but now that I don’t play with toys there’s not a lot to get me.--Same. It really seems like the bulk of what I like are perfumes and cds. And some of my musical tastes are a bit out there so I have to usually get that kind of stuff online.
Karen goes to ask her mom, but she’s a little hesitant because her parents usually fight over who the kids spend holidays with--That's just shitty. I think Karen is a brat from hell but I sympathize with the characters that have parents that really do put their kids in the middle of a marriage gone to hell/divorce from hell.
Karen runs over to Hannie to tell her to make a New Year’s resolution --Obnoxious. It's a shame Hannie doesn't say "I already decided what I wanted to do." or "I don't really care about stuff like that." I can understand ASKING if a person is going to make a resolution but I draw the line when it concerns bossing somebody into doing it.
She won’t pester Boo Boo. Good. I’m shocked the cat hasn’t scratched you yet or said, “Fuck this family, I’m out,” and ran away--Oh, I bet he has scratched her. I always feel for Boo Boo because I bet he really is a nice cat if you let him do his thing and just pet him as opposed to probably forcing him into playing dress up.
Also, hasn’t anyone in the family told her to leave Boo Boo alone--The way Boo Boo gets labeled, it really does seem like everybody thinks the cat is the problem instead of the behavior of the one playing with him. And I realize even the nicest cats can have their limits and they'll slap or bite. Or they might even do that when they're playing. Some of my cats love the smell of carrots and they will nibble on my hand or drool on my hand to the point I've got slobber running down my wrist.
She’ll also stop bothering Morbidda Destiny--Which really should've been taken care of in book one. I feel for Mrs. Porter. What does it say when you've got a kid that's being a total brat with you and the parents of the kid don't step in and really make her knock off the obnoxious behavior. I stick with what I said before, I sincerely doubt Karen's quiet during any of the times Mrs. Porter leaves her house. I picture her screeching at the top of her lungs that the "witch is coming out the door"
She starts yelling about how Sam broke his resolution and he didn’t even keep it for a day.--I realize shit happens. Sometimes a burp slips out. My guess is Sam probably has better manners than the Pike kids because I can imagine them having burping contests at the table on purpose.
Sam says he meant he’d stop burping on purpose,--Well, maybe I spoke too soon
Sam is on her shit list and she doesn’t talk to him for the rest of the meal. I’d have been dancing a little jig. -- lol!
I think the kid needs a hobby.--I know she needs a hobby. Seriously, there's not a book to read, tv show to watch, game to play, etc?
Kristy is so different in this series.--She really is and I honestly wonder why they decided to have Kristy have opposite personalties in the two series?
Karen goes to Hannie’s house and sees her biting her nails. Karen yells at Hannie for breaking her resolution and Hannie is like, “Whatever.--Lovely to have a friend bitching at another friend for biting her nails. A resolution is really hard to keep for a lot of people.
Karen changes her resolution to say that she’ll be more helpful with Emily except when she wets the bed.--And not one of Karen's brain cells is realizing that she should really be writing her own name down in that little burn book of hers. You're slipping up just as much as the others are! You just think it's okay because you're going back and fudging details of the resolution you made. No doubt you'd still be bitching if Hannie said to her "Oh, I change my mind. I'll only stop biting my nails on the weekends." "BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID TO START WITH!"
Here’s one-why don’t you resolve to use your indoor voice?--I really wish Karen had gotten more of the Willie Oleson treatment. Willie was all the time standing in the corner. Obviously reminding Karen to use her indoor voice doesn't do a damn thing since she keeps being a loud mouth at school. Might want to take it up another notch.
I also think she should make a resolution to stop talking about Natalie’s droopy socks.--My mind is still rattling around in my head over that one. WHY OH WHY do they pay attention to SOCKS as much as they do in this series? They make it sound as if Natalie's over there eating paste or something.
