Pam stared at the window in shock. It couldn't be Lulu! But it was. Though this new Lulu had short hair, cute (almost girly) clothes, and what looked to be a nose ring, it was definitely the girl Pam had been best friends with 6 years ago. She turned to look at Anna and realized Anna was no longer beside her. Another quick glance out the window revealed Anna running towards Lulu, interrupting the sentimental moment between the girl and her old pony. She arrived outside just in time to hear Anna, with her arms around Lulu, scream, "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"Hey, there, Annie!" Lulu said, obviously uncomfortable. Anna drew away in horror.
"M-m-my name's Anna!" She stammered incredulously. Pam came up behind her and Lulu seemed relieved to find someone she remembered.
"Pam! Hi!" She edged away from an emotionally distraught Anna and approached Pam, smiling. "I was just getting reacquainted with my old horse." Pam stiffened.
"Snow White is a pony, Lulu." Lulu paused for a split second, then snorted as if Pam had said something ridiculous.
"Duh. What did you think I said?" She shook her head and winked at Anna. Anna, almost crying, sniffed back at her. Pam noticed Lulu's appearance for the first time. Six years ago, Lulu would've been described as "tomboyish", but the outfit sure wore now was far from that. A cute shirt-ish thing (was that called a "blouse"? Pam didn't know.), a lacy peasant skirt, and sparkly flats gave off a rather girly vibe. Pam wrinkled her nose. How did Lulu expect to go riding with an outfit like that? Anna was wondering the same thing.
"You can't ride in a skirt!" She shouted, pointing at the offending garment. Lulu stared at her, obviously confused. Then she threw back her head and laughed hysterically.
"I'm not going RIDING!" She hiccuped. Anna gasped. Pam raised an eyebrow.
"But...we're the Pony Pals." Didn't that mean anything anymore? Lulu stopped laughing. She looked annoyed.
"Um, yeah, we WERE the Pony Pals. Six YEARS ago!" As if to emphasize this statement, she shoved Snow White, who was nibbling at her adorable shoulder length bob, away from her. Anna gasped again.
"Don't touch my pony!" She ran to Snow White's aid, offering the pony comfort in this time of distress. But it was Anna who needed comfort; Snow White hadn't seemed to mind one bit. Lulu sighed and continued.
"Look, ponies were cool when we were, what, ten? Then you got a horse, Pam, and I moved to Africa. I've spent the last six years traveling, and I've learned A LOT."
"Like what?" Pam asked with a sneer.
"I learned where babies come from." Lulu answered triumphantly. Anna and Pam were taken aback.
"You're not supposed to know that! It's only for married couples!" Anna hissed violently. Lulu cackled.
"Please. Married couples aren't the only ones who do it. Take Tommy and Rema for instance." Pam felt as though she'd punched in the stomach. She hadn't noticed anything between them! Lulu was just getting started.
"Yeah, seriously, they've been at it since junior high! And I learned that only homeschooled weirdos ride ponies anymore!"
"That's not true! We're not homeschooled!" Anna's passionate statement didn't exactly un-prove Lulu's point.
"Yeah, well, I also learned that you get more guys when you actually start DRESSING like a GIRL!" She let those words sink in.
"We dress like girls..." Anna mumbled, looking at the ground.
"All the time," Pam forced out, coughing guiltily. She hoped Lulu couldn't read minds, and wouldn't see as Pam mentally went through her wardrobe and found nothing but boy's buttondowns, baggy turtlenecks, and jeans. Lulu sighed.
"I was kidding. Sort of. At least you guys shower everyday. I knew a bunch of girls who didn't..." Pam and Anna exchanged guilty looks. "What? Seriously?" She laughed nervously. "You're kidding, right?" There was a long pause. Lulu sighed again.
"I'm sorry, you guys. It's just...weird being home after so long."
"You've changed," Pam said accusingly, still hurt by her friend's remarks.
"I know. I said I was sorry." Anna eyes filled with tears.
"We forgive you!" She gave Lulu a huge hug. Lulu looked uncomfortable. Anna's eyes lit up with sudden inspiration. "I know! Let's go to the diner and talk there! Then we can catch up properly!"
"But I can't ride," Lulu protested. "There aren't enough ponies."
"Just change into jeans," Anna said brightly. Lulu hesitated.
"Or we could walk." Pam suggested sourly, her lip curled in disgust. "It's just down the street."
"Great!" Anna beamed and grabbed Lulu's hand, practically dragging her out of the paddock. Pam watched them go. She wasn't hungry, and, judging from the size of Anna's protein shake at breakfast, Anna wasn't either. Yet her best friend seemed determined to integrate Lulu back into their lives. But this wasn't the Lulu they'd been friends with years ago, and, frankly, Pam wanted nothing to do with her. If only she could convince Anna of the same thing.
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
This could have been an R. L. Stine "Fear Street" novel, or FTFO Madison Finn #12: Lights Out!
Okay, looking at Dan Ginsburg on the cover of his book, he's not that fat. In fact, he's not fat at all. They call him Pork-O and everything, but Dan's actually in better shape than Egg, who looks anorexic. And he has cool shoes (also compared to Egg, who has some weird Elvis-esque blue suede shoes).
Plot: The Far Hills Junior High seventh grade class is going on a three-day trip to Jasper Woods, where they will face their fears and stay in cabins and whatnot. Madison is beyond excited. Sure, there will be no bath towels, hot showers, snacking, TV, internet access, reading material, but... Hang on. This trip doesn't sound fun anymore.
It's too late to back out now. The day arrives and Madison heads on the bus with her best friends.
