For all the real live Zoes, Maddies, and Angelas out there.
Never stop loving your buds!
Tues, Feb 7, 4:49 PM E.S.T.
zoegirl:
maddie!!! i'm so excited, i can't sit still! i can't believe i'm going to see doug in 2 hrs!
mad maddie:
i hear ya—even i'm kinda excited to c the guy. i wonder if he's changed?
zoegirl:
do you *ever* check his instagram? he's gotten tanner. his hair is longer. he is even more handsome than he used to be, which seems impossible.
mad maddie:
deeper changes. like, changes on the inside.
zoegirl:
it's been SIX ENTIRE MONTHS. *6 months* of no doug!
zoegirl:
aye-yai-yai—what if he doesn't like me anymore?
mad maddie:
oh, please. doug is doug is doug, and no semester at sea is gonna change that.
mad maddie:
anywayz, haven't you guys been skyping every single day?
zoegirl:
that's true, but it's still different from being with someone in person.
zoegirl:
what i liked even more than skyping—maybe—were the snail mail letters he sent. well, snail mail postcards, mainly, from all the different places they docked. sooo romantic.
mad maddie:
speaking of romantic, what's doug gonna say when angela and i show up at the airport with you?
zoegirl:
er … hi, maddie? hi, angela?
mad maddie:
he's not gonna be pissed?
zoegirl:
why would he be pissed?
mad maddie:
that it's not just the 2 of you
zoegirl:
course not. 1st of all, his parents are going to be there. and 2nd of all, i'm way too nervous to go by myself.
zoegirl:
i have to have my maddie and my angela—he knows that!
mad maddie:
how's he gonna feel, waltzing back to school in the middle of our senior yr? is that gonna be weird for him?
zoegirl:
PAST the middle of the year. i was *supposed* to have him back at the beginning of the semester.
mad maddie:
i'm still reeling from the unfairness of that, btw. let's pretend i was the lucky 1 who jaunted off to Sea the World. would the administrators let ME take an extra month off to travel with my parents? i don't think so.
zoegirl:
but you don't have straight As like doug—no offense.
mad maddie:
none taken. i'm proud of my Bs.
zoegirl:
doug's mom called it "cultural enrichment." that's the excuse she gave the school. but i say he's seen enough of the world. now he needs to see ME!
mad maddie:
ah yes, now it's time for him to be enriched in OTHER ways, nudge-nudge, wink-wink.
zoegirl:
maddie!!!
zoegirl:
i'm just glad we're going to be together again. i mean, he had a great time, and i'm proud of him for doing it, but he's definitely ready to be home.
mad maddie:
god, and i am definitely ready to NOT.
mad maddie:
seriously, if i could graduate tomorrow, i would. i'd be like, hasta la vista, baby! g-bye, atlanta—hello, santa cruz!
zoegirl:
*if* you get in. which you will. i hate that you want to go so far away, though.
mad maddie:
blame angela. if we hadn't gone to california with her over the summer …
zoegirl:
too ironic. she escapes california to move back to atlanta, and now all you wanna do is escape atlanta and move to california.
mad maddie:
U.C.S.C., here i come. go, banana slugs!
zoegirl:
is that honestly their mascot?
mad maddie:
it honestly is their mascot. it's 1 of the many cool things about them—their whole who-gives-a-damn attitude about typical college stuff like rah-rah football teams. that and the fact that they're 3,000 miles away, heh heh heh.
zoegirl:
oh, wow
zoegirl:
maddie … i just realized something
mad maddie:
what?
zoegirl:
things really are changing, aren't they? we're seniors, we're going to graduate in 3 months, we're all going to go our separate ways …
mad maddie:
and this comes as a surprise?
zoegirl:
no … i just don't know if i'm ready
mad maddie:
i sure as hell am
mad maddie:
repeat after me: change is good
zoegirl:
omg—no *way* did you just say that!
zoegirl:
if angela were here, she'd be rolling on the ground.
mad maddie:
pardon me, but all i said was that change is good. why is that funny?
zoegirl:
oh, mads. aren't you the one who was outraged when they switched brands of soap in the girls' bathroom?
mad maddie:
the old kind was better! it smelled like lavender!
zoegirl:
and you have a fit if you can't start the day with your pop-tart and dr pepper. i thought you were going to stage a riot that day the drink machine was out!
mad maddie:
i'm a growing girl. i need my caffeine.