Karen changes her resolution to I must not eat candy because it’s fine for her to change her resolution so that she doesn’t break it,--Why is she obsessing so much over this?! I swear the first time she broke one of her resolutions, you'd think it would've been a case of laughing and saying "Keeping resolutions are harder than I thought!" Yeah, I realize we wouldn't have a book in that case :D
And writes that Watson cut himself a slice of cake.--And this might be one of the hardest things of all for a lot of people. I admit my motto is everything in moderation. I just think a person is setting themselves up for failure if they say "Okay, I'm never gonna eat another piece of junk food ever again." It just makes more sense to slowly cut back. He's eating a slice of cake. It's not as if he's going to eat a slice of cake every single day of his life or even eat the entire cake in one sitting.
Karen whines that it’s not fair for Emily not to have to make a resolution--Did anybody force you to make a resolution, Karen? Did somebody hold a shotgun to your head and say "You do this or else?!" There's plenty of people that don't give a fuck about even making a resolution.
Karen feels slightly bad, but she dismisses it--Karen's grandparents need to be in more of these books. I just don't even want to imagine Karen in her 20s or 30s with the way she's acting now. Come on, she can tell she's hurt their feelings and doesn't care.
Yeah, you already broke two resolutions and tried to cover your ass by rewording them. Nice try.--Exactly
Karen always feels like someone is watching her and she has no privacy--I LOVE THAT SONG!
He says Karen isn’t the boss of the world and she doesn’t control everyone--Ricky, you have so much potential when you say stuff like this. And then you lose all of it when you decide to "marry" Karen instead of being a normal little boy that rolls his eyes whenever she opens her mouth
I wonder what Karen’s reaction would be if there was a student in class who called out before she did or called out when Karen was talking--Same. "It's only okay when I do it."
"but now that I don’t play with toys there’s not a lot to get me.--Same. It really seems like the bulk of what I like are perfumes and cds. And some of my musical tastes are a bit out there so I have to usually get that kind of stuff online."
Same! People who know me can't believe I really enjoy instrumental music, or classical and ragtime (to a degree). There's something about an orchestra that just floors me.
As far as gifts, all I usually want are books, or gift cards to places that carry books. I got an excellent book this year from my in laws that is all about haunted places and paranormal activity. None of them are very in depth, but thanks to google I can make each page a 12 day project.
I read about a particular haunted place that creeped me out so bad, that night every little noise made me shoot out of bed going "WHAT WAS THAT." I'm pretty sure my husband is going to confiscate the book at some point so he can get some damn sleep :D
Karen goes to ask her mom, but she’s a little hesitant because her parents usually fight over who the kids spend holidays with--That's just shitty. I think Karen is a brat from hell but I sympathize with the characters that have parents that really do put their kids in the middle of a marriage gone to hell/divorce from hell.
Karen runs over to Hannie to tell her to make a New Year’s resolution --Obnoxious. It's a shame Hannie doesn't say "I already decided what I wanted to do." or "I don't really care about stuff like that." I can understand ASKING if a person is going to make a resolution but I draw the line when it concerns bossing somebody into doing it.
She won’t pester Boo Boo. Good. I’m shocked the cat hasn’t scratched you yet or said, “Fuck this family, I’m out,” and ran away--Oh, I bet he has scratched her. I always feel for Boo Boo because I bet he really is a nice cat if you let him do his thing and just pet him as opposed to probably forcing him into playing dress up.
Also, hasn’t anyone in the family told her to leave Boo Boo alone--The way Boo Boo gets labeled, it really does seem like everybody thinks the cat is the problem instead of the behavior of the one playing with him. And I realize even the nicest cats can have their limits and they'll slap or bite. Or they might even do that when they're playing. Some of my cats love the smell of carrots and they will nibble on my hand or drool on my hand to the point I've got slobber running down my wrist.
