Gidget

The topic of Gidget came up the other day. I happened to casually refer to a driver who was annoying me by that name while I was in the company of a friend who was born in the 80s. My friend said "what?" I tried to explain. It defies words. It requires images. So here she is folks. Sally Field as Gidget. You know, she almost HAD to do Sybil after that.

I look at this as affirmation that one's life and the works that one will be known for needn't be defined by what one did in the dawn of adulthood.

I also find passing amusement in the fact that Sally Field has the same birthday as a dear old friend of mine, who is entirely UN-gidget like, even as a 19 year old.