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brenda, that’s not a kitten.

for this evening’s girlie night at the ritz, i chose one of the best comedies of the 80s, the ultimate combination of chi (chicago & child care): the 1987 masterpiece “adventures in babysitting.”

I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW! I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!!

this movie was definitely one of my top slumber party picks from 1988 to, well, the present. first of all, it’s just a really funny, super charming film. but more importantly, it’s about a BABYSITTER. and everyone, esp. 9-year-old girls, knows that babysitters are the COOLEST!!!!

when i was a kid, i longed to be old enough to work as a babysitter, and this passion was no doubt fueled by my addiction to the baby-sitters club books. but then “adventures in babysitting” came out, and it took my dream profession to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF FIERCE.

i mean, let’s compare. the craziest thing that ever happened on the BSC was, like, the ghost in dawn’s house, which ended up not even being remotely gross or bloodthirsty. why settle for this kind of babysitting:

when you could have THIS?!!

AM I RIGHT?!!!!

as i inched closer to actual teenagehood, i watched this movie religiously, taking notes on everything that made chris parker a totally amazing babysitter, from her hair (such bountiful waves!) to her sassy attitude.

i studied her singing voice, her knife moves, her balance, anything that might help me to become the ultimate babysitter. until the day when I BECAME ONE. JUST LIKE CHRIS PARKER!

i mean, check out the AMAZING similarities between chris parker and babysitter-age (13) posh d:

• they’re both babysitters!!!!!!
• they love to dance around their room and lip sync to their fave songs.
• they both seem like lovely girls.

here are the minute differences:

• chris parker is a 17 -year-old played by a 24-year-old actress; posh is a 13-year-old played by her 13-year-old self.
• chris has a boyfriend; posh does not (nor would she ever date anyone with the license plate “so cool” THANK YOU V. MUCH).
• chris looks like a playboy model; posh doesn’t even have boobs yet.
• chris cares enough about her friend brenda to take two kids into the city; posh would let brenda rot in the telephone booth because DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TROUBLE I COULD GET IN?

• chris can make up a blues song on the spot; posh would probably have gone for simply switching out “girl” for “babysitter” in no doubt’s “i’m just a girl” and hoped the blues band was cool with a little ska.
• chris cusses out a gang member at knife point; posh could’ve never even made eye contact, let alone use the f word.
• chris is a little bit intimidated by thor; posh wants to jump his bones.
• chris lets a college boy kiss her; posh thinks she should’ve gone for joe the car thief.

see? we were basically the same person.

given our history, you can see why i would be COMPLETELY SPAZZING OUT about watching this movie tonight, esp. with a theater full of chris parks fans. we’re gonna sing “and then he kissed me,” boo when mr. so cool comes on screen and hail thor, mighty god of thunder! EEEE!!! oh and drink cocktails*, of course.

and if any of you happen to get stuck at a creepy bus station and need rescuing, DON’T CALL ME.

*good babysitters NEVER drink on the job. but they do expose their kids to truckers with hooks for hands!

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