The subplot actually ties directly into the main plot for once. Jackie
Rodowsky wants to enter the science fair by making a volcano. Jessi tries to
help him and ends up taking over the project and doing everything for him.
After he's humiliated at the science fair, Jessi realizes she's been doing the
same thing to him that AC's been doing to her! Wow! So that's why she talks to
her parents about it.
Interesting Tidbits
The cover: Footie pajamas! And Jessi's wearing an awesomely ugly sweater,
complete with matching socks and turtleneck. (If she was wearing jeans instead
of a skirt, she'd be Black Kristy.) She's also giving Aunt Cecelia a major
bitch face. But my favorite part is how Aunt Cecelia is waving a spoon at
Jessi. It's such a cliché.
Totally off topic, but it really bugs me that it's spelled Cecelia. Usually
the name is Cecilia, because it's an offshoot of Cecil. I keep typing it wrong
and having to go back and fix it. So I'm just going to call her AC from now on.
Heh. Jessi relates her plot from SS#4--how she was put in charge of Becca
and Squirt while her parents were out of town, and how she had to call AC
because Becca and the others WENT MISSING! Jessi uses this sentence in regard
to AC: "She thought something was seriously wrong with our family."
Yeah, well, so do I.
Another funny AC comment: "I'd come home to...Aunt Cecelia. (I always
imagined scary music playing when I thought of her name.)" I'm hearing the
dramatic organ from 60's soap operas.
Jackie R ponders the singular of galoshes while his foot is stuck in one. Heh.
Mallory's brothers are playing Wandering Frog People, which Jessi says is a
game they made up. So how come back in #14, Margo and Nicky were fighting over
a toy that was really part of the triplets' Wandering Frog People set?
The Ramseys, like Ms. McGill, own a station wagon.
OMG, another banner. This one says WELCOME AUNT CECILIA! And they spelled
her name wrong on purpose.
Yay! Jackie and Jessi are building his volcano out of Plasticine. I love
Plasticine.
Both Mallory and Kristy are helping their younger siblings with the science
fair projects also, but specifically make a point to point out, "I'll help
you, but I won't do it for you." As if Jessi taking over Jackie's project
wasn't enough of a "moral of the story" face slap.
Stacey mentions not feeling well, which is probably a realllllly long set
up for #43.
Charlotte is also working on a science project...one of the old standards
about plants listening to music. She has one plant listen to Vivaldi and
another plant listen to Duran Duran. ("Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give
you a topic. Duran Duran is neither a Duran nor a Duran. Discuss.") I
don't think most BSC readers these days have heard of Duran Duran.
Heh. Mallory and Jessi are trying to make the world's longest gum wrapper
chain. Mal wants to make the longest friendship bracelet next. When Jessi asks
what the point is, because no one could wear it, Mal's all, "Well, what
about the world's biggest pancake? Do you really want to eat something five
hundred other people have touched, and skated across wearing butter pat
skates?" (I'm paraphrasing, but that's the jist of it.) She manages to
gross out Mary Anne. Later, she brings the pancake back up again, to ask how
they mixed the batter.
Aunt Cecelia grounds Jessi from a BSC meeting because she was ten minutes
late coming home from a sitting job...and because she was a sass mouth when AC
complains about it. Jessi and her friends all think it's completely unfair, but
honestly, I don't think AC was asking too much. She just wants Jessi to respect
her rules. If Jessi had been ten minutes late but had then apologized and
promised to call if she was going to be late in the future, AC probably
wouldn't have punished her.
Mr. Ramsey has a secretary named Ed.
AC confesses that one of the reasons she was so strict and was babying
Jessi and Becca so much was that she was concerned that she wasn't as good a
babysitter as Jessi. Wait, what? She was intimidated by the sitting skills of
an eleven year old? Not to mention the fact that a live-in, adult sitter isn't
the same as a kid who watches your kids sometimes. You expect entirely
different things out of the two of them. A part time sitter is going to try to
be fun and coax the kids into doing things, while a live in sitter is like an
extra parent and has to lay down the law on many occasions.
More foreshadowing: Mal's dad's company is going to be doing layoffs.
Paging #39!
The story ends on a cheesy note. Let's just leave it at that and I'll spare
you the misery.
Outfits
Claudia: short skirts; tight pants; off the shoulder sweatshirts; leopard
skin vest, blouse, blue leggings, five papier-mâché bracelets
Stacey: tight black Capri pants with silvery buttons, long, soft blue
jacket; sleeveless blouse
Mallory: jeans, sweatshirt, beaded high tops
Next week: #75 Jessi's Horrible Prank
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