I think his name was Alan, or maybe Andrew. I had a really big crush on him when I was 6 or 7, so whenever he came over to babysit I forced him to play the "Grease" sountrack on the record player and act it out, with me playing Sandra and him playing whatever John Travolta's character's name was.

He was a good sport.

I had seen Grease on HBO at my grandparents' house, so I knew the moves. My favorite character had been Roz, though, not Sandra. I couldn't identify with Sandra's wussiness, but I could get into playing out that finale song ("You're the one that I want, You're the one I want, I want, ooh, ooh, ooh, honey...").

My little brother and sister and I used to play at acting out songs on the record player a lot. My mother was a big fan of novelty music, so she had several great compilations which really lent themselves well to this game.

Alan eventually joined the army and was stationed in Germany. He met a German woman and they got married and had kids. They used to come back to Fort Dodge every couple years. I remember the woman he married didn't talk very much. She always stocked up on blue jeans because apparently they were much more expensive in Germany.

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♪ These are the Songs of my Life

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costumes , childhood , games , fun , babysitting , acting , grease , first crushes , john travolta , olivia newton john , role playing , playing dress up , little girl , seduction , lolita , mp3