She’ll also stop bothering Morbidda Destiny--Which really should've been taken care of in book one. I feel for Mrs. Porter. What does it say when you've got a kid that's being a total brat with you and the parents of the kid don't step in and really make her knock off the obnoxious behavior. I stick with what I said before, I sincerely doubt Karen's quiet during any of the times Mrs. Porter leaves her house. I picture her screeching at the top of her lungs that the "witch is coming out the door"
She starts yelling about how Sam broke his resolution and he didn’t even keep it for a day.--I realize shit happens. Sometimes a burp slips out. My guess is Sam probably has better manners than the Pike kids because I can imagine them having burping contests at the table on purpose.
Sam says he meant he’d stop burping on purpose,--Well, maybe I spoke too soon
Sam is on her shit list and she doesn’t talk to him for the rest of the meal. I’d have been dancing a little jig. -- lol!
I think the kid needs a hobby.--I know she needs a hobby. Seriously, there's not a book to read, tv show to watch, game to play, etc?
Kristy is so different in this series.--She really is and I honestly wonder why they decided to have Kristy have opposite personalties in the two series?
Karen goes to Hannie’s house and sees her biting her nails. Karen yells at Hannie for breaking her resolution and Hannie is like, “Whatever.--Lovely to have a friend bitching at another friend for biting her nails. A resolution is really hard to keep for a lot of people.
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Here’s one-why don’t you resolve to use your indoor voice?--I really wish Karen had gotten more of the Willie Oleson treatment. Willie was all the time standing in the corner. Obviously reminding Karen to use her indoor voice doesn't do a damn thing since she keeps being a loud mouth at school. Might want to take it up another notch.
I also think she should make a resolution to stop talking about Natalie’s droopy socks.--My mind is still rattling around in my head over that one. WHY OH WHY do they pay attention to SOCKS as much as they do in this series? They make it sound as if Natalie's over there eating paste or something.
Karen changes her resolution to I must not eat candy because it’s fine for her to change her resolution so that she doesn’t break it,--Why is she obsessing so much over this?! I swear the first time she broke one of her resolutions, you'd think it would've been a case of laughing and saying "Keeping resolutions are harder than I thought!" Yeah, I realize we wouldn't have a book in that case :D
And writes that Watson cut himself a slice of cake.--And this might be one of the hardest things of all for a lot of people. I admit my motto is everything in moderation. I just think a person is setting themselves up for failure if they say "Okay, I'm never gonna eat another piece of junk food ever again." It just makes more sense to slowly cut back. He's eating a slice of cake. It's not as if he's going to eat a slice of cake every single day of his life or even eat the entire cake in one sitting.
Karen whines that it’s not fair for Emily not to have to make a resolution--Did anybody force you to make a resolution, Karen? Did somebody hold a shotgun to your head and say "You do this or else?!" There's plenty of people that don't give a fuck about even making a resolution.
Karen feels slightly bad, but she dismisses it--Karen's grandparents need to be in more of these books. I just don't even want to imagine Karen in her 20s or 30s with the way she's acting now. Come on, she can tell she's hurt their feelings and doesn't care.
Yeah, you already broke two resolutions and tried to cover your ass by rewording them. Nice try.--Exactly
Karen always feels like someone is watching her and she has no privacy--I LOVE THAT SONG!
He says Karen isn’t the boss of the world and she doesn’t control everyone--Ricky, you have so much potential when you say stuff like this. And then you lose all of it when you decide to "marry" Karen instead of being a normal little boy that rolls his eyes whenever she opens her mouth
I wonder what Karen’s reaction would be if there was a student in class who called out before she did or called out when Karen was talking--Same. "It's only okay when I do it."
Love the snark! Happy New Year everybody! :)
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Same! People who know me can't believe I really enjoy instrumental music, or classical and ragtime (to a degree). There's something about an orchestra that just floors me.
As far as gifts, all I usually want are books, or gift cards to places that carry books. I got an excellent book this year from my in laws that is all about haunted places and paranormal activity. None of them are very in depth, but thanks to google I can make each page a 12 day project.
I read about a particular haunted place that creeped me out so bad, that night every little noise made me shoot out of bed going "WHAT WAS THAT." I'm pretty sure my husband is going to confiscate the book at some point so he can get some damn sleep :D
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