There's trouble right off the bat. Madison and her friends are forced to share a cabin with POISON IVY!!
Also, Fiona seems super jealous of Madison and Egg's tight relationship. Even though Madison insists they are just friends, Fiona seems to believe otherwise.
Jasper Woods is throwing out its own challenges as well: a Talent Show, a haunted cabin, and something called THE TOWER that has Madison scareder than scared.
Here's how things work out:
The talent show goes well. Madison, Aimee, Lindsay, and Fiona sing a song about frienship. They don't win any prizes, but that's okay because most of them are tone deaf anyway.
Fiona forgives Madison for stealing Egg (um, whatever), and "allows" her to remain friends with her main squeeze. Whore.
Madison hears ghosts and leads Hart, Dan, Egg, and Fiona on a ghost hunt, proving to a terrified Ivy that she's NOT chicken.
Madison climbs THE TOWER, and though no one cares, she is proud to have conquered her fear of heights.
All in all, an okay trip.
More notes:
Madison is sitting in math class, watching the clock, and it starts moving BACKWARDS. I swear, that happens to me all the time.
Egg gets pwned. And has to do the problem on the board.
Ivy: I have to bring my new camera to Jasper Woods. And my hair dyer, of course.
Joan: And don't forget the curling iron, too, right? YOu wanna look good for you-know-who.
Oh, I know who, you backstabbing little skank.
Fiona: I am so stressed! Egg just ignored me. He raced by and wouldn't even stop when I called after him. He won't talk to me!
Been there, done that.
"Madison bit her lip. Hart was wearing a rugby shirt with blue and gold stripes and khaki pants. She noticed how his brown hair was getting long on top. It whooshed over his forehead. She wished she could touch it - just once."
That's the closest Madison comes to a dirty thought.
To temporarily replace Madison's laptop (which won't be allowed on the class trip), Frannie buys Madison an orange notebook.
Whenever my grandma buys me those, they're red. Not complaining, but blue would be nice.
Aargh, Bigwheels' boyfriend is a jerk, too. He just randomly stopped talking to her. I guess it's catching.
So to cheer her up, her dad bought her a kitten named Sparkles!
It turns out there's a talent show...and Madison's the ONLY ONE who didn't bring something nice to wear for it.
Oops.
Ugh, that sucks.
Heh, Madison elbows Ivy in the face...or tries to. She ends up hitting Hart.
Lame. She and Hart discuss THE WEATHER.
Jealous. Lindsay has a Hello Kitty backpack.
And she bought a DRESS for the talent show. A DRESS? It's a junior high talent show! It's not THAT big a deal, Lindsay!
ROFL, they play Mash!! Madison lists Egg under the Guy column and Fiona FLIPS OUT. Jealous much?
She ends up marrying Egg, becoming a pop diva, and living in a jungle shack with her 99 kids.
Aimee tells Madison about a "haunted" cabin.
I vaguely remember a friend of mine telling me about the bear cabin....
Counselor: Lunches are by the main lodge, girls.
Ivy: That was James. And - whoa - he is a total hottie.
Joan: Would you go out with him?
Ivy: He's not really my type.
Yeah. Because I'm sure counselors like him are so interested in dating jailbait.
Dan: Do we have to wear costumes? I saw that some people have them, but I didn't bring anything.
Madison: Don't worry so much.
Hypocrite.
Uh oh. Egg and Madison have a leaf fight. It must mean they're fooling around behind your back, Fiona.
They pick a song for the talent show called "That's What Friends Are For". I swear that's a Michael W. Smith song.
Weeeeeird.
Egg: Do you wanna be part of our routine? [for the talent show]
Madison: Me? Why me?
Egg: Because you're my best friend who's a girl.
Madison: Maybe you should ask someone else. Like Fiona.
After she says no, Egg asks IVY instead. Lame.
Haaa. Lindsay listens to the weather channel on her portable radio. Point and laugh!
Rather than forgo her vegetarian diet, Aimee snubs the hot dogs and eats a plate of tomatoes for dinner. Mmmmm....
Camp songs!! Honk, honk, rattle, rattle, toot, toot, beep, beep!
Madison doesn't know any camp songs. She's never been to camp.
Madison is tempted to reveal her crush so her friends might make fun of her in a joking way.
DON'T GIVE IN, MADISON, DON'T GIVE IN!!
Ha. No one will go to the bathroom with Ivy. Not even her best friends.
Apparently the gym teacher is into New Age and meditation. What happened to the jock stereotype?
Uh oh. Chet and Fiona get in a mudfight...and Madison laughs. Fiona is REALLY PMS-y in this book.
"Egg wasn't laughing, was he?" "Egg? Never saw a laugh."
That superstitious Madison. She thinks the tower is A BAD OMEN.
Dan loves camp.
I love Dan.
Aimee thinks they should've sung "We Are the Champions" by Queen rather than the Michael W. Smith reject song.
I reckon you're right, Aimee.
Madison gets mud on her pants. It's semi-funny.
"Could she really be expected to take bigger risks at camp when she couldn't even keep her pants clean?"
They go on a lamesauce scavenger hunt.
Oh no, there's 13 items they need to find! That's unlucky. Aargh, Maddie's superstitions are rubbing off on me.
They combine with the boys in order to win.
They need something smelly.
"Hart could just lay a big one in there. Hart fart!"
A tidbit for later: Hart has a pet parrot?
Ew, macaroni and cheese with ketchup. That's disgusting.
ARGH, WE GET IT! DAN EATS A LOT!
Egg: Fiona. What's her deal?
