Kristy's Book-Part 4
Everyone seems to be going to Dream Width now so I will switch to that as well. But I am going to finish this snark on here.
Chapter 9
Play Ball
Kristy is now ten years old. Everyone is adjusted to their routine. It turns out Kristy's deadbeat dad did send some money at that point, but not much. Nice. And four kids on one salary isn't exactly easy. Kristy says summers were difficult because Liz couldn't really afford child care for them. She finds an overnight softball camp for Kristy to go to. I would think camp would be expensive, too. Most are.
Nevertheless, Kristy checks out the ad for the camp, called camp topnotch. It's just Kristy's type of place.
Oh, okay. They can't afford it but they can apply for a scholarship. That makes sense. You also have to get into the camp apparently and can't just go because Kristy has to write an essay about why she wants to go. I went to sleep away camp and never had to do any of this but I guess because it's a competitive sports camp it's different.
She gets the scholarship and is set for camp. She practices softball and has reasonable nerves about leaving her family and friends.
The first day of camp arrives. A nervous Kristy goes to her cabin and tells one of her cabin mates that she's shortstop. Another girl named Samantha who's in a different cabin is also a shortstop and apparently if Kristy is better than her she can be first string. I feel like this is going to lead to rivalry. Kristy's cAbin is called the blue jays and Samantha's is called the robins. And sure enough, they are rivals. At dinner, the blue jays put sugar in the robins' salt shakers. I feel like at the camp I went to we would never be able to get away with this stuff. It was really rigid and people got in trouble easily.
Anyway, not too much else of interest happens. Kristy has trouble falling asleep because she's never slept in a top bunk (wonder if she'll pull a Claudia and step on the hand of the person on the bottom) and she's homesick. This is understandable and not at all snark-worthy.
Chapter 10
When Kristy wakes up, she feels better because she's excited to play softball. the other short stop, Samantha, is very good, but Kristy decides she's going to be the best. She and Karen are the same I swear.
Samantha and Karen are each shortstops for their cabins. Kristy runs into Samantha later, who calls her "shorty" and says she's going to be first string. Great, she's an obnoxious brat.
Everyone is obnoxious to each other for the remainder of the game. The robins laugh at a girl on the blue jays who falls flat on her face. Also, she fell because they tied her shoes together. I hate shit like that. It reminds me of dawn's book when they glued the blocks together.Then they win the game and are complete sore winners. Kids suck.
Kristy's cabin gets revenge by putting buttered noodles in their beds and tricking them into thinking it's worms. The counselors tell them to cool it but laugh it off at the same time. The next day, Kristy's team wins and this time she is a sore winner by chanting "we won because we won." "Even though I had thought it was obnoxious when the robins did that the day before, I shouted "we won" louder than anyone else." Nice being a hypocrite, Kristy.
Next, the robins hid the bluejays' bathing suits when they're going to go swimming. That prank is pretty harmless, at least. However, it makes them late to swim which docks them points for cabin of the year.
Their counselor tells them that if they earn best cabin, they can win a trip to Splish splash amusement park. Okay, that park is freaking AWESOME. I am surprised Ann is acting referencing something I've heard of. That park is right in New York about forty minutes from where I live and it is an amazing water park. Just saying.
Kristy says "I wasn't enjoying the pranks very much. I wished we'd stop playing them and concentrate on playing softball." Okay, Kristy is being reasonable for once. Color me shocked. And I completely agree. I realize I sound like a goody goody mother Theresa, but why do they have to torture each other? Why can't they just have fun?
When Kristy goes to bed that night, she realizes her bed has been short-sheeted. There's also a note that says "a short sheet for a short stop" and there's a picture of it so I guess Kristy saved that of all things to save.
Kristy starts to feel concerned that she isn't a good player because everyone else is so good. Why can't you all be good?
They have their first game and Samantha gets first string shortstop. I actually feel bad because it reduces Kristy's confidence and because Samantha is such an epic Bitch about it.
Chapter 11
Everyone is still too obsessed with competing with each other which affects how they play. Luckily they finally get reprimanded for it. They continue to act like little assholes and blame each other for everything and insult each other.
Their coach stops them to say she's talked about team spirit until she's blue in the face so someone's like "she's a blue jay." Lame.
She ends up quitting as their coach and I can't say I blame her since they are acting like assholes. Kristy's depressed about everything and wants to go home.
Kristy comes home to a letter from Mary Anne which cheers her up. They're supposed to be ten but Mary Anne has handwriting like an adults. It really doesn't look like a ten year old wrote it.
Kristy is listening to everyone in her bunk act like jerks and realizes she's been one too. This is very rare and refreshing for Kristy. I wish this would carry on to her present day character. Kristy demands that they all have a meeting. Taking charge like the Kristy we all know. They write a note to their coach asking her to come back and promising team spirit. The coach decides to observe the next practice and then decide. I am glad she's not indulging them by immediately agreeing to be their coach again.
They do well with their game and although they don't win a trophy of best cabin they become friends and Samantha becomes Kristy's best friend. Kristy gives us this beauty:
"I learned you don't have to be the best at something to have a good time." She should really pass that along to Karen.
