http://blog.stoneybrookite.org the best friends you'll never have Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:07:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the 90s, I remember seventies stuff being pretty cool. That is how we ended up wearing bell bottoms and velveteen tops in 1997. The last few years have been all NEON! RAYBANS! LEGGINGS!, culling its sartorial influences from the 80s. There's a 20-year cycle of fashion, when things have ... http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2010/02/23/scholastic-on-trend/ These shorts are totally something that Hodges Soileau would have had one of the girls wear on the cover. Except that these cost $110. Further prooving my point that the fashions really didn't need to be updated at all. http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2010/02/12/hodges-is-back-in-style/ Am I the only one who has noticed that since the reissues/reunion book became known, fandom has sort of died down a little? Posts on the BSC livejournals and boards are less frequent. Could we really have exhausted everything there is to discuss about the BSC in the ten years ... http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2010/02/07/the-dangers-of-getting-what-you-want/ I feel like it's high time that I wrote something here on the rereleases, but I've had a hard time deciding how I feel about them. I am kind of bummed that 2010 is shaping up to be the biggest year in BSCland since ten years ago, when the series ... http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2010/01/30/thoughts-on-the-rereleases/ Stacey and the Missing Ring is a book I misplaced years ago. I had always wanted to reread it, because although I remembered that Stacey was accused of stealing a ring and everything and the people she stole it from were pretty fancy, I didn't really remember much else. Well, I ... http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2009/12/10/this-is-why-they-invented-cubic-zirconia-stace/ I have a sister who just turned ten, and is thus part of the target demographic of the Main Street series. Unfortunately, she is a not a Reader. For her, reading is something torturous forced upon her by evil parents and teachers to interrupt her computer and television time. She ... http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2009/11/15/main-street-a-success/ This is old news by now, but the REISSUING of BSC books will begin soon. This is not surprising, as you'd hardly expect that they'd go through all the trouble of releasing a prequel when they couldn't capitalize on either the new fans of the characters that the prequel will ... http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2009/10/28/reissues-what-does-it-all-mean/ Yes, I know that it has been about two months since I last posted. What have I been doing? Well, I moved. I moved to a place where I could not take my BSC books. I have been quite distracted by my real life, and in all honesty have not ... http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2009/09/04/biggest-news-of-the-new-millenium-thus-far/ I recapped Daisy of Love on ONTD today. Yes, my taste in both books AND television is excellent. http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2009/06/28/my-other-obsession-vh1-reality-shows/ I know, I know--this blog is basically turning into "Greer Bitches About How Dumb Mysteries Are" dot com. BUT THEY REALLY ARE DUMB. Today I read Dawn and the Disappearing Dogs. The premise is that one of the wealthiest men in Stoneybrook is no longer so wealthy, so he's taken to ... http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2009/06/20/ghostwriter-and-the-disappearing-logic/