Madison: What do you mean? I thought you guys were a couple.
Egg: What does that mean?
Madison: A couple...going out...boyfriend and-
Egg: Ack! Don't say it. She acts like we should be attached at the hip. It weirds me out. I mean, I like her and all that, but...
Madison: *why is he telling me this in the middle of dinner at camp?*
Uh-oh.
Fiona: *sniff* You two seem to be having fun.
Egg: Just hanging.
Madison: Yeah, Egg's a fungi. [inside joke]
Fiona: I thought you were my friend. *runs away crying*
Fiona wants to ditch them all because she's "depressed".
The four of them wear T-shirts that say "Friends" "Are" "Forever" "!!!!!!"
The talent show: Egg's group is called the Dudes. They rap with hockey sticks. Ivy walks around and poses. Wth? How is that talent?
No way, this IS a Michael W. Smith song, I know it!
Ivy's group sings "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" while playing beach volleyball.
To make Madison mad, I guess, Fiona starts talking to Ivy. Wth?
LOL! The teachers perform "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". Mr. Danehy does a tap dance!!!!
Haha. Ivy can't find the cabin's light switch.
Oooh, now they're telling scary stories!!
Aagh, Fiona's going to tell a really "scary" (read: stupid) one. Since when does she tell scary stories? The one about Mrs. Martin really freaked her out.
"Once upon a time, a little boy was digging in the backyard and he found a toe. Anyway, the boy went to bed. As he was curling up under the blankets, he heard this slow, slow breathing noise. 'Where's my t-o-o-o-o-o-oh?' the voice said."
Basically, this goes on for 10 minutes until Fiona grabs Ivy and says, "YOU'VE GOT IT!"
Ivy freaks out. Noyce.
Uh oh. The boys sneak into the girls' cabin. Wth? Where are the counselors? This should so not be happening.
"Hey, Hart. I was so scared. Thank goodness it's just you. *bats eyelashes*"
Yeah, that's hot, Ivy. XP
Madison sucks up to Fiona in order to become friends again.
They hear scratching noises. Madison goes to investigate, which impresses Hart QUITE a bit.
Ivy: YOu don't have to be such a show-off, Maddie. You look really dumb, you know.
Madison: I don't care.
YEAH MADDIE!!!
Madison makes a Bible joke. Lol.
Ewwwww.
Egg: You really think our surprise was fun?
Fiona: You know how I feel, Egg.
Dan: Quit getting all sappy! You guys are so weird!
Fiona offers a LAME, LAME apology, which Madison, of course, accepts.
"Why so glum, chum? Hungry?"
Dan, I love you.
AAAH, AND HE'S SCARED OF THE TOWER, TOO!!!
"HART! Hart, I was looking for you. We saved you a seat over here. Come on. Come on!"
I hate Ivy.
w00t, Obstacle course!
Ivy is such a lying wimp.
"I don't want to hurt myself. And I don't want to break one of my nails. That would be even worse."
God forbid THAT should happen.
Madison climbs THE TOWER...with an orange helmet on. GOOD OMEN.
And Hart is too busy cheering for Ivy. :(
Madison: You can go, Ivy. Go away. I'm the new queen of the wilderness.
Unfortunately, she doesn't actually say that to Ivy's face.
Fiona's back to her flaky, loser self!
"One day she'd admit her feelings to Hart's face. One day."
Madison's scavenger hunt team wins 2nd place. Not bad.
The Dudes win "Most Creative Use of Props".
So Ivy was just a prop?
I guess she is pretty fake.
The BFFs (Madison's Talent Show group) wins 3rd place in the All-Around category. Whatever that is.
ROFL!!
Aimee: Grrrr...it was those minishorts.
Egg wins "Best Leader".
Fiona and Egg win "Best Athlete". It's not like Fiona did anything athletic the whole time they were there.
Madison and Dan win "Best Camp Spirit".
They carve their initials into the wall of their cabin. Yeah, vandalism!
Lindsay is too scared to play MASH. In case, you know, it comes TRUE.
Because, you know, you MIGHT JUST marry Brad Pitt and have 99 kids!
"It's not a big deal in the world or anything, but... I don't know. It is a big deal to me. I won something."
Like Monk!
As soon as she gets home, Madison goes on her laptop. Lol, same here.
Ewwww, Reggie apologize to Bigwheels and they're back together.
Awww, Drew sends Madison a picture of her at the top of THE TOWER. It boosts her self-esteem. How nice.
Madison's Computer Tip:
I realize that being on the computer 24/7 isn't good for anyone.
Thanks, Madison.
Yay, I have Pony Pals!!! A super special, in fact. It's not that great, but it's something. Stay tuned.
Plot: The Far Hills Junior High seventh grade class is going on a three-day trip to Jasper Woods, where they will face their fears and stay in cabins and whatnot. Madison is beyond excited. Sure, there will be no bath towels, hot showers, snacking, TV, internet access, reading material, but... Hang on. This trip doesn't sound fun anymore.
It's too late to back out now. The day arrives and Madison heads on the bus with her best friends.
There's trouble right off the bat. Madison and her friends are forced to share a cabin with POISON IVY!!
Also, Fiona seems super jealous of Madison and Egg's tight relationship. Even though Madison insists they are just friends, Fiona seems to believe otherwise.
Jasper Woods is throwing out its own challenges as well: a Talent Show, a haunted cabin, and something called THE TOWER that has Madison scareder than scared.
Here's how things work out:
The talent show goes well. Madison, Aimee, Lindsay, and Fiona sing a song about frienship. They don't win any prizes, but that's okay because most of them are tone deaf anyway.
