SS #5: California Girls pt 2
Dawn chapter. She addresses a postcard to "Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spier," which seems doubly odd, both because of her pseudo-feminist crap in SS#9 and because of her general lack of fondness for Richard.
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Also, Clover and Daffodil (minus the names) from the CA books seem pretty cute.
Also, whatever the hell happened to Nina and Eleanor Marshall? They were big time clients in the first few books; it seems like they either moved away or were sucked into the Stoneybrook Black Hole of Non-Bratty Children.
Hanny and Linny seem OK, except for the infatuation with Karen.
Oh, and screw the Delaney's. I LOL'ed when the BSC was like "OMG THEY PAID 400 DOLLARS FOR A PUREBRED CAT(ANIMAL)", when a good purebred with proven, healthy parents can run upwards of 2 grand, depending on what you're looking for. Husband showed me once a breeder of working dogs (I don't even think they sell to pet only homes), and the pups started at $3500. An older pup that had been started in training was much, much more, so 400 bucks (for a purebred kitten) sounds like a damn bargain to us.
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Man, I completely forgot about Emily until you mentioned her. So I have that in common with her family, I guess. But she and Andrew always did seem really cute. I always felt bad for Andrew, having to live with Karen 24/7.
Huh. I think Eleanor Marshall popped up in the baby parade book, and that blankie subplot with Nina was a thing, but other than that, they did vanish, never to show up at the carnivals and crap the BSC always threw. Maybe their parents actually spent time with them.
Maybe $400 was an AMM-era price :P Though the breeder I got my cat from had kittens for $500, they were the "pet quality" kittens. I assume the Delaneys wanted a top-quality cat.
My adopted cat from a different breeder (he was incredibly sick as a kitten and was brought to the vet to be euthanized, but they fell in love with him and kept saying "we'll give him another day to rally" - that ended up taking a year. He was the cutest thing in the world, though.) was, uh, appraised at $2,000 by a cat show judge my mother ran into on the street while taking him for a walk (Spencer didn't realize he was a cat; that year at the vet's he was raised around dogs. He used to "bark" when we got him; it was hilarious. Eventually he figured out how to cat with our other cat's influence but it took some time). Why he felt the need to tell my mother how much Spencer should have sold for I do not know; in hindsight that's a weird fucking thing to say to someone.
Still, the Delaneys have good taste in cat breeds. I've had two Persians (Spencer died a few years ago, and Abby's still hanging in there, but probably not for long; she's an old lady) and two Exotic Shorthairs, and they're just the most delightful little weirdos. Not that I haven't loved the American Shorthairs I've had/do have, but they've never been as quirky or weird.
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I keep forgetting about the era, and even in the BSC era $400 for a cat was probably mind blowing.
Spencer sounds absolutely adorable and my kind of cat. It's amazing what the little ones that are sick and having a hard time do to our heartstrings. I'm glad he found you!
"Why he felt the need to tell my mother how much Spencer should have sold for I do not know; in hindsight that's a weird fucking thing to say to someone. "
As I read this, and re-read it, you're right--that's just damn weird. I've had people ask me to sell them my dog(s) (um, yeah right) or breed the one male (he was neutered at 3 years old), or "educate" me on the dangers of owning "x" breed (the true danger is he's a fucking bed hog), etc. People on the street = a constant source of entertainment (or infuriation, depending upon the day).
I love Persians and Himmies. We've also had Ragdolls; rescues. When you refer to Exotic Shorthairs as delightful little weirdo's, you're spot on. A close friend of mine has two, and while they're beautiful and very sweet natured, really, they ARE strange. However, they're a wonderful reminder how far removed from true domestication cats really are.
My next big thing I'm begging for, some day, is a Bengal. I've been around them a lot, we've house sat for quite a few of them and they're DELIGHTFUL and fun, and into everything and like having a perpetual green eyed toddler. Nosy, nosy, nosy, and so damn BUSY. It's like every day they have this Brand New Obsession with some weird little thing and it's all they can think about. One cat in particular decided the toilet paper roll was a treadmill and spent days at a time clawing the shit out of any toilet paper he could find. He spent his entire life petrified of water, and one day woke up and was like "LOL OMG HAI I IZ A DUCK NAO" and spent the next week or two hanging out in sinks, bath tubs, toilets, and screaming for someone to let the sink faucet drip so he could play in it. After a few weeks of this we're all "hey lookie, we left the sink drip!" and he's like "OMG NO WATER SCARY ARRRGHH" and runs away like we just tried to give him an enema with a flame thrower.
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What breed is your dog? Pit? They seem to get the most "well-intentioned" people warning about them. Yeah, if you're worried about getting licked, tail-whipped or farted to death.
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