zoegirl:
and every time facebook changes its layout, you swear you're going to shut down yr fb page forever
mad maddie:
your point?
zoegirl:
my point is that you *hate* change
mad maddie:
no i don't
zoegirl:
yeah, you do
zoegirl:
it's cute
mad maddie:
i thought we were talking about marching off into the big bad world, not what kind of soap comes out when you squirt the thingie in the bathroom. and all I was saying is that we can't stay in high school forever, even if we wanted to.
zoegirl:
i know that. but it still feels huge.
mad maddie:
anywayz, no reason to get worked up about it now. there'll be plenty of time for weeping and gnashing of the teeth before it's over.
zoegirl:
i already gnash my teeth—that's why i wear a mouth guard at nite. my dentist says it's the curse of being an overachiever.
mad maddie:
an overachiever? YOU?
zoegirl:
haha
zoegirl:
hey, can i tell you something stupid that's totally not worth dealing with, but at the same time i'm kind of disturbed by?
mad maddie:
shoot
zoegirl:
it has to do with jana. still wanna hear?
mad maddie:
oh god. not THE J-WORD.
zoegirl:
you and jana have a past. i'm just trying to be sensitive.
mad maddie:
you might have to excuse me while i retch, but other than that, go ahead.
zoegirl:
well, right before i left school today, i ran into terri. now, normally we wouldn't have even exchanged hellos, because of the fact she's jana's best friend. but terri had been crying—her eyes were red and her face was all puffy—and i would have been a complete jerk to not say anything.
mad maddie:
if i'd seen terri and she'd been crying, i wouldn't have said anything.
zoegirl:
yes you would've
mad maddie:
and if the situation were reversed, i wouldn't want HER to say anything, either.
zoegirl:
well, i am a good human, so i said, "um … terri? you ok?" which made her burst into tears all over again.
mad maddie:
c? that is why you should leave crying ppl alone.
zoegirl:
she was *horrified* to be falling apart like that in front of me, i could tell. she kept saying, "i'm fine, i'm fine," but she obviously wasn't. so i took her to the girls' room and gave her a wet paper towel to press against her eyes, and we ended up sitting down below the sinks and talking.
mad maddie:
so what was wrong? or rather, what terrible and awful thing had jana done to her?
zoegirl:
they'd gotten into a yelling match over terri's hair, if you can believe it. you know how it's now the same shade as jana's? jana had cussed terri out for being a clone, and i guess she took it too far and said some really nasty things.
mad maddie:
jana takes everything too far. she always has, but this year even more so.
mad maddie:
she should go thru life armed with an apology and a complimentary bag of peanuts.
zoegirl:
well, i felt bad for terri, even tho she's not my favorite person. i hate it when i fight with you or angela.
mad maddie:
what r u talking about? we don't fight.
zoegirl:
so i said something like, "she shouldn't treat you that way," and terri said, "she treats *everybody* that way." i said she better stop or she won't have any friends left, and terri snorted. she was like, "poor little jana, alone in a corner. just her and her teddy bear."
mad maddie:
HA
zoegirl:
that's what *i* said. because it's such an oxymoron, the image of jana—mistress of death and destruction—clutching a teddy bear.
mad maddie:
ooo, nice use of the word "oxymoron." i KNEW i should have taken that SAT prep course.
zoegirl:
but terri goes, "for real, jana has this mangy old teddy bear that smells like spit. she takes it with her everywhere."
mad maddie:
???
mad maddie:
i've never seen jana with a teddy bear
zoegirl:
she leaves it in her car. that's what terri says. which is entirely possible. have you seen all the crap in the back of jana's station wagon?
mad maddie:
it's a mobile junk heap. it's disgusting.
zoegirl:
according to terri, jana's dad gave her the teddy bear when she was little, and she's unhealthily attached to it.
zoegirl:
its name is Boo Boo Bear.
mad maddie:
Boo Boo Bear???
mad maddie:
omfg, i am loving this so much. Boo Boo Bear!
zoegirl:
terri was like, "i can't believe i'm telling you—jana would *die*."
mad maddie:
heh heh heh, jana whitaker is unhealthily attached to Boo Boo Bear. suddenly the world is a MUCH brighter place!!!
zoegirl:
er … not necessarily. because 2 seconds later, jana herself stormed into the bathroom. "*there* you are," she says to terri, all fuming. "you're not even going to let me apologize?"
zoegirl:
then she noticed me, and her jaw dropped. she was like, "what are YOU doing here?"
