Jessi's Baby-sitter! Part 1!

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So, I was bored and procrastinating on my art so, I decided to snark. I wasn't sure what I should do, so I looked through the book list and was surprised that there were quite a few bad ones to choose from. Realising I've only done one Jessi book, I decided to tackle this one. I remember reading it as a kid, but I don't remember what I thought. As

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"Let's have a look at the cover:"

The way Jessi's standing always got me. What is she doing? Is this ballet? Is she trying to trip her Aunt? Or is this just a way to show the audience that Jessi's got, OMG, "attitude"?

I was so obsessed with Family Matters at the same time I was obsessed with the BSC that I swore the cover was actually Laura, Judy, and Little Richie Winslow, and Aunt Cecelia was Harriet.

"And in this super serious class that's on par with any NYC studio, the ballerinas fall on the floor."

*snort* didn't they also practically bottom out when the snow storm hit and they had to spend the night at the dance studio?

"I wouldn't think a cake in a box would smell that strongly but what do I know?"

Not sure, but now I want cake...

"Who's gonna drive me to donce class?"

Mme Noelle is hilarious because she reminds of of Madame Andre from SV Twins. Maybe they're sisters. I'm sorry. "Seesters".

"They also say they should prank Cecelia because that'll prove they're not little wild heathens! Why are pranks always the go-to for these idiots? "

I hate that. The only time it was funny was when Kristy, MA, and Claudia at like, ages 8, pranked the sitter from the Agency and the sitter pranked them back. 8 is not 11, though, and if Jessi is a responsible sitter she shouldn't do the one thing she'd hate if her charges did to her (let alone encouraging Becca to act like a Pike kid.)

"sitting there for ten minutes staring at the wall with your mouth open calls for privacy. Maybe she doesn't want her parents to walk in on her and think she just smoked a bunch of opium"

LMAO

" If everyone knew how horrible Dawn was, she wouldn't have any friends. If they knew what was in her black husk of a heart, they wouldn't have bothered rescuing her from that island. And I would be very happy."

Secretly, I was glad when Claudia was the real "hero" in that book and Dawn was a pile of nerves. It was refreshing seeing someone who isn't "book smart" being able to harness some basic common damn sense, and seeing someone who is an "individual and level headed" fall to pieces in a crisis. Realistic, and shit happens.

"The next day, Jessi bikes to a BSC meeting thinking with dread about Cecelia coming. She keeps whining about having a baby-sitter when she is a baby-sitter"

Oh get stuffed, Jessi! Even Kristy "what is soap?" Thomas (I think I love you for that) didn't pitch a fit when Nannie moved in to help her parents out with various things. True, Nannie was "cool", but if two parents are working and have school aged children and a baby in the house (as well as a house to take care of), sometimes a little help is nice. Especially if the helper volunteers and will be glad to do it to escape their own personal hell and just SHUT UP JESSI. I hate the books that make my list of most likable characters dwindle, because I always felt Jessi had some sense and empathy.

"she can hear the noise of air whooshing as Jackie falls down"

Whaaa??? She can hear the AIR when someone falls down but makes no mention of a THUD or an "OUCH" or an "OH SHIT MY LEG/ARM/BACK"?

"He says he has no interest in that but he would like to build a volcano because he saw it on The Brady Bunch"

More Brady references! I can't take it anymore! To cool down, I think I'll go for a walk outside now, the summer suns calling my name...

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It was refreshing seeing someone who isn't "book smart" being able to harness some basic common damn sense--I'm glad they gave Claudia some moments to shine. She's as dumb as a rock when it concerns book learning but she really does have a lot of common sense---depending on the book.