Fiona forgives Madison for stealing Egg (um, whatever), and "allows" her to remain friends with her main squeeze. Whore.
Madison hears ghosts and leads Hart, Dan, Egg, and Fiona on a ghost hunt, proving to a terrified Ivy that she's NOT chicken.
Madison climbs THE TOWER, and though no one cares, she is proud to have conquered her fear of heights.
All in all, an okay trip.
More notes:
Madison is sitting in math class, watching the clock, and it starts moving BACKWARDS. I swear, that happens to me all the time.
Egg gets pwned. And has to do the problem on the board.
Ivy: I have to bring my new camera to Jasper Woods. And my hair dyer, of course.
Joan: And don't forget the curling iron, too, right? YOu wanna look good for you-know-who.
Oh, I know who, you backstabbing little skank.
Fiona: I am so stressed! Egg just ignored me. He raced by and wouldn't even stop when I called after him. He won't talk to me!
Been there, done that.
"Madison bit her lip. Hart was wearing a rugby shirt with blue and gold stripes and khaki pants. She noticed how his brown hair was getting long on top. It whooshed over his forehead. She wished she could touch it - just once."
That's the closest Madison comes to a dirty thought.
To temporarily replace Madison's laptop (which won't be allowed on the class trip), Frannie buys Madison an orange notebook.
Whenever my grandma buys me those, they're red. Not complaining, but blue would be nice.
Aargh, Bigwheels' boyfriend is a jerk, too. He just randomly stopped talking to her. I guess it's catching.
So to cheer her up, her dad bought her a kitten named Sparkles!
It turns out there's a talent show...and Madison's the ONLY ONE who didn't bring something nice to wear for it.
Oops.
Ugh, that sucks.
Heh, Madison elbows Ivy in the face...or tries to. She ends up hitting Hart.
Lame. She and Hart discuss THE WEATHER.
Jealous. Lindsay has a Hello Kitty backpack.
And she bought a DRESS for the talent show. A DRESS? It's a junior high talent show! It's not THAT big a deal, Lindsay!
ROFL, they play Mash!! Madison lists Egg under the Guy column and Fiona FLIPS OUT. Jealous much?
She ends up marrying Egg, becoming a pop diva, and living in a jungle shack with her 99 kids.
Aimee tells Madison about a "haunted" cabin.
I vaguely remember a friend of mine telling me about the bear cabin....
Counselor: Lunches are by the main lodge, girls.
Ivy: That was James. And - whoa - he is a total hottie.
Joan: Would you go out with him?
Ivy: He's not really my type.
Yeah. Because I'm sure counselors like him are so interested in dating jailbait.
Dan: Do we have to wear costumes? I saw that some people have them, but I didn't bring anything.
Madison: Don't worry so much.
Hypocrite.
Uh oh. Egg and Madison have a leaf fight. It must mean they're fooling around behind your back, Fiona.
They pick a song for the talent show called "That's What Friends Are For". I swear that's a Michael W. Smith song.
Weeeeeird.
Egg: Do you wanna be part of our routine? [for the talent show]
Madison: Me? Why me?
Egg: Because you're my best friend who's a girl.
Madison: Maybe you should ask someone else. Like Fiona.
After she says no, Egg asks IVY instead. Lame.
Haaa. Lindsay listens to the weather channel on her portable radio. Point and laugh!
Rather than forgo her vegetarian diet, Aimee snubs the hot dogs and eats a plate of tomatoes for dinner. Mmmmm....
Camp songs!! Honk, honk, rattle, rattle, toot, toot, beep, beep!
Madison doesn't know any camp songs. She's never been to camp.
Madison is tempted to reveal her crush so her friends might make fun of her in a joking way.
DON'T GIVE IN, MADISON, DON'T GIVE IN!!
Ha. No one will go to the bathroom with Ivy. Not even her best friends.
Apparently the gym teacher is into New Age and meditation. What happened to the jock stereotype?
Uh oh. Chet and Fiona get in a mudfight...and Madison laughs. Fiona is REALLY PMS-y in this book.
"Egg wasn't laughing, was he?" "Egg? Never saw a laugh."
That superstitious Madison. She thinks the tower is A BAD OMEN.
Dan loves camp.
I love Dan.
Aimee thinks they should've sung "We Are the Champions" by Queen rather than the Michael W. Smith reject song.
I reckon you're right, Aimee.
Madison gets mud on her pants. It's semi-funny.
"Could she really be expected to take bigger risks at camp when she couldn't even keep her pants clean?"
They go on a lamesauce scavenger hunt.
Oh no, there's 13 items they need to find! That's unlucky. Aargh, Maddie's superstitions are rubbing off on me.
They combine with the boys in order to win.
They need something smelly.
"Hart could just lay a big one in there. Hart fart!"
A tidbit for later: Hart has a pet parrot?
Ew, macaroni and cheese with ketchup. That's disgusting.
ARGH, WE GET IT! DAN EATS A LOT!
Egg: Fiona. What's her deal?
Madison: What do you mean? I thought you guys were a couple.
Egg: What does that mean?
Madison: A couple...going out...boyfriend and-
Egg: Ack! Don't say it. She acts like we should be attached at the hip. It weirds me out. I mean, I like her and all that, but...
Madison: *why is he telling me this in the middle of dinner at camp?*
Uh-oh.
Fiona: *sniff* You two seem to be having fun.
Egg: Just hanging.
Madison: Yeah, Egg's a fungi. [inside joke]
Fiona: I thought you were my friend. *runs away crying*
Fiona wants to ditch them all because she's "depressed".
