#44 Dawn and the Big Sleepover (Chapters 10-12)

[jadore_histoire]

Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9Whoops...sorry about the delay on the next part of this one, guys. I promise I'll get it done soon! If I start a snark, I finish it

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[kakeochi_umai]

It is summer in Japan, thus the sun has taken it upon itself to wake us up at like 5am. I am blaming this for the fact that I just read "Perfect Perkinses" as "Perfect Penises".

Rob says he took them because his dad never wears them. Geez, we got someone competing for Claudia in the "Has the Least Amount of Logic" department.

Eh, it's no worse than some of the ghosties' logic!

Madame Leveaux makes me think of Violet Devereux. Which may explain why the "9-year-old girl" was able to trick the "13-year-old prankster". Seriously, there is no WAY Alan Gray would have been led on by Haley. I HATE it when they make him OOC (like in Stacey As Glinda where he's bullying Tess. Alan is a prankster, not a bully! And don't even get me STARTED on the movie.)

I would like Justin Forbes to call my school and say that he is from the Atlanta Pig Farm and would like to speak to me, so that I can have a week off work (they're almost as paranoid about America here as they are about Mexico.)

[jadore_histoire]

Oh I hate it when they make OOC too. It's like when they sometimes need a random 8th grader, they use Alan and sometimes it means making him a bully. He was the goofball who liked to torment Kristy, because he's got a big crush on her. And yeah, what was with him in the movie going after Dawn? Maybe that was supposed to be Pete...

[taurah]

If you want, I can call your school and say I'm calling from Quebec regarding the package I sent you a couple weeks ago... with that, you should have your week off, right ;)

[kakeochi_umai]

Pretty please?

[author_by_night]

I love the idea of a bunch of preteens and kids pitching in to help other kids, but sadly I'm shaking my head at the lack of major problems.

See, here's what would've happened if I'd been Dawn in middle school, and the BSC had been my friends:

Stacey and Claudia: *Start dating the hot new boys, Gary and Stu, and forget about the Zuni kids*

Kristy: *Is too busy with softball - "sorry!"*

Mary-Anne and Mallory: *Get butthurt about something or other and do their own thing*

Jessi: *Goes with Mallory, because, y'know, BFFs and all*

To be honest, that would have been a far more realistic - and interesting - approach. You could still have the good feelings if Dawn made them realize how selfish they were, or they grew hearts at the last minute, but I just find it so implausible how dedicated the sitters are, and how there's no squabbles except possibly the little kids.

[jadore_histoire]

That's what I was thinking too. If they were in an actual middle school club or something, and they were doing a partnership with the elementary school kids, it would make more sense. But a bunch of middle school girls gladly working on a service project because they want to? And taking charge of it instead of letting the teachers run it while they help out? Wow.

[author_by_night]

Yeah. Thirteen year olds would need the teachers to help anyway!

[promisemewings]

LMFAO, a Rocky Horror shoutout!

"I GROW VEARY OF ZEES VORLD! Vhen shall ve return to Transylvania, huh?!" (When you learn to pronounced your W's, bitch.)

[jadore_histoire]

LOL I knew you'd appreciate that! Riff Raff and Magenta frown on Haley's interpretation of Transylvanian.

Mary Anne and Logan are so Brad and Janet.

[jadore_histoire]

I know they're all loaded and everything, but the guy bought a new suit, and had it tailored, then it's missing? The food, I can understand not noticing if something like that disappears, but a brand-new suit, or sneakers? That kid Rob was a dumbass for that, but you're right, the other kids took things they knew their parents never used.

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Maybe he just wanted to mess with Dawn in revenge for the last time the BSC was in Pizza Express and she scolded him for selling another customer a sausage pizza.

[jadore_histoire]

I see what you mean. I thinking they knew the kids were doing a clothing drive, and if clothes started disappearing, they'd suspect something. If anything, I'm surprised Dawn and Mary Anne are so freakin dense, they think people are being so generous, despite knowing Claudia had a problem with kids stealing stuff from their parents to donate to the garage sale!

LOL I was being sarcastic about Dawn there. I know she's scolded a hot dog vendor at a baseball game in BSC in the USA, and has made comments in restaurants about other people eating dead animals though!

[littlelatte]

The Haley tricking Alan thing was so lame. It's been a long time since I've read this book since I never particularly liked it, so I have to ask - is there any suggestion that Alan was humouring her, or did he and his buddies actually fall for it for reals? I like to pretend that Alan is just going along with it, since it's far less ridiculous.

Aww, Raffi! We had a couple of Raffi records when I was really young, so that song is very nostalgic for me. You're right about Raffi not being age-appropriate for the SES kids. You'd think that between Kristy, Mal or even Jessi, they'd be able to come up with a couple of Disney soundtracks or other elementary school age-appropriate music, but I guess not.

Great snark, except now I'll be singing "Baby Beluga" for the next several days. Looking forward to the last installment!

Baaaaaaaaby beluuuuuuuga, baaaaaaby beluuuuuuuuga!

[jadore_histoire]

Initially, it sounds like he's humoring her, because he 's acting silly and fake-complains that she won't give him a free fortune and he and the other boys are giggling while she shuffles the cards and everything. Then when she gives him part of the fortune with a cliffhanger and says "That was the 25 cent fortune! I'll give you more for another quarter!" and he pays up instantly and then the other boys go through it too, and she ends up making two bucks from the three of them. So it's kind of misleading heh. I'd like to think that they wanted to donate to the cause, and went along with it to humor Haley into thinking that she pulled a fast one on them LOL. Then again, the writers like to twist Alan's character around alot, so maybe he's a dumbass in this book.

[alula_auburn]

Yeah, I always thought the boys were kind of playing along, not seriously tricked.

Incidently, there was a famous New Orleans Voudou practioner (a mother and daughter, IIRC) named Marie Laveau, although I kind of doubt Haley (or your typical BSC reader) would know that. Peter Lerangis might have, though.

[flipflopgoddess]

Two bucks divided by three boys averages out to about 65 cents each. I should hope that they weren't too devastated even if they were tricked.