macca
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Post by macca on Mar 13, 2006 18:27:33 GMT -5
This is definitely one of my favorite Super Specials! I especially loved the Mallory chapters, poor girl, I really felt for her. I remember all too well what it's like being an insecure adolescent. Jessi didn't have to be so bitchy toward her, either. I know Mal can be irritating, but Jessi was her best friend, FFS. The Claudia "escargots" chapter was funny too.
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Post by hitzpink on Mar 16, 2006 22:00:07 GMT -5
I love California Girls! I remember reading it when I was younger. I loved reading about Mallory going shopping and dyeing her hair.
Stacey's interest in surfing was really weird. I might expect Dawn or Kristy to take up surfing, but Stacey? I always thought she'd be too busy striking up another fantasy-romance with the lifeguard or something. Mary Anne and Kristy's chapters bored me. I guess Mary Anne and Stephie were cute, but I hate how the BSC always ends up babysitting when they go on vacation. How boring!
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 16, 2006 22:29:41 GMT -5
Dude, I had childhood asthma. I suppose it's severity varies from kid to kid, but I was so annoyed by Mary Anne's treatment of Stephie and then even more annoyed that she ended up having a big dramatic attack. It's not all life or death, usually it's just an annoying wheeze.
Loved when Mal had to dye her hair red at the end and all seven of them picked out different shades. That would absolutely happen. So many freakin choices out there now.
And because it has to be said...THEY WON THE LOTTERY! Kind of. They got, what, 4/5 numbers. They were the luckiest bitches ever.
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Post by buffykay70 on Mar 18, 2006 1:18:33 GMT -5
this is one of my fave SS. loved mal's hair dilemna and when that director told her that her 'looks just weren't right', hahahah.
i hated bitchy mcbitch dawn and her attitude to carol. i liked terry and claudia but i thought it was weird that he would like woody allen movies, he's like 13.
yeah, stacey surfing was odd, isnt she meant to be all sophisto? and those surfer friends of hers were losers. and why would 16/17 yr olds want to hang around a 13 yr old? so not realistic.
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Post by macca on Mar 18, 2006 21:46:09 GMT -5
Maybe they saw Stacey in her trashy bikini (check out the front cover!) and thought she'd be an easy piece of ass?
Word! I know there are varying degrees of severity as well, but mild childhood asthma is quite common. Maybe Stephie had a more life-threatening case, but I was surprised at how horrified Mary Anne was when she heard about asthma. Surely she'd heard of it before or known kids with it.
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Post by jen on Mar 22, 2006 0:50:10 GMT -5
I was more surprised that none of the BSC seemed to know what asthma was (especially Mallory)... Is the air in Stoneybrook super duper clear or something? After Abby, asthma seems more known, but in this SS, it's like they'd never even heard of it before.
And Stacey is uber-sophisticated, so of course they'd want to hang out with her! Speaking of the cover, Stacey isn't as skinny as I imagined her to be... She's certainly not fat, but her thighs aren't the skinniest around, either.
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Post by macca on Mar 22, 2006 6:37:10 GMT -5
Ha! I thought I was the only one who noticed Stacey's thunder thighs!
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Post by booboobrewer on Mar 22, 2006 20:51:50 GMT -5
Speaking of asthma, don't they call it an "inhalator" in this book? I had never heard it called that before, only "inhaler". They use inhaler in Abby's books.
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Post by jen on Mar 23, 2006 4:31:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I think they do call it "inhalator"... Maybe that's what they were called, back in the old days?
And yep, macca, definitely not alone! I always thought it might've been a bit rude to point them out before... So instead I just focused on Mal's hot body, heh.
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Post by macca on Mar 23, 2006 5:43:34 GMT -5
I didn't point them out for fear of being flamed... I mean, it's true that she's far from FAT, but for someone who is supposed to be super-skinny (no doubt as a glamorous side effect from her illness, even though diabetics are stereotypically overweight), the flab hanging from her thighs certainly indicates otherwise.
I remember the "inhalator" thing too. How would you pronounce inhalator? In my mind, I always just said in-hale-tor.
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Post by jen on Mar 23, 2006 7:21:44 GMT -5
"in-ha-lay-tor" is how I pronounced it in my mind... I have no idea how accurate it is, though.
I also didn't think Stacey isn't as well-endowed in the chest area as she thinks (remember her in Boy-Crazy Stacey?). Though I suppose it could be because she's lying down.
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Post by macca on Mar 23, 2006 17:06:25 GMT -5
I always commented on Stacey's lack of bikini top being "filled out nicely" - don't care if she's lying down or not, she's flat as a pancake! ;D
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Post by jen on Mar 24, 2006 2:43:57 GMT -5
She's got a nice, flat stomach though!
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Post by sotypical42483 on Mar 24, 2006 15:17:09 GMT -5
I love this SS!! One of my faves, definitely. I just think it's weird that a bunch of 16-17 year olds are all into hanging out with 13 year old Stacey. No matter how sophisticated she is. Its just weird. Claudia's plot w/ Terry was boring. I loved when they went to the We <3 Kids Club meeting though and Kristy about died because of how laid back they ran things
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Post by macca on Mar 24, 2006 18:49:10 GMT -5
I didn't mind the Claudia/Terry plot, even though it was totally unrealistic, but I agree that the We Heart Kids Club meeting was funny. One problem though. If the girls didn't have standard meeting times, how did the clients know when to call? They held meetings and the phone would ring, but how did the clients know to call precisely then?
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