The four of them wear T-shirts that say "Friends" "Are" "Forever" "!!!!!!"
The talent show: Egg's group is called the Dudes. They rap with hockey sticks. Ivy walks around and poses. Wth? How is that talent?
No way, this IS a Michael W. Smith song, I know it!
Ivy's group sings "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" while playing beach volleyball.
To make Madison mad, I guess, Fiona starts talking to Ivy. Wth?
LOL! The teachers perform "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". Mr. Danehy does a tap dance!!!!
Haha. Ivy can't find the cabin's light switch.
Oooh, now they're telling scary stories!!
Aagh, Fiona's going to tell a really "scary" (read: stupid) one. Since when does she tell scary stories? The one about Mrs. Martin really freaked her out.
"Once upon a time, a little boy was digging in the backyard and he found a toe. Anyway, the boy went to bed. As he was curling up under the blankets, he heard this slow, slow breathing noise. 'Where's my t-o-o-o-o-o-oh?' the voice said."
Basically, this goes on for 10 minutes until Fiona grabs Ivy and says, "YOU'VE GOT IT!"
Ivy freaks out. Noyce.
Uh oh. The boys sneak into the girls' cabin. Wth? Where are the counselors? This should so not be happening.
"Hey, Hart. I was so scared. Thank goodness it's just you. *bats eyelashes*"
Yeah, that's hot, Ivy. XP
Madison sucks up to Fiona in order to become friends again.
They hear scratching noises. Madison goes to investigate, which impresses Hart QUITE a bit.
Ivy: YOu don't have to be such a show-off, Maddie. You look really dumb, you know.
Madison: I don't care.
YEAH MADDIE!!!
Madison makes a Bible joke. Lol.
Ewwwww.
Egg: You really think our surprise was fun?
Fiona: You know how I feel, Egg.
Dan: Quit getting all sappy! You guys are so weird!
Fiona offers a LAME, LAME apology, which Madison, of course, accepts.
"Why so glum, chum? Hungry?"
Dan, I love you.
AAAH, AND HE'S SCARED OF THE TOWER, TOO!!!
"HART! Hart, I was looking for you. We saved you a seat over here. Come on. Come on!"
I hate Ivy.
w00t, Obstacle course!
Ivy is such a lying wimp.
"I don't want to hurt myself. And I don't want to break one of my nails. That would be even worse."
God forbid THAT should happen.
Madison climbs THE TOWER...with an orange helmet on. GOOD OMEN.
And Hart is too busy cheering for Ivy. :(
Madison: You can go, Ivy. Go away. I'm the new queen of the wilderness.
Unfortunately, she doesn't actually say that to Ivy's face.
Fiona's back to her flaky, loser self!
"One day she'd admit her feelings to Hart's face. One day."
Madison's scavenger hunt team wins 2nd place. Not bad.
The Dudes win "Most Creative Use of Props".
So Ivy was just a prop?
I guess she is pretty fake.
The BFFs (Madison's Talent Show group) wins 3rd place in the All-Around category. Whatever that is.
ROFL!!
Aimee: Grrrr...it was those minishorts.
Egg wins "Best Leader".
Fiona and Egg win "Best Athlete". It's not like Fiona did anything athletic the whole time they were there.
Madison and Dan win "Best Camp Spirit".
They carve their initials into the wall of their cabin. Yeah, vandalism!
Lindsay is too scared to play MASH. In case, you know, it comes TRUE.
Because, you know, you MIGHT JUST marry Brad Pitt and have 99 kids!
"It's not a big deal in the world or anything, but... I don't know. It is a big deal to me. I won something."
Like Monk!
As soon as she gets home, Madison goes on her laptop. Lol, same here.
Ewwww, Reggie apologize to Bigwheels and they're back together.
Awww, Drew sends Madison a picture of her at the top of THE TOWER. It boosts her self-esteem. How nice.
Madison's Computer Tip:
I realize that being on the computer 24/7 isn't good for anyone.
Thanks, Madison.
Yay, I have Pony Pals!!! A super special, in fact. It's not that great, but it's something. Stay tuned.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Music is magic, or Avalon: Web of Magic #5: Spellsinger
This is my least favorite Avalon cover of all time. Why is everything all technicolor? Adriane's wearing an...interesting outfit, and she has purple hair.
Plot: The three mages are busy putting on the benefit concert they'd planned in the previous book. Popular girl band Be*Tween is coming!!
Oh no, wait, they're not coming, because Be*Tween has conveniently disappeared!
Kara (this is a Kara book) is SUPER BUMMED (I repeat, this is a Kara book), until Adriane books popular Elvis-esque singer Johnny Conrad! All the ladies love Johnny Conrad. Best of all, Johnny has proposed a contest: girls of all ages and talents can come audition to sing with him on stage! Emily doesn't care, because she thinks boys are icky, but Adriane's trying out because she can play guitar!!! Kara is tone deaf and has no other musical talents, but she plans to cheat and use the unicorn horn Lorelei gave them! Boo, foul play!
But Johnny is acting odd; he has taken an odd, rather creepy, interest in Kara, and the mages keep stumbling upon him in the library looking at the "secret" computer or reading books about spellsinging.
Spellsinging seems to be self explanatory, but not to the mages.
However, Kara manages to figure it out pretty quickly and creates spells using the unicorn horn to make her voice fabulous.
But, oh no, Lyra attacks her and Adriane starts acting nastily towards her! Kara doesn't know it, but a shapeshifting creature called the Skultum has taken Johnny's place and is wreaking havoc in order to get Kara to open the portal to Avalon for him.
