New York! New York! Part The End!
Ah, finally at the end of this ass kissing book. Does Ann not realise that New York is not the centre of the multiverse? Does she not realise that the things she acts like are so exclusive and special can really be found in any big city? Like, I love Seattle. I'm going to be moving there. But aside from the bay and the nice weather, there's stuff there that I can do right here in Phoenix. Well, we don't have Uwajimaya which I miss a lot. And of course my besties live there which is the whole reason I'm going. But yeah, New York is not Shangri-La. It's just a city. Sorry Ann, but I'm not impressed.
Chapter 21-Jessi
Jessi's on a date with Quint and they go to a cafe and order egg creams. Jessi says she couldn't get an egg cream anywhere but New York. God, SHUT UP! A fucking ice cream soda isn't the most fucking elusive drink in the world. I will kindly guide you to this movie which takes place in bumfuck Georgia and guess what? Egg cream! What is Ann gonna try to convince us you can only get in New York next? Feta cheese? Chai tea? Fucking pizza? Also I tried a chocolate soda before and I hated it. Although I do like cherry Sprite with vanilla ice cream.
Jessi is still trying to convince Quint to audition for Julliard and he still doesn't want to. Well, he wants to but he doesn't want to deal with assholes bothering him everytime he walks down the street. Jessi says about how people will be prejudiced and says Mal gets shit because-but Quint cuts her off. I guess they had to trim down Ann's tirade about why Mal sucks. 'She's got a big nose and red hair and frizzy hair and her freckles aren't interesting!'
Jessi finally convinces him to try out but he wants her there when he tells his parents. So they tell them and they're perfectly fine with it and fully support him. It turns out Quint won't be there when Jessi leaves so they have to say good-bye right now. He gives Jessi her first kiss and blegh. Gross. Kissing is gross.
Chapter 22-Stacey
It's Stacey and MA's last day of sitting and being in New York so the whole BSC decides to spend the day together. So they go to pick up the kids and are nervous about telling the Harringtons about the potential kidnapper. They finally blather it out and the Harringtons call some guy in and it's the kidnapper! Except it's totally not and he's their bodyguard and he was just keeping an eye out for them. Yeah, this information would have come in handy when you first hired them, idiots. Also, ha ha! Someone didn't trust the BSC! Hoodiddy hodiddy hoo!
So now that they know everything is okay they go out for the day. They finally go to FAO Schwarz and Rowena buys a Skipper doll. Wow, remember her? You don't really see them nowadays. My fave was always Midge because her mouth was closed and I thought that made her prettier. I can hear Ann gnashing her teeth at me for preferring the redhead. They also go to Bloomingdales and does anyone know if there's interesting stuff for kids there? Because all they mention is the make-up counter. That was boring so have this.
Chapter 23-Claudia
The BSC and Laine are going out for a night on the town. Kristy has to borrow a whole outfit off of Laine and what? Why are they always swapping outfits? Out of everyone I know, none of us have such a similarity in bodies that we can just wear each other's clothes. I guess Ann can't stand the idea of her characters having diverse body shapes and thinks making them different heights is good enough.
They're going out to dinner and Mr. Cummings got them theatre tickets and a limo to drive them around. When they get in to limo Claud says you can roll up a window between the driver and the back to give the driver privacy. No, Claud, that's so you can have sex without an audience. They go shopping and to eat and then to their show. And again, it's really boring and giving me cabin fever. Also at the theatre they get snacks and can you get snacks at a Broadway theatre? That seems weird. Claudia also spills her M&Ms and I would be more careful with candy that probably cost $10.
Epilogue
Everyone comes home and Claud talks about how the Pike kids made a banner on their computer and that their computer 'has graphics'. Wouldn't a 'fancy' computer in 1991 be pretty expensive? Again, I don't think the Pikes are as poor as they make themselves out to be. Also remember old computer paper that you could tear off the edges and fold them up into a little zig-zag accordion thing? I made so many of those in grade school. That was the best part of computer class outside of playing Oregon Trail. Janine is cute and says Claud's drawing are 'totally awesome'.
Everyone writes letters and in her letter to Mac, Claudia says she's working on a still life that includes an egg and her mom is like 'That fucker is gonna rot soon' and I laugh my ass off. The BSC had rotten egg babies! I guess their eggs took after them. Also only Mal writes to the Cummings thanking them for taking a bunch of strange teen girls into their house and hiring a limo and getting them theatre tickets. Quint writes Jessi saying he got into Julliard. Alistaire writes that Rowena 'licked the toy store'. Claudia must feel right at home.
