Sidebar: New Content Coming...Soon!

Thanks everyone for being so patient. My move is completed and while I am still kind of roughing it (in only the way that someone with electricity, water, pillows, blankets, and cable tv can rough it), I am ready to jump back on the BSC blogging train.

As a thank you, I am going to have a full week of brand-new content. Starting tomorrow, there will be new books recapped every day for a week! Well, that's the plan. As I'm writing this, there are copies of Jessi and the Dance School Phantom and Here Come the Bridesmaids! beside me. And I don't want to give anything away, but in both books there have been parts where I'm just like, "oh, come on!" So I think they will blog well.

I've also just made some purchases on eBay, so I am now several books closer to completing my collection. When I get everything assessed, I think I'll post my duplicates in case there's anything anyone is looking for. So...to sum up: coming soon - more of the same! In a good way!

Sidebar: John Hughes

It might be a little longer than usual in between posts for the next little while...I'm in the middle of a move so normal services will be disrupted for awhile. Hopefully not very long.

I was really shocked by the news about John Hughes' death. 2009 seems to have had a number of high profile deaths, but I don't think anyone would have anticipated his death. Sixteen Candles was mentioned in at least The Ghost at Dawn's House, and maybe in more, too (I always liked Pretty in Pink better).

Anyway, to keep this BSC related, I'm going to match up the members to the John Hughes movie that they're most like.

Dawn - Just Visiting (screenplay by Hughes). Because, since she's bi-coastal, whether she's in California or Stoneybrook she's really just kinda visiting until she goes to the other place.

Claudia - Pretty in Pink, definitely (written by Hughes). Andie (Molly Ringwald) is a crazy dresser and everything thinks she looks awesome, and she takes a beautiful vintage prom dress and makes it look like ass.

Mallory - The Breakfast Club. She'd be the geeky one, the one who would probably volunteer to write the report at the end of the day, and the one who doesn't end up romantically paired with another person.

Jessi - Ferris Bueller's Day Off. While everyone else is boogie-ing to "Danke Shoen" and "Twist and Shout," Jessi could spice things up with some jetes or pirouettes.

Mary Anne - Sixteen Candles. I can totally picture Mary Anne kissing someone on a table with her birthday cake candles glowing away. Plus, she has a steady boyfriend, which somehow fits in with my image of this.

Stacey - Maid in Manhattan (Hughes, under a pseudonym, is credited with the story for the movie). Because, and you might not have known this, she's from New York.

Kristy - Mr. Mom (written by Hughes). Not only is Kristy and Mr. Mom an actual BSC title, but I can also see Kristy marrying a Mr. Mom type while she runs whatever successful business she runs.

Abby - Curly Sue. Along with her soccer and her Jewishness, her curly hair is what stands out for me. She narrowly beat out Stacey's inconsistent perm for this one.

Sidebar: BSC FanFic

If you're between books at the moment or looking for something to read that says the things you've always thought, I highly recommend Viva Las BSC! It was written a few years ago by a group of fans from the Fametracker boards, and in my opinion it captures the spirit of BSC snarkery perfectly.

I waded through a fair amount of BSC fanfic in the time between I discovered the online BSC following and decided to start a blog. A lot of it gets to be the same, though, and few of them are actually finished stories. In my unscientific view, I think that the most popular things to write about are the BSC reunion story and the Karen/Vanessa/Charlotte/someone else in that age group start their own BSC.

Here are some things that I'd like to see explored in the fanfic (and if anyone knows of or has written something along these lines, feel free to recommend it!)

• The Kristy/Charlie/Sam relationship, especially with their father
• Janine/Charlie (friendship...and maybe more?)
• Watson/Lisa/Elizabeth (not necessarily a love triangle, but how the one marriage ended and how Watson and Elizabeth met)
• Richard/Elizabeth (they never seemed like they even knew each other! Not romance, just as neighbours)
• Richard/Sharon in high school
• Laine in New York, living it up like Jen Lindley and Blair Waldorf