Emily finally figures out what's going on, so she and Adriane reveal it to Kara at the concert. The three spellsing together and banish Skultum to some place, I forget where. Kara admits she was stupid, gives back the unicorn horn, and everything is instantly okay.
More notes:
Be*Tween's songs are about drugs. Or magic. Either one works. "Cuz I'm on a supernatural high!"
Ariel the owl is kind of annoying. "Hoo doo yoo doo?"
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HAHAHAHA! CIGAM BACKWARDS IS "MAGIC"!! Laaame.
Wow. Adriane AND Kara listen to Johnny Conrad? And the mere mention of him reduces Adriane to high pitched squeals and giggling fits? Dang.
Aagh, the Fairimentals are back.
Okay, whenever ANYTHING happens, Adriane's all, "I NEED TO CALL ZACH!!"
Emily: Hi. My name is Emily. Can Kara come out to play?
Kara: I'm acting like a real (children's literature, cuss word omitted) witch, aren't I?
Emily: Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?
If you were trying to be funny, Emily, it's not working.
OMG, like on TV last night!
"Matt Hasselbeck missed his calling as a stand-up comic!"
Johnny Conrad is just like Link Larkin...only he wears leather pants.
Ooh, what deep lyrics. "DANCE! DANCE! TAKE A CHANCE AND DANCE!"
Mayor Davies: I think you've already won the key to my daughter's heart."
:O If my dad said that in front of a thousand people, I would murder him.
Johnny's newest CD is called Under Your Spell. That's not suspicious or anything....
Adriane acts like a ho the entire time. Kara's pretty bad, but Adriane is so freaking mean.
Ozzie keeps talking in italics!!!
Adriane: We can hid everything behind the computer screen. Since only our jewels can open it, everything should be safe there. Oh. I forgot. You don't have a jewel.
WHAT IS HER PROBLEM??
Yay, steal the unicorn horn. Smart. Not.
:O Adriane makes "Welcome Johnny" banners and stuff and Kara takes the credit. Boooo...
Emily does like Johnny? Why is she then impervious to his charms?
Spellsing as one
And see your work done
Spellsing as three
And whatever you picture will be
Isn't that obvious? What else could that mean? Mages = confused.
Johnny keeps popping up in the library. The SECRET library. Where THE SECRET COMPUTER IS. Why is this OKAY??
Aaargh. He keeps talking about magic and being WAY OBVIOUS and Kara's just like, "Bam, he's hot, and all my BFFs are jealous."
Johnny thinks Kara has star power.
Mrs. Windor let the monkeys escape! Why did Emily and her mom have monkeys in the first place?
Kara: I stink! [at singing]
Lyra: I wouldn't say that.
Kara: Well, what would you say.
Lyra: You just need a litle help.
Kara: Exactly what I was thinking.
Lyra: A few lessons with a singing coach and maybe choir practice.
Kara: Oh-yeah.
Lyra: What were you thinking?
Oh, she was just justifying the fact that she STOLE THE UNICORN HORN, that's all.
Lyra thinks she's mad that Adriane is a stubborn witch.
A vocal coach and choir practice won't cure tone deafness, Kara.
I want to sing like a bird
The best in the world
Make my voice ring
I'm super stylin'
That's like a Hannah Montana song.
Kara now has a three-octave range.
And she can explode trees.
Adriane freaks out because Kara isn't concerned about the monkeys.
And she still wants to call Zach. Go buy a cellphone and get a service that has free long-distance.
Kara gets into Johnny's limo. Questionable....
Laame. He gives her a star power pep talk. LIES LIES LIES.
And he gives her a locket. Laaaame.
Kara throws Lyra out of the house after she "attacks" her. IT WASN'T LYRA!!! But Kara's too stupid to fiure that out.
Okay, Rachel Roberts gets Kara's friends mixed up. Tiffany started out with brown hair, Heather with red hair, and Molly with blonde hair, but she keeps switching on us.
Heather is apparently a really good singer.
OH no, she sings "Supernatural High", sending Kara in a rage.
Kara's friends still suck.
Okay, the prophecy was all: One will follow her heart, one will see in the darkness, and one will change utterly and completely. Guess which one's Kara's?
Emily gives her a pep talk and they talk about flobbins. Not really funny.
:O Adriane's outfit!!
She was startled to see Adriane standing before her wearing a black leather jacket and skirt, a black tube top, and black leather boots. Her hair, glistening with subtle red highlights, looked amazing.
Sounds like Aeon Flux. Or Amber??
Adriane apologizes...and then insults Kara's singing voice. Nice.
Of course she covers a rock and roll song. Saw it coming.
Kara blacks out and can't remember her performance. WHY AREN'T YOU FREAKED OUT??
"You went out there and you didn't stink. That's great." Shut up, Adriane.
Adriane calls Kara a slut. How nice.
They both decide to bow out of the contest.
Emily: Lightness of Being Spell. Makes you lighter than air.
Adriane: Can't wait to try that one out on Rapunzel.
Emily: *glare of death*
Adriane: You're right. She'd just put designer cement in her boots.
You know, Adriane was the one who hated Kara so much from the start. Isn't their bad relationship sort of HER FAULT??
Foreshadowing about the Dark Sorceress' next plan.
Oh no, Kara has a fairy map and the Skultum wants it.
Aaagh. Adriane cries when talking to Zachy-poo.
Pwned. The Skultum attacks Adriane.
JOHNNY'S ON THE SECRET COMPUTER!!!
Adriane has always been jealous of me. This is a bad thought to have, but it might actually be true.
