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Post by aln1982 on Nov 18, 2007 18:04:53 GMT -5
I noticed that my favorite sitters have changed a lot since I was a kid. When I used to read the books, my favorites were Kristy, MA, and Dawn. I really didn't like Claudia and Stacey and was pretty indifferent on Jessi and Mallory. I liked Abby okay, too. Now Dawn is my least favorite. MA and Kristy aren't favorites but are okay, I like Abby less, Claudia more and Stacey much more. I also like Jessi and Mal a lot now and think they're my favorites. Just wondering if anyone else has changed their opinion of the sitters over time.
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Post by greer on Nov 18, 2007 22:52:59 GMT -5
the past i've been a fan of kristy, dawn, and claudia all at different points in my life. now i'm all about stacey.
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Post by Lauren on Nov 19, 2007 0:44:28 GMT -5
I used to like Dawn and Claudia, now not so much.
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Post by lyricalangel on Nov 19, 2007 2:13:14 GMT -5
I like Kristy a lot more than I did growing up. I don't really dislike any of them. They each have their good points and their annoying moments.
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Post by liss31d on Nov 19, 2007 7:13:03 GMT -5
My favourite used to be Claudia, but now I find her much less appealing. She can be very cruel towards her sister and has such a jealous streak in her (such as the Janine situation, also towards Laine in Stacey's Mistake, towards Mal in NY NY, etc...). Now my favourites are Mary Anne, Mallory and Stacey.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2007 15:03:51 GMT -5
That's true actually, Claudia does some irritating and immature things! I still think she's generally pretty cool and entertaining though. I find she has the most interesting things to say when she narrates.
I used to like Kristy because I was real bossy as a kid and always starting my own clubs. Now I occasionally feel like slapping her. I lost it with her in Kristy's Worst Idea - that apple-picking maple syruping thing was way bizarre!
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Post by booboobrewer on Nov 19, 2007 15:12:09 GMT -5
I don't really dislike any of them. They each have their good points and their annoying moments.
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Post by Penny Lane on Nov 19, 2007 15:19:01 GMT -5
Stacey was always my favorite when I was a kid. I loved her sophistication, her "big city-ness", and her boy-crazy-ness. I also loved Dawn, because she was from California and I so wanted to be a California Girl (based on her description of the state). I was a huge Jessi lover, because I love dance and was a gymnast. I liked Claudia because I liked Art, and I liked Kristy because I liked softball (I don't think I actually liked it, though. My parents liked it, I kind of hate it). I liked Mallory because she had a big family and I wanted a big family, and I liked Mary Anne because her dad was a lawyer.
I was a very strange kid.
Now though, I'm pretty much indifferent to Mallory, Claudia, and Mary Anne. I don't like Kristy very much, unless it's her own book. I still like Stacey, but I think I prefer Dawn over her. I also still love Jessi. I also would have identifed very strongly with Shannon, but I didn't as a kid because I never got to Shannon's Story.
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 19, 2007 17:03:24 GMT -5
^ As for the lawyer thing, it was mentioned most that it was Richard's job but it seems like the most frequent occupation for the BSC dads - Mr. Pike, Mr. Kilbourne, Mr. McGill (in some books).... ;D I think it's funny that I put in my intro that Shannon was my favorite. Now that I read her book and some of the other books about her, she's by far my least favorite. I just thought I liked her because I didn't know anything at all about her and couldn't pick between the others when I posted that. ;D I also realize that a lot of my preferences as a kid were shaped by the barbie dolls that I used to represent the different sitters when I played BSC. ;D
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Post by Penny Lane on Nov 19, 2007 20:37:33 GMT -5
^Yeah, I've noticed that now (about the lawyer thing), but I think Richard is the one most often mentioned. As for Ed (he does not deserve the respect of Mr. McGill), he is mentioned as being VP of a company and a lawyer. It is possible to be both, in fact many businesses expect that now days, which is why more and law schools are offering joint JD/MBA degrees, along with just the basic JD or PHD in Law. Ugh. Law. I read BSC to escape from law school talk. Why don't you like Shannon?
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Post by greer on Nov 19, 2007 22:47:23 GMT -5
^my dad is in finance and he actually prefers people with JDs over MBAs because law school is harder and also i get the impression that a lot of what an MBA is understanding financial laws. (i could be wrong on that last point though)
i really like shannon and wish she were in the books more/narrated more than one book!
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 20, 2007 8:50:55 GMT -5
I don't like Shannon because of her attitude towards her mom in Shannon's Story - but that's a topic for another thread, I guess. ;D I am very close with my mom and can't relate at all. I also think she acts kind of stuck up (don't know why I just get that vibe). Maybe she reminds me in some way of girls that I don't like in real life. I'm not sure. I just have negative feelings towards her the more I read about her. I can't really explain it very well right now - kind of like feelings towards people in real life. ;D Just shows another example of how "real" the characters in this book can become. ;D I realized Ed could be both a lawyer and VP. I was thinking, though, that he had some other job in one of the early books other than VP (not that he couldn't have been a lawyer, too) and that's what I was talking about. But I'm probably thinking of someone else.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2007 9:01:12 GMT -5
i really like shannon and wish she were in the books more/narrated more than one book! Me too. She wasn't my favourite as a kid, but nowadays, I like her very much. I used to like Claudia the most and Stacey the second most, because, of course, they were the most sophisticated Well, there were other reasons too, like the fact that I identified with Claudia because I loved (and still love) drawing, painting and junk food, and thought that my parents favoured my sister, who is very athletic and talented in soccer, over me. As a kid, I usually picked the "coolest" or the ones who resembled me the most to my favourites. I didn't like Kristy or Mallory(Kristy was too bossy and Mallory too dorky in my opinion), and didn't really think anything about Abby or Jessi or Shannon. As I've grown up, I've started to like them all in some ways and dislike in some, and I haven't got a particular favourite.
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Post by Crystal Clair on Nov 21, 2007 15:18:29 GMT -5
Well I used to not care much for Claudia because I was the Dawn/Mallory/Mary Anne type girl but now I find I can relate to her a lot more than I realized.
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Post by aln1982 on Nov 21, 2007 17:29:02 GMT -5
^Yeah, I've noticed that now (about the lawyer thing), but I think Richard is the one most often mentioned. As for Ed (he does not deserve the respect of Mr. McGill), he is mentioned as being VP of a company and a lawyer. It is possible to be both, in fact many businesses expect that now days, which is why more and law schools are offering joint JD/MBA degrees, along with just the basic JD or PHD in Law. Ugh. Law. I read BSC to escape from law school talk. Just read in Stacey Matchmaker where her mom says that her dad used to be a public defender but now works as a corporate lawyer, dealing with law involved in business deals and contracts (something to that effect). In the big companies I've known, the VP hasn't handled that type thing as that seems to indicate more day-to-day legal business. That's one of the job descriptions of Ed's that I was thinking of, I think. I guess it depends on the company, though.
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