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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 5, 2007 19:05:41 GMT -5
Claudia is quite bitchy in this book. I'd never really noticed it before. Sniping at Laine practically the moment she walks in the door? Yeah, she's jealous, but if she and Stacey are that close she should at least make an effort to be nice to the bf Stacey's had for years. And then Laine has to be the one to make amends with the show and the limo; essentially Claudia is like "Well, if Laine wants to, fine." Geez, and they made a big deal about Kristy being the immature one just because she orders the fillit mignun.
Another thing that bugged: her boxcar of clothes. Okay, she talked to Stacey beforehand about what to wear to the party and brought that. So. The only other thing she had to worry about was the outfit she would wear on the sitting job and then Sunday, which didn't really matter. WHY did she need so many clothes?
In her postcards home, she spells everyone's name correctly and in both says "How are you", NOT "Who are you!" She even spells "tomorrow" right. Awesome.
And a classic line:
Face it. They just are!
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Post by starrynight on Jan 5, 2007 19:11:51 GMT -5
Loved this one. Lots of outfit descriptions and plenty of New York stuff. Why in the world did they trust them out on the streets of New York with small children,though??? If I were a parent, that situation would make me nervous.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 5, 2007 19:23:29 GMT -5
Absolutely. Good thing they didn't know how frightened Dawn was. And the way they herded all the kids easily from place to place was a sitter's dream come true. At least there was that realistic bit about Henry getting lost.
Loved the outfits too. Stacey mentions she wears "these shoes my parents hate" to the party. I wanted her to describe them!
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Post by greer on Jan 7, 2007 19:45:31 GMT -5
stacey was a b*tch in this book too, don't forget. she was so disdainful of the bsc's suburbaness!
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Post by alula on Jan 8, 2007 5:03:43 GMT -5
Absolutely. Good thing they didn't know how frightened Dawn was. And the way they herded all the kids easily from place to place was a sitter's dream come true. At least there was that realistic bit about Henry getting lost. Loved the outfits too. Stacey mentions she wears "these shoes my parents hate" to the party. I wanted her to describe them! Were those the sandals that laced halfway up her legs or something? I remember some thing like that and being confused about why her parents would hate them--and frankly, I still am, because lace-up sandals, in my experience are hard to pull off without your legs looking stumpy, but I wouldn't have thought they were particularly scandalous (especially with "could-pass-for- nineteen" Laine hanging around. That is so wrong.) And yeah, the age-inappropriateness of this whole scenario is even whackier in New York. I mean, I think that when Ann herself baby-sat, it wasn't THAT uncommon for thirteen-year-olds to sit--but of course, Stoneybrook is still the kind of place where most of the neighbors seem to know each other and kids walk to school by themselves and sometimes (although less in the later books, I've noticed) the girls even walk home from nighttime jobs alone. But yeah, a pack of thirteen-year-old mostly-tourists parading a bunch of kids through Central Park? Brilliant. And of course, a ten-year-old New York native can't even leave the apartment alone. I love BSC logic. |
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Post by starrynight on Jan 8, 2007 11:30:47 GMT -5
I think the laced-up sandals were worn by Claudia in book #4, at Jamie's party, but I could be mistaken.  |
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 8, 2007 15:47:48 GMT -5
I remember Claudia wearing them in Babysitters on Board (when she goes sight-seeing by herself), and at Lucy Newton's christening (Claudia and Mean Janine).
Yes indeed! But I figured her bitchiness in the book kind of goes without saying.
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Post by buffykay70 on Jan 8, 2007 22:40:56 GMT -5
yeah claudia was a b*tch to laine and all but stacey was the biggest beeyotch of them all in this book. what a snob towards her friends, even tho maryanne was really annoying in this book trying to hard to be cool and all.
this book and several others make me dislike snobby stacey a lot. i mean she could try to be a bit more nice and understanding of her hick friends, haha.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Jan 9, 2007 12:22:38 GMT -5
Stacey's very fickle. One minute the BSC are her bestest friends EVA, then she's too cool for them. I don't know why they put up with her. Maybe they're intimidated by her sophisicatedness or something.
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Post by alula on Jan 9, 2007 16:21:13 GMT -5
Ah, thanks, <b>booboobrewer</>. If they are in Claudia and Mean Janine, maybe we'll someday get to see them rendered graphically!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2007 22:59:03 GMT -5
Stacey's very fickle. One minute the BSC are her bestest friends EVA, then she's too cool for them. I don't know why they put up with her. Maybe they're intimidated by her sophisicatedness or something. Honestly, I think Stacey is probably the most realistically written babysitter in the series...because, I think fickleness regarding your friends in 8th grade is pretty common. Sure Stacey annoys me from time to time, but in the end, she does always come back to her friends. |
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Post by sotypical42483 on Jan 10, 2007 12:37:15 GMT -5
I agree that Stacey's attitude is realistic of a 13 year old, but still it's the BSC! They aren't supposed to be bitches. Its funny how so many of us as kids loved Stacey and thought she was so cool, now she just seems like such a brat.
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Post by greer on Jan 10, 2007 13:27:10 GMT -5
I still like her. I find her more easy to relate to than the other girls, who, until the end of the series when they all got really exaggerated, always seemed too perfect. If Stacey didn't have that bitchy/slutty/snobby side to her, she would just be a beautiful, sophisticated, brilliant, perfect girl who handles major health and family problems with grace and strength.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2007 23:23:48 GMT -5
I agree, I still like her as well...even after all these years. True, she does annoy me a bit more now than she used to when I read the books, but as greer said, I still find her more relatable than the others. Maybe it has to do with the fact that while I was reading the book describing her parents going through their divorce, mine were going through one as well, so I connected with the character on a different level than the rest...but I always liked her. Although, the honest truth also is, I wanted to BE like her, warts and all.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2007 17:08:31 GMT -5
I agree with those who said Stacey's fickleness was pretty realistic of a 13-year-old. Stacey, especially, seems to me like one of those people who is a "pleaser," depending on who she's with.
I just love, though, how just because her friends are from Stoneybrook, they can't POSSIBLY compare in sophistication to the NYC bunch. I mean, these girls aren't exactly from some farm in an isolated stretch of South Dakota or something; they have made a point of saying, numerous times, that pretty much all of their parents have important jobs, going into Stamford (which is actually where a lot of people who commute to NY live) and it's obvious that the people are rather wealthy...
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