"It would explain why Adriane had been acting like such a little witch lately." ROFL.
"She said...she should be the Blazing Star." AAARGH! Of course he's lying! And how does he know what a blazing star is??? COME ON, KARA, USE YOUR BRAIN!!
Oh no, Skultum dresses up as Adriane and pretends to be narcissistic. "#1 with a bullet, hot hot hottie, the new music sensation, oops, I win again!"
She's wearing shiny silver pants and a crop top. Would Adriane really wear that? Her hair sounds nice, though:
Her hair was layered in streaks of red, gold, and pink.
Kara smashes a chocolate cake in Adriane's face. Then Adriane stains her jacket. RAWR! Cat fight!!
She throws Adriane against a wall.
Fake Adriane changes back into Skultum in front of Kara, and she's just like, "Hmm, Adriane is also a dragon!!"
And Johnny appears as soon as Adriane leaves!!
In a world that spins so fast
Can't keep your feet on the floor
Where the future has no past
Open the door, open the door, open the door...
Okay, not only is that a stupid song, it's so obviously a spell.
The locket forces Kara to sing...and she never thinks of taking it off. Idiot.
Ha. She changes the lyrics to say, "Close the door, close the door."
Oh no, it's like battle of the bands. MAGIC STYLE!
Adriane gets out her guitar and sings with Kara. They should so create a band. Only Kara shouldn't be lead singer. Maybe keyboard?
Lol. They have a magic battle. Johnny sends a magic phoenix at them, and they kill it with a magic unicorn. OWNED!
Once Emily plays her flute and starts singing, they WIN!
Lame. Be*Tween's song mentions Avalon, and the girls aren't suspicious of that EITHER.
Aww, Kara lets Heather sing instead of Johnny.
Adriane says "rock-and-roll" way too much.
They give Kara a braclet even after she almost screwed them over.
Noyce. They get an e-mail from Be*Tween and Henry Gardener. "The magic is with you, now and forever."
Okay, sorry I haven't posted in so long, but I got kind of tired of posting for a while. Unicorns tomorrow, then Madison Finn, and maybe Pony Pals...not sure what else.
Plot: The three mages are busy putting on the benefit concert they'd planned in the previous book. Popular girl band Be*Tween is coming!!
Oh no, wait, they're not coming, because Be*Tween has conveniently disappeared!
Kara (this is a Kara book) is SUPER BUMMED (I repeat, this is a Kara book), until Adriane books popular Elvis-esque singer Johnny Conrad! All the ladies love Johnny Conrad. Best of all, Johnny has proposed a contest: girls of all ages and talents can come audition to sing with him on stage! Emily doesn't care, because she thinks boys are icky, but Adriane's trying out because she can play guitar!!! Kara is tone deaf and has no other musical talents, but she plans to cheat and use the unicorn horn Lorelei gave them! Boo, foul play!
But Johnny is acting odd; he has taken an odd, rather creepy, interest in Kara, and the mages keep stumbling upon him in the library looking at the "secret" computer or reading books about spellsinging.
Spellsinging seems to be self explanatory, but not to the mages.
However, Kara manages to figure it out pretty quickly and creates spells using the unicorn horn to make her voice fabulous.
But, oh no, Lyra attacks her and Adriane starts acting nastily towards her! Kara doesn't know it, but a shapeshifting creature called the Skultum has taken Johnny's place and is wreaking havoc in order to get Kara to open the portal to Avalon for him.
Emily finally figures out what's going on, so she and Adriane reveal it to Kara at the concert. The three spellsing together and banish Skultum to some place, I forget where. Kara admits she was stupid, gives back the unicorn horn, and everything is instantly okay.
More notes:
Be*Tween's songs are about drugs. Or magic. Either one works. "Cuz I'm on a supernatural high!"
Ariel the owl is kind of annoying. "Hoo doo yoo doo?"
Joseph Blackpool, CEO
Cigam Management
HAHAHAHA! CIGAM BACKWARDS IS "MAGIC"!! Laaame.
Wow. Adriane AND Kara listen to Johnny Conrad? And the mere mention of him reduces Adriane to high pitched squeals and giggling fits? Dang.
Aagh, the Fairimentals are back.
Okay, whenever ANYTHING happens, Adriane's all, "I NEED TO CALL ZACH!!"
Emily: Hi. My name is Emily. Can Kara come out to play?
Kara: I'm acting like a real (children's literature, cuss word omitted) witch, aren't I?
Emily: Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?
If you were trying to be funny, Emily, it's not working.
OMG, like on TV last night!
"Matt Hasselbeck missed his calling as a stand-up comic!"
Johnny Conrad is just like Link Larkin...only he wears leather pants.
Ooh, what deep lyrics. "DANCE! DANCE! TAKE A CHANCE AND DANCE!"
Mayor Davies: I think you've already won the key to my daughter's heart."
:O If my dad said that in front of a thousand people, I would murder him.
Johnny's newest CD is called Under Your Spell. That's not suspicious or anything....
Adriane acts like a ho the entire time. Kara's pretty bad, but Adriane is so freaking mean.
Ozzie keeps talking in italics!!!
Adriane: We can hid everything behind the computer screen. Since only our jewels can open it, everything should be safe there. Oh. I forgot. You don't have a jewel.
WHAT IS HER PROBLEM??
Yay, steal the unicorn horn. Smart. Not.
:O Adriane makes "Welcome Johnny" banners and stuff and Kara takes the credit. Boooo...
Emily does like Johnny? Why is she then impervious to his charms?