Chapter 9
Play Ball
Kristy is now ten years old. Everyone is adjusted to their routine. It turns out Kristy's deadbeat dad did send some money at that point, but not much. Nice. And four kids on one salary isn't exactly easy. Kristy says summers were difficult because Liz couldn't really afford child care for them. She finds an overnight softball camp for Kristy to go to. I would think camp would be expensive, too. Most are.
Nevertheless, Kristy checks out the ad for the camp, called camp topnotch. It's just Kristy's type of place.
Oh, okay. They can't afford it but they can apply for a scholarship. That makes sense. You also have to get into the camp apparently and can't just go because Kristy has to write an essay about why she wants to go. I went to sleep away camp and never had to do any of this but I guess because it's a competitive sports camp it's different.
She gets the scholarship and is set for camp. She practices softball and has reasonable nerves about leaving her family and friends.
The first day of camp arrives. A nervous Kristy goes to her cabin and tells one of her cabin mates that she's shortstop. Another girl named Samantha who's in a different cabin is also a shortstop and apparently if Kristy is better than her she can be first string. I feel like this is going to lead to rivalry. Kristy's cAbin is called the blue jays and Samantha's is called the robins. And sure enough, they are rivals. At dinner, the blue jays put sugar in the robins' salt shakers. I feel like at the camp I went to we would never be able to get away with this stuff. It was really rigid and people got in trouble easily.
Anyway, not too much else of interest happens. Kristy has trouble falling asleep because she's never slept in a top bunk (wonder if she'll pull a Claudia and step on the hand of the person on the bottom) and she's homesick. This is understandable and not at all snark-worthy.
Chapter 10
When Kristy wakes up, she feels better because she's excited to play softball. the other short stop, Samantha, is very good, but Kristy decides she's going to be the best. She and Karen are the same I swear.
Samantha and Karen are each shortstops for their cabins. Kristy runs into Samantha later, who calls her "shorty" and says she's going to be first string. Great, she's an obnoxious brat.
Everyone is obnoxious to each other for the remainder of the game. The robins laugh at a girl on the blue jays who falls flat on her face. Also, she fell because they tied her shoes together. I hate shit like that. It reminds me of dawn's book when they glued the blocks together.Then they win the game and are complete sore winners. Kids suck.
Kristy's cabin gets revenge by putting buttered noodles in their beds and tricking them into thinking it's worms. The counselors tell them to cool it but laugh it off at the same time. The next day, Kristy's team wins and this time she is a sore winner by chanting "we won because we won." "Even though I had thought it was obnoxious when the robins did that the day before, I shouted "we won" louder than anyone else." Nice being a hypocrite, Kristy.
Next, the robins hid the bluejays' bathing suits when they're going to go swimming. That prank is pretty harmless, at least. However, it makes them late to swim which docks them points for cabin of the year.
Their counselor tells them that if they earn best cabin, they can win a trip to Splish splash amusement park. Okay, that park is freaking AWESOME. I am surprised Ann is acting referencing something I've heard of. That park is right in New York about forty minutes from where I live and it is an amazing water park. Just saying.
Kristy says "I wasn't enjoying the pranks very much. I wished we'd stop playing them and concentrate on playing softball." Okay, Kristy is being reasonable for once. Color me shocked. And I completely agree. I realize I sound like a goody goody mother Theresa, but why do they have to torture each other? Why can't they just have fun?
When Kristy goes to bed that night, she realizes her bed has been short-sheeted. There's also a note that says "a short sheet for a short stop" and there's a picture of it so I guess Kristy saved that of all things to save.
Kristy starts to feel concerned that she isn't a good player because everyone else is so good. Why can't you all be good?
They have their first game and Samantha gets first string shortstop. I actually feel bad because it reduces Kristy's confidence and because Samantha is such an epic Bitch about it.
Chapter 11
Everyone is still too obsessed with competing with each other which affects how they play. Luckily they finally get reprimanded for it. They continue to act like little assholes and blame each other for everything and insult each other.
Their coach stops them to say she's talked about team spirit until she's blue in the face so someone's like "she's a blue jay." Lame.
She ends up quitting as their coach and I can't say I blame her since they are acting like assholes. Kristy's depressed about everything and wants to go home.
Kristy comes home to a letter from Mary Anne which cheers her up. They're supposed to be ten but Mary Anne has handwriting like an adults. It really doesn't look like a ten year old wrote it.
Kristy is listening to everyone in her bunk act like jerks and realizes she's been one too. This is very rare and refreshing for Kristy. I wish this would carry on to her present day character. Kristy demands that they all have a meeting. Taking charge like the Kristy we all know. They write a note to their coach asking her to come back and promising team spirit. The coach decides to observe the next practice and then decide. I am glad she's not indulging them by immediately agreeing to be their coach again.
They do well with their game and although they don't win a trophy of best cabin they become friends and Samantha becomes Kristy's best friend. Kristy gives us this beauty:
"I learned you don't have to be the best at something to have a good time." She should really pass that along to Karen.