A couple weeks ago, I set out to spiffy up my ‘contact me’ page. I searched through my pictures, specifically looking for one of me on the phone. You know, in the act of contacting. There was exactly one:
The young lady with the shocked expression is my best friend Samaria. Samaria had insisted that we needed to take some pictures because we didn’t have any recent ones of us together. We did some standard poses and a few “concept” poses like the one above. I would also like to mention that we were on a BEACH in CALIFORNIA because usually when we’re together, we’re on a sofa in Kansas.
So the other day, I was looking at this picture and thinking there was something strangely familiar about it. Maybe even a tiddlybit uncanny. Have you ever tried to remember (dramatic pause) a memory that just isn’t there?
But then it came to me. Sweet Valley High #2, Secrets. Samaria and I had unintentionally recreated the cover of this book, the second in Francine Pascal’s popular teen series from the 80s and 90s.
This made me wonder if I had other pictures that were eerily similar to Sweet Valley High covers. Turns out, life does imitate art. See for yourself.
Oh, Brent, with that facial hair, you look like Scott Daniels, the college guy who nearly date-rapes Jessica in All Night Long, Sweet Valley High #5. I am disturbed to recall that when I read this as a 12-year-old girl, I wasn’t like, “Hey Scott, Jessica’s not ready to go that far, so stop getting fresh!” as I should have been, but instead I was all, “Ooh, steamy!”
I just asked Brent if he was cool with me putting up that last picture, what with the bestiality implications. He said, “I don’t care at all what you put on your blog, as long as it’s true. And truly, I look like a pervert in this picture.”
That’s my guy. I love you to pieces, Brentleberry.
Meanwhile, my Contact page remains unjazzy. One of these days, I’ll make it look nice.
1. New reader here, and I think you’re wonderful!
2. Brent sounds like a helluva guy.
1. Melissa, thank you so much! Your comment made me very happy.
2. Brent says you must be HIGHLY intelligent
Long time lurker, second time commenter, but that dude on the “All Night Long” cover looks very rapey….I wonder if he’s going to college to teach sex ed to high school girls….
I agree with this. There’s something very Ched Smeth-like about him.
“Girls, today we’re going to learn about my penis. Except you, Patty Lou. Today you will learn about ironing my Tool t-shirts.”
He does look rapey. I bet he drives a white van. I wonder if they let just anybody study to become sex ed teachers. I wonder if the person who teaches other people how to be sex ed teachers is a huge perv.
OMG… I LOVED the Sweet Valley Twins/ High series…
Same here! I loved both series and would just stare at those covers. I wanted to live in Sweet Valley, it sounded like the perfect place. But I guess I’m lucky I didn’t – I could have been murdered by Margo! Or killed at one of Molly’s drug parties Sweet Valley is not the safest place.