Spellsing as one
And see your work done
Spellsing as three
And whatever you picture will be
Isn't that obvious? What else could that mean? Mages = confused.
Johnny keeps popping up in the library. The SECRET library. Where THE SECRET COMPUTER IS. Why is this OKAY??
Aaargh. He keeps talking about magic and being WAY OBVIOUS and Kara's just like, "Bam, he's hot, and all my BFFs are jealous."
Johnny thinks Kara has star power.
Mrs. Windor let the monkeys escape! Why did Emily and her mom have monkeys in the first place?
Kara: I stink! [at singing]
Lyra: I wouldn't say that.
Kara: Well, what would you say.
Lyra: You just need a litle help.
Kara: Exactly what I was thinking.
Lyra: A few lessons with a singing coach and maybe choir practice.
Kara: Oh-yeah.
Lyra: What were you thinking?
Oh, she was just justifying the fact that she STOLE THE UNICORN HORN, that's all.
Lyra thinks she's mad that Adriane is a stubborn witch.
A vocal coach and choir practice won't cure tone deafness, Kara.
I want to sing like a bird
The best in the world
Make my voice ring
I'm super stylin'
That's like a Hannah Montana song.
Kara now has a three-octave range.
And she can explode trees.
Adriane freaks out because Kara isn't concerned about the monkeys.
And she still wants to call Zach. Go buy a cellphone and get a service that has free long-distance.
Kara gets into Johnny's limo. Questionable....
Laame. He gives her a star power pep talk. LIES LIES LIES.
And he gives her a locket. Laaaame.
Kara throws Lyra out of the house after she "attacks" her. IT WASN'T LYRA!!! But Kara's too stupid to fiure that out.
Okay, Rachel Roberts gets Kara's friends mixed up. Tiffany started out with brown hair, Heather with red hair, and Molly with blonde hair, but she keeps switching on us.
Heather is apparently a really good singer.
OH no, she sings "Supernatural High", sending Kara in a rage.
Kara's friends still suck.
Okay, the prophecy was all: One will follow her heart, one will see in the darkness, and one will change utterly and completely. Guess which one's Kara's?
Emily gives her a pep talk and they talk about flobbins. Not really funny.
:O Adriane's outfit!!
She was startled to see Adriane standing before her wearing a black leather jacket and skirt, a black tube top, and black leather boots. Her hair, glistening with subtle red highlights, looked amazing.
Sounds like Aeon Flux. Or Amber??
Adriane apologizes...and then insults Kara's singing voice. Nice.
Of course she covers a rock and roll song. Saw it coming.
Kara blacks out and can't remember her performance. WHY AREN'T YOU FREAKED OUT??
"You went out there and you didn't stink. That's great." Shut up, Adriane.
Adriane calls Kara a slut. How nice.
They both decide to bow out of the contest.
Emily: Lightness of Being Spell. Makes you lighter than air.
Adriane: Can't wait to try that one out on Rapunzel.
Emily: *glare of death*
Adriane: You're right. She'd just put designer cement in her boots.
You know, Adriane was the one who hated Kara so much from the start. Isn't their bad relationship sort of HER FAULT??
Foreshadowing about the Dark Sorceress' next plan.
Oh no, Kara has a fairy map and the Skultum wants it.
Aaagh. Adriane cries when talking to Zachy-poo.
Pwned. The Skultum attacks Adriane.
JOHNNY'S ON THE SECRET COMPUTER!!!
Adriane has always been jealous of me. This is a bad thought to have, but it might actually be true.
"It would explain why Adriane had been acting like such a little witch lately." ROFL.
"She said...she should be the Blazing Star." AAARGH! Of course he's lying! And how does he know what a blazing star is??? COME ON, KARA, USE YOUR BRAIN!!
Oh no, Skultum dresses up as Adriane and pretends to be narcissistic. "#1 with a bullet, hot hot hottie, the new music sensation, oops, I win again!"
She's wearing shiny silver pants and a crop top. Would Adriane really wear that? Her hair sounds nice, though:
Her hair was layered in streaks of red, gold, and pink.
Kara smashes a chocolate cake in Adriane's face. Then Adriane stains her jacket. RAWR! Cat fight!!
She throws Adriane against a wall.
Fake Adriane changes back into Skultum in front of Kara, and she's just like, "Hmm, Adriane is also a dragon!!"
And Johnny appears as soon as Adriane leaves!!
In a world that spins so fast
Can't keep your feet on the floor
Where the future has no past
Open the door, open the door, open the door...
Okay, not only is that a stupid song, it's so obviously a spell.
The locket forces Kara to sing...and she never thinks of taking it off. Idiot.
Ha. She changes the lyrics to say, "Close the door, close the door."
Oh no, it's like battle of the bands. MAGIC STYLE!
Adriane gets out her guitar and sings with Kara. They should so create a band. Only Kara shouldn't be lead singer. Maybe keyboard?
Lol. They have a magic battle. Johnny sends a magic phoenix at them, and they kill it with a magic unicorn. OWNED!
Once Emily plays her flute and starts singing, they WIN!
Lame. Be*Tween's song mentions Avalon, and the girls aren't suspicious of that EITHER.
Aww, Kara lets Heather sing instead of Johnny.
Adriane says "rock-and-roll" way too much.
They give Kara a braclet even after she almost screwed them over.
Noyce. They get an e-mail from Be*Tween and Henry Gardener. "The magic is with you, now and forever."
Okay, sorry I haven't posted in so long, but I got kind of tired of posting for a while. Unicorns tomorrow, then Madison Finn, and maybe Pony Pals...not sure what else.
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