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hwkitty in bsc_snark

Friends Forever: Everything Changes

Nov 16, 2010 14:19

Okay, I know I have a crapload of half-snarked books to get to. However, it's my birthday today - I'm 15!, I'm staying home, and I promised myself I'd get to this one.
This book doesn't actually have a dedication to a ghostie-- did Ann write these herself? I doubt it. Instead, it has a dedication to the birth of her goddaughter, Harmoni. How ( Read more... )

ff ss#1 everything changes, why the hell didn't ann number these, mary anne grows a spine, kristy is crazy, friends forever, super special

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buggrit_1979 November 16 2010, 20:25:20 UTC

You write much better than one would expect from a just-turned-15-year-old (and happy birthday to you).

So wait, the(ir parents)y had to pay for them to go be counselors? I mean, okay, they're counselors-in-training, so maybe they shouldn't be PAID the way an actual counselor would, but if they're working rather than playing they should at least be getting in for free.

She thinks she's doing just fine and has a life to live.
What? No you don't, MA. Stop kidding yourself. Solid gold, I lol'd for the first time all week.

Write more soon.

hwkitty November 16 2010, 20:41:05 UTC

Thank you :D
My dad's an editor. Plus, I read a lot.
B)

I know, right? I'm a CiT at this camp my mom works at, and I get paid $350 for running around for 5 days.

Thanks again,
I will!~

tortoises November 17 2010, 00:58:52 UTC

I was going to say that too! (about the writing thing) I'm very impressed - while I could write when I was your age, I don't think I could have snarked XD

jessicarae729 November 16 2010, 21:21:18 UTC

Agreed that it's refreshing to see a 15yo who doesn't write in textspeak, at least when not typing text messages. :)

Regarding the printer paper, IIRC in 1999, printers that used regular 8.5x11 paper like what we use now were fairly new. AMM is probably referring to the old school printer paper, that had the little perforated edges with the holes and the continuous feed. I don't even know how to describe it past that. I don't recall it being exceptionally expensive, but again, AMM is stuck in the 50s, so maybe it was more expensive then?

kerssido November 16 2010, 21:34:48 UTC

MAYBE IT WAS SPECIAL EDITION "I LOVE LUCY" PRINTER PAPER

kakeochi_umai November 16 2010, 22:12:05 UTC

Ohhh, I remember that stuff! As for why Mal's buying her own, it's probably because she's sick of always going to use the family stash and finding that the kiddiwinks have used it all up for drawing/poems/making paper dolls/making Wandering Frog People paraphernalia/wiping up barf/wiping up the blood after Nicky cuts himself because nobody likes him...have I missed any traits here?

hwkitty November 17 2010, 02:42:47 UTC

Thanks. I actually hate chat/textspeak. It drives me insane.

Oh, I remember that stuff. But everyone always says stuff was cheaper back then xD
Hmm, I have no clue.

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kerssido November 16 2010, 21:34:11 UTC

I'd think ink would be more of a concern than paper. Although maybe she wouldn't need to replace the ink.

Oh god, the Kristy entries. The Tarzan thing is accurate.

kakeochi_umai November 16 2010, 22:24:30 UTC

Then she makes an ABSURD note to remind herself that Stacey's mother will get lonely, and to get Jessi and Mal to visit her once in a while.

Dear CHRIST. I think she's just about out-meddled Elizabeth Wakefield here.

she's just on the train. She packed four suitcases and a bag of books.
How in the hell did she GET all that on the train?! Do American intercity trains have a hold? 'Cause I have a hard enough time catching trains in Japan with my ONE suitcase.

pouletinbondage November 17 2010, 16:46:16 UTC

If she took the Metro-North commuter train, which is really cheap and takes a little less than an hour to get from Stamford to NYC, there is no WAY she could have fit four suitcases on there. They have a tiny luggage rack above the seats but that can only fit a big duffel bag or something--if you want to bring even ONE big suitcase you have to either risk putting it in the aisle of the crowded train and pissing people off, or you're just shit outta luck. Four suitcases = not possible.

/overanalysis of small plot point

kakeochi_umai November 17 2010, 02:17:13 UTC

Thing in which boyfriend/girlfriend always comes first, and you keep secrets from your best friend and family and everyone for sake of boyfriend/girlfriend...
Hey, K-Ron, just because YOU did all those things for your deadbeat biodad who made you sperm pancakes in a trailer, doesn't mean MA's doing that for Logan.

I first read this book after I joined this comm so I laughed my ASS off when all the Cult members started dropping like flies. Your mind control's weakening, K-Ron! Did you slack off with the Kool-Aid recently?