It was 2017. I was at the peak of my mental illness and was severely depressed/anxious. Somehow I'd gotten a job as a kids' party entertainer. This was the middle of Aussie summer and my boss had sent me off to do a job by myself.

I was booked to do an hour of face painting then pretend to leave and come back dressed as Peppa Pig so I could take some photos and dance to a song. First half went great .. all the kids were sweet I said goodbye and went to my car to get the costume and a CD player she's given me. I put on this budget shein looking Peppa Pig costume and when I put the head on I realised I couldn't see a thing.

I walk back in and within 5 steps I completely bodied some toddler being held by his grandpa coz he wanted to say hi .. they both fall to the ground baby starts crying. I go to apologize before realising I have no idea if Peppa Pig talks or what she sounds like because I did zero research. So I'm just walking around this party making random high pitched "ohhh" "weee" noises. I'm catching glimpses through my mesh nose holes of all these kids looking up at me super confused and scared.

All the kids are running away from me and crying so I'm just making noises walking to the area I'm supposed to dance in. I go to turn on the song but I can't see the cd player and I have these massive gloves on. So instead of the first track I've hit track 4 and started dancing .. this insane techno remix to the Peppa Pig theme starts playing. I have no idea how to dance around children so I'm just flailing my arms around wildly in the middle of this party completely alone and all these kids are just staring up at me terrified.

Some of the parents try to get them to dance (doesn't work) but it's just dead silent besides this song and me still making weird high pitch "ooohh" noises because wtf else am I supposed to do. This remix seems to go for like 8 minutes it just doesn't end and it's 40 degrees so I'm dripping in sweat..and kids are screaming at this point. It FINALLY finishes and the parents realise I'm starting to pass out so they have to lead me out of the house while the entire party are crying and staring at me.

As I'm walking out I catch my reflection in the window. When I yeeted the old guy and the baby it pushed a huge dent in the side of this giant felt Peppa Pig head. so the whole time these kids were looking at some weird deformed elephant-man version of this beloved character making deranged pig noises..Not one person asked for a photo. But I just know somewhere, footage of this moment exist..