@Ree@Dreamwidth.org

I've been feeling a little down lately. My mom was a really awesome one, and a great example that I often struggle to follow. I worry that I'm not giving my family enough, that I'm too cheap or too poor to be a good parent.

To save a little money, I've been plundering the public domain for some entertainment. This works well for reading material; viewing material is harder to come by, and seems to have a greater proportion of "meh" to "ooh!" I've gone through all the old Superman theatrical shorts (which are really good! Watch them! The animation is superb and the style will seem fairly familiar to followers of the DC Animated Universe) and am now going through some Betty Boop.

I landed on Poor Cinderella, the only color Betty Boop short. Fairy tales are always interesting. The fairy godmother's voice pinged something in my memory. By the end, I was sure: I've seen this before. It was on a VHS of old, cheap fairy tales that my mother bought to entertain a certain little fantasy fan.


So I've been worried that I'm not as good as my mother because... I cheaped out in the same way she did. Hehehehe.

Thanks, Mom.