Did 8-Year-Old Emily Know Scanner Emily Would Become the Crazy Cat Lady?

Posted by Emily Farris

I'm home this week, doing some promo for my book and getting out the vote. My timing worked out well, because I found an old spandex sequin-y thing at a thrift store in New York, and decided I would dress up as myself in High School for Halloween. So I set about digging through my boxes at my dad's house to find my letter jacket. Going through my old stuff is always fun; I do it every couple of years, but the older I get, the more telling it becomes. What did I find this time? A red scrunchie and perhaps one of my favorite books from my childhood that I somehow blocked from my memory...


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Comments

rx2v2x said:

Two comments: first, you're not the crazy cat lady yet. And second, jeez, could you have been any more adorable? Except for whatever those things on your feet are, I mean.

October 31, 2008 12:41 AM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

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