My
name is Janie Jackson. But Janie? Ugh. I tell everyone to call me
Columbia. Can you guess who does? No one. Oy. I like Columbia much
better because I think it suits me. Columbia. You know, like from
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show". That's my favorite movie. I live in
an absolutely horrid town, Lakesville, PA, AKA Loserville, USA.
Lakesville? Who names a town that? Anyways... although I hate my
town, there are a few good things about it. One: my daddy owns the
only movie theaater in the county, so we're pretty well off. Two: He
lets me play any movie I want, once a month. And three: even in
Loserville, I have some wicked cool friends.
So
last month I chose "Haunted Honeymoon", this really bad movie with
Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder. I mean, it was bad. It is so bad
that it's funny. It was packed, too. I think everyone that went loved
it, even though the movie was terrible. It was just the experience,
you know? Well, this month I want to play Rocky. I've wanted to for a
year, ever since daddy said I could do a movie a month. But this
month, I think I've got it! I've finially convinced daddy to play
Rocky. But there's a lot to do.
I
have to sew a costume. My mother was a wonderful sewer, she could
have done it for me, but she died of cancer when I was six. It's
really sad. But me and my best friend Pallas are gonna sew costumes
together. I'm gonna be (you guessed it) Columbia, and Pallas is gonna
be Magenta.
Isn't
Pallas the best name in the history of the world ever? I think so.
Her daddy is an astrologer or whatever. Pallas is an asteroid or a
comet or a constellation or something. Even Pallas doesn't know. But
that's okay, because it's still a rocking name. She doesn't like
Rocky as much as I do, but she does like it.
Me
and Pallas have our costumes done and it's "T minus 4:36:07"
Translation: it's 7:34 and the movie's at midnight!! I'm sooo
excited. We're already in our costumes and make up. Are you ready,
Pallas? Are you, Janie? Are you?
All images and text are ©1998 Jeni Essington. Please do not steal them without permission, because if you do, Janie will make you dress up as a "sweet transvestite". Thanks! ^_-