mad maddie:
plz, it's a public bathroom. does she think it's her private office?
zoegirl:
my heart got all poundy, because—as you know—i'm a wimp, although jana had already switched to ignoring me. she said to terri, "get up, we're leaving."
mad maddie:
ok, that is the perfect example of the evilness of jana. she's bossy and she's mean.
zoegirl:
but amazingly, terri didn't obey. she said, "you can't treat me like dirt and then expect me to be your slave."
zoegirl:
"terri, get up," jana said, still very pointedly not looking at me. "we can talk about your 'issues' later."
mad maddie:
oh god
zoegirl:
so terri goes, "*my* issues? you're the one with issues! keep acting the way you're acting, and you won't have any friends left!"
mad maddie:
which is exactly what YOU said!
zoegirl:
i know! and for some reason that made me get all stupidly brave, and under my breath i said, "no one but Boo Boo Bear."
mad maddie:
holy shit! u da BOMB!
zoegirl:
i shouldn't have, though! it was totally unlike me!
mad maddie:
that's what's so great!
mad maddie:
did jana hear?
zoegirl:
she whipped her head toward me and was like, "WHAT did you say?" and terri goes, "she SAID no one but Boo Boo Bear."
mad maddie:
gee, thx, terri
zoegirl:
jana was speechless. i've never in my life seen her speechless, but for that single moment she was. big splotches of color bloomed on her cheeks. it was freaky.
mad maddie:
cuz she IS a freak
zoegirl:
then she pulled herself together and said to me, "you've got nerve, sticking your nose up. not all of us live in a perfect plastic bubble, you know."
mad maddie:
exsqueeze me? what is that supposed to mean?!
zoegirl:
she was trying to make me feel like a spoiled little baby, in comparison to her, the jaded and worldly jana.
mad maddie:
who has a teddy bear.
zoegirl:
her tone said 1 thing—see how cool and detached i am? i couldn't care less that you know about my stupid bear—but her eyes said something else entirely. she looked like she wanted to kill me. i'm not kidding.
mad maddie:
well, duh. if anyone had to be there for that lovely moment, i'm sure you were the last person she'd pick. you or me or angela, that is.
zoegirl:
that thought crossed my mind, but i tried to tell myself, "no, you're being silly."
mad maddie:
except yr not. we have what jana doesn't have—actual true friends who lift each other up instead of tear each other down—and it's like a knife inside her heart.
mad maddie:
think of it like this: jana's a dragon (SO not a stretch) and terri exposed her secret piece of weakness. so now jana's screwed twice: 1st cuz u know about Boo Boo Bear, and 2nd cuz u know how easily terri would betray her.
zoegirl:
jana the dragon. i just hope she doesn't flame me.
mad maddie:
if she does, she'll have ME to deal with.
mad maddie:
now isn't it time to pick up your long-lost boyfriend? it's 5:15.
zoegirl:
it is? EEEEEK! IT IS!!!!!
zoegirl:
go pick up angela from her aunt's house and then swing by here. i'll be the 1 gnawing my fingernails to the quick!
mad maddie:
i'm heading out the door. l8r, g8r!
Tues, Feb 7, 5:17 PM E.S.T.
SnowAngel:
mads, i'm not going to the airport after all, k?
mad maddie:
angela! i was JUST about to come get you, and now i'm staring at you dumbfounded.
mad maddie:
of course yr coming. zoe's expecting you!
SnowAngel:
but c, doug's HER boyfriend, right? why does she need us to go with her to the airport?
mad maddie:
uh, cuz she's zoe?
mad maddie:
and cuz she hasn't seen the guy for a whole semester. more, if you add the time we spent in california over summer break. we got back, and she saw him for … what? a grand total of 1 week before he took off in his sailor suit to "Sea the World"?
SnowAngel:
r we doing that again? making fun of the name?
mad maddie:
yes, cuz it demands to be made fun of!
mad maddie:
seriously, who goes to "Sea the World" during the 1st semester of their senior yr? senior yr is a time for madcap partying, not for sailing about the globe and stuffing yourself with culture.
SnowAngel:
*coughs* on a party boat under jet blue skies, surrounded by girls in bikinis …
mad maddie:
like i said. what was he thinking?
SnowAngel:
i watched an episode of "girls" last nite where there was a guy from the navy, and he was hot in his sailor suit.
mad maddie:
i don't think doug would be hot in a sailor suit.
SnowAngel:
well … no
SnowