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Post by sotypical42483 on Aug 25, 2006 12:14:48 GMT -5
The whole scheduling thing was SO stupid. I mean did people really need to be there for a shift between midnight and 6am?! Where they expected to sleep on the couch, or just sit around waiting for Mrs. Pike to need a glass of water or something?
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Post by macca on Aug 27, 2006 1:21:31 GMT -5
And I agree about the neighbours. I can see Mrs. Pike checking in once in a while to help out Stacey, but having people from all over the neighbourhood taking care of Stacey's mom at night? Yeah, ITA. If Stacey's mother really needed intensive round-the-clock care, why wasn't she in hospital?
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Post by sugarmonkey on Oct 7, 2006 17:01:28 GMT -5
Okay first, on page 109 it says that MARY ANNE'S mom came at midnight but then went home. Wow, that is a dedicated Stoneybrookite!
And, did anyone else find it weird that perfect Mrs. Prezzioso left Andrea with lazy ass, poor-priorities Mrs. Barrett? Those two just don't seem like the type that would enjoy watching one another's children. They just have such different parenting styles.
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Post by macca on Oct 7, 2006 19:33:11 GMT -5
Okay first, on page 109 it says that MARY ANNE'S mom came at midnight but then went home. Wow, that is a dedicated Stoneybrookite! Hahahaha LMAO ;D When I read that, I assumed they just meant MA's stepmother. But then, wouldn't they just say "Dawn's mom"
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Post by inge on Oct 8, 2006 5:31:39 GMT -5
Okay first, on page 109 it says that MARY ANNE'S mom came at midnight but then went home. Wow, that is a dedicated Stoneybrookite! That creeps me out every time!!
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 28, 2007 20:32:02 GMT -5
I'm half through this one and the subplot is really bugging me. Why are the kids ordering all that junk and do their parents not know? I just don't get why they want to order the stuff. Maybe the end of the book answers my question but as of now I don't care for this subplot.
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Post by hitzpink on Feb 28, 2007 20:47:16 GMT -5
I don't think we're ever really given an explanation as to WHY they wanted to order all that junk. I think it was just because they're kids, and kids get interested in doing things like that! I thought it was weird that the whole entire neighborhood was doing it. You'd think that one of their parents would have put a stop to their young daughters ordering "bust enhancers"!
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Post by sotypical42483 on Mar 1, 2007 11:47:43 GMT -5
I loved the subplot of the kids buying all that stuff. It makes me want to re-read this book I thought it was cute and very realistic for kids to be wowed by all the crap in the back of their magazines/comic books and then totally disappointed when it comes. Oh but the bust enhancer... too funny. I don't think I ever realized what that was when I read this as a kid!
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Post by liss31d on Mar 1, 2007 22:26:02 GMT -5
I think it's all the excitement of looking at stuff, filling in the forms (feeling 'grown-up' doing that) and most of all, the idea of getting mail with your name on it ;D I felt the same as a kid so I think it was realistic in ways.
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Post by digigirl02 on Mar 1, 2007 22:41:45 GMT -5
Heck, I still get excited when I get mail. For some reason I can remember the sub-plot more then the actual story. I like the part when they ordered the moon dust. (or whatever it was)
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 2, 2007 0:40:25 GMT -5
I loved the subplot of the kids buying all that stuff. It makes me want to re-read this book I thought it was cute and very realistic for kids to be wowed by all the crap in the back of their magazines/comic books and then totally disappointed when it comes. Oh but the bust enhancer... too funny. I don't think I ever realized what that was when I read this as a kid! After getting to the part where Claire is chasing Vanessa yelling "what is it?" and they're asking about the bust enhancer, I like the subplot much more - so funny! Still seems foolish to spend money on stuff that obviously is a waste but I also understand that I like getting mail (BSC books of my own are the best things to receive that way, though And I know kids (and sometimes adults) aren't too quick about catching on with wasting $ - I'm beyond cheap so it's hard for me to understand.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Mar 2, 2007 11:17:16 GMT -5
ahh haha that moon dust thing is hilarious. "YOU'RE one of the twenty five people too?!"
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Post by digigirl02 on Mar 2, 2007 12:21:15 GMT -5
I know, that part always cracks me up. Even I wasn't that naive as a child.
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Post by starrynight on Mar 2, 2007 12:35:23 GMT -5
^ Me, too. I still love getting mail, also, even thought it's basically just grocery store ads and bills these days.
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Post by booboobrewer on Mar 2, 2007 19:59:21 GMT -5
I liked the mentions of the moondust and the mood lipstick (that Laurel Kuhn buys), but I don't think I would so readily blow what little money I had like those kids did...my mom would have probably vetoed the idea of it too, so there's that. And then they were stuck with all that junk, because the parents only paid them money for their songs and raps, right? I only remember Claudia buying something from them, the crow's feet remover (haha).
Them wanting yo-yos, especially ones that lit up, was awesome. I was a big fan of yo-yos as a kid.
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