So that's it. I think I'll take a break from Super Specials for a bit before I tackle Shadow Lake. So I'm thinking of doing either Stacey's Ex-Best Friend or Dawn's Family Feud. Or maybe Stacey and the Missing Ring. Or all of them. Just let me know what order you'd like those in or if you have another book you'd like snarked. Thanks for reading!
Chapter 21-Jessi
Jessi's on a date with Quint and they go to a cafe and order egg creams. Jessi says she couldn't get an egg cream anywhere but New York. God, SHUT UP! A fucking ice cream soda isn't the most fucking elusive drink in the world. I will kindly guide you to this movie which takes place in bumfuck Georgia and guess what? Egg cream! What is Ann gonna try to convince us you can only get in New York next? Feta cheese? Chai tea? Fucking pizza? Also I tried a chocolate soda before and I hated it. Although I do like cherry Sprite with vanilla ice cream.
Jessi is still trying to convince Quint to audition for Julliard and he still doesn't want to. Well, he wants to but he doesn't want to deal with assholes bothering him everytime he walks down the street. Jessi says about how people will be prejudiced and says Mal gets shit because-but Quint cuts her off. I guess they had to trim down Ann's tirade about why Mal sucks. 'She's got a big nose and red hair and frizzy hair and her freckles aren't interesting!'
Jessi finally convinces him to try out but he wants her there when he tells his parents. So they tell them and they're perfectly fine with it and fully support him. It turns out Quint won't be there when Jessi leaves so they have to say good-bye right now. He gives Jessi her first kiss and blegh. Gross. Kissing is gross.
Chapter 22-Stacey
It's Stacey and MA's last day of sitting and being in New York so the whole BSC decides to spend the day together. So they go to pick up the kids and are nervous about telling the Harringtons about the potential kidnapper. They finally blather it out and the Harringtons call some guy in and it's the kidnapper! Except it's totally not and he's their bodyguard and he was just keeping an eye out for them. Yeah, this information would have come in handy when you first hired them, idiots. Also, ha ha! Someone didn't trust the BSC! Hoodiddy hodiddy hoo!
So now that they know everything is okay they go out for the day. They finally go to FAO Schwarz and Rowena buys a Skipper doll. Wow, remember her? You don't really see them nowadays. My fave was always Midge because her mouth was closed and I thought that made her prettier. I can hear Ann gnashing her teeth at me for preferring the redhead. They also go to Bloomingdales and does anyone know if there's interesting stuff for kids there? Because all they mention is the make-up counter. That was boring so have this.
Chapter 23-Claudia
The BSC and Laine are going out for a night on the town. Kristy has to borrow a whole outfit off of Laine and what? Why are they always swapping outfits? Out of everyone I know, none of us have such a similarity in bodies that we can just wear each other's clothes. I guess Ann can't stand the idea of her characters having diverse body shapes and thinks making them different heights is good enough.
They're going out to dinner and Mr. Cummings got them theatre tickets and a limo to drive them around. When they get in to limo Claud says you can roll up a window between the driver and the back to give the driver privacy. No, Claud, that's so you can have sex without an audience. They go shopping and to eat and then to their show. And again, it's really boring and giving me cabin fever. Also at the theatre they get snacks and can you get snacks at a Broadway theatre? That seems weird. Claudia also spills her M&Ms and I would be more careful with candy that probably cost $10.
Epilogue
Everyone comes home and Claud talks about how the Pike kids made a banner on their computer and that their computer 'has graphics'. Wouldn't a 'fancy' computer in 1991 be pretty expensive? Again, I don't think the Pikes are as poor as they make themselves out to be. Also remember old computer paper that you could tear off the edges and fold them up into a little zig-zag accordion thing? I made so many of those in grade school. That was the best part of computer class outside of playing Oregon Trail. Janine is cute and says Claud's drawing are 'totally awesome'.
Everyone writes letters and in her letter to Mac, Claudia says she's working on a still life that includes an egg and her mom is like 'That fucker is gonna rot soon' and I laugh my ass off. The BSC had rotten egg babies! I guess their eggs took after them. Also only Mal writes to the Cummings thanking them for taking a bunch of strange teen girls into their house and hiring a limo and getting them theatre tickets. Quint writes Jessi saying he got into Julliard. Alistaire writes that Rowena 'licked the toy store'. Claudia must feel right at home.
So that's it. I think I'll take a break from Super Specials for a bit before I tackle Shadow Lake. So I'm thinking of doing either Stacey's Ex-Best Friend or Dawn's Family Feud. Or maybe Stacey and the Missing Ring. Or all of them. Just let me know what order you'd like those in or if you have another book you'd like snarked. Thanks for reading!