Comments on: I Wanna Be A Material Girl, Too

By: Meg Q

Meg Q — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:18:12 +0000

I wanted that one boy to skate with me. I pictured us, skating hand in hand while “Against All Odds” crackled through the speakers, and the disco ball bathed us in its glow. But no, he had to go and have a crush on one of the other girls I had stupidly invited

Sexual intrigue at the roller rink! I hate it when that happens. You just have to swallow your pride and wait for the “All Skate”.

I went to loads of rollerskating parties in elementary school, usually on Sat. afternoon – in our small town, the roller rink was *the* place for older elementary kids to see and be seen on Friday and Saturday nights, especially once MTV came in, because the rink would broadcast loads of videos. I’ll never forget the night Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video premiered – the rink showed it and everyone (several hundred kids!) was standing or sitting on the floor of the rink itself, watching agape. “Jump” by Van Halen is the song that always takes me back there . . .

You had to go all the way into Dallas for an ice-skating party but my parents gave me one when I was 12 (all girls) – that was a lot of fun!

I sure hope Lourdes gets to go roller skating sometime – good times . . .

By: cheeky

cheeky — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:06:10 +0000

Skate parties aren’t that old-fashioned. I had rollerskating and ice-skating parties when I was young, like 12 years ago.

By: class-factotum

class-factotum — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:51:17 +0000

If it’s too cold not to wear a coat, it’s too cold to wear flip-flops. That is the rule for people who don’t know enough not to wear flip-flops in public.

By: Miss

Miss — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:01:33 +0000

I had skating parties when I was a kid… I loved when they played “Walk Like an Egyptian”. Ahhh memories…

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:58:37 +0000

I remember skating parties. I never had one of those myself, but oh, the memories! “Beautiful Girl” by Van Halen will forever evoke the skating rink for me.

By: K

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:13:30 +0000

God, how I pine for the days of skate parties. Those were the shiznit. Little kids’ over-the-top birthday parties these days make me want to put a bullet through my head — and these are only “regular people’s” kids that I’m talking about. I guess it’s a good thing I don’t live in LA.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:01:33 +0000

I think the years I turned 9, 10, & 11 I had skate parties. It was THE thing to do!

By: J

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:42:37 +0000

Sometimes Maya and I will go get a mani/pedi combo together (like, maybe once a year) and it ROCKS. I love Lourdes cute little toes here, too.

By: casey

casey — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:27:38 +0000

I think the girl belonging to the pants in the middle wants to be a material girl, too.

By: dgm

dgm — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:28:43 +0000

Glinda, you little Tanya Harding of the roller rink!

When I was Lourdes’ age, I would have rather died than go sit naked in a spa getting treatments with my mom for six hours. (And I love my mom.) Now, if she had sent me with my friends, that would have been cool.

Incidentally, I think Madonna looks ridiculous in this get-up. Too… costumey. (Where’s clyde, Bonnie?) The individual pieces are nice but the combo isn’t working for me.