Karen's Ghost

[maryannespen]

Karen's Ghost

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[shatisarockgod]

It's really beyond me why they didn't put limits on Karen watching, reading, listening to, dressing up as anything "scary". Look at Lisa, she should've taken the diary away from Karen, turned the car back around and take the diary back to the big house or hide it somewhere at their house so Karen can't find it. It's not just a case of Karen having nightmares or something like that. She intentionally scares the shit out of others with her crap, especially Andrew

[maryannespen]

LOL! I know, right? If I had been Mrs. Porter I would've kept my porch light off. Then again, they can't see the porch light at four in the afternoon. Honestly, if the kids in my neighborhood show up before dark, they are not getting shit from my house. Nope. I'm open six to nine, take it or leave it. Two candy bars a piece, nothing if you recite that obnoxious poem in which you ask me to smell your feet. My free candy, my rules.

[with_rainfall]

Sorry, but could you please fix up your formatting? Your entry is showing up with lots of line breaks, and it's making it hard to read your snark. :) Thank you!

[maryannespen]

Strange...it's not showing up that way for me. Hmmm...let me see what I can do. :)

[sifukatara]

Hi! I love Jem and the Holograms! I grewe up with it and it holds a special place in my heart. I love the music the most, but I have a few favorite episodes. Your snark made me laugh! Thank you for that! This was always one of my least favorite Karen books. I didn't like the way Lisa reacted to Andrew's fear. I was never a big fan of Halloween myself. My Dad and I used to go out for dinner when I got to be like eleven. He would buy me a book or CD. I was definitely satisfied with that. I guess because I'm not a big sweet eater. I like Reese's cups, but that's the only candy I'll eat every once in a while. Despite the fact that I didn't like Halloween much, except for the time I dressed up as Princess Jasmine, I do enjoy watching Halloween family friendly movies. My favorites are Halloweentown 1 and II and Hocus Pocus!

[maryannespen]

I'm glad you enjoyed my snark! :) That's cool, I bet your Princess Jasmine costume was awesome! And yeah, Jem is like the ultimate 80's cartoon band...hehe. Someday I want to start collecting the dolls. :)

[road_baby]

Then in the next breath

[ladymrose]

Kids are banned from my room because they'll think they could lay a finger on my ponies and dolls. Keep your grubby kids away from my toys! I didn't spend all that money so your brat can manhandle them.Same. There was a little girl in my old neighborhood who was actually very cute and sweet, but managed to surpass Karen in the brattiness department since no one ever disciplined her, and she was used to getting showered with toys. I always shut my bedroom door when she showed up unexpectedly (which she often did) so she never knew what it looked like. I feel selfish just typing that, but I know I did the right thing. If she'd just wanted to play with things, fine, but she expected to be given whatever she wanted. If she had even seen my room, she would have rushed into it, demanded everything in sight, and thrown the mother of all shitfits when told no. We had a Kelly doll from McDonald's on our kitchen counter, she saw it and immediately wanted it. My father said to let her have it. Fine, it didn't really belong to anyone, we just had

[maryannespen]

I despise children who act like that. I despise the adults who cater to that kind of behavior even more. I mean, I've had kids thrown tantrums in the stores when they see me buying a toy and their mother wouldn't let them have it. I had one girl demand I give her the pony I was buying because she was a kid and I'm an adult and I don't need it. Another time I caught a girl trying to take a Monster High doll right out of my cart at Wal-Mart. She got really mad when I caught her at it. Brats.

[ladymrose]

I remember you mentioned those incidents in another thread. D: You're tougher than me, I would have felt so ashamed and both the brat and her mom would have taken that to mean they were in the right. And if my dad were there he would insist I give the kid the toys, because even though he's fine with me liking toys, he's as afraid of people as I am, and he seems to think if he or I stand up to mean people, we'll get sued or something.

And I should really stop being so shocked at the horror stories I keep hearing about entitled kids in stores. I used to work in a toy store, and I wanted to hug the parents who not only made their kids behave, but didn't hesitate to drag them out of the store when they didn't, even if they'd only just come in. In other words, the parents who acted like parents. As for the other types of parents...well, they're in for a rude awakening once their little darlings become teenagers.

[waitingonsunday]

Great snark! This is one of the books I actually owned as a kid. I think I still have my copy somewhere. I always thought Karen sounded like such a goody-goody, worrying over getting up to brush her teeth, because, like you said, no kid is that worried over oral hygiene.

I like that this Edward Potter character apparently has connections in the afterlife and can make Ben Brewer be a ghost once he's dead. Like, he'll send guys around to bust Ben's phantom kneecaps, should he fail to haunt properly. I imagine Edward with a thick Brooklyn accent, saying "We can do this the easy way or the hard way, Brewer. Which would you prefer?" Also, he's a ten-year-old kid, since I guess Edward was ten when he died

[maryannespen]

Thanks! And I am loling at the idea of Edward Porter being a ten year old wise guy. XD

And yeah, by Karen's age I knew to brush my teeth in the morning and before bed without being reminded, but I didn't worry about it rest of the day. And somehow, I've never had a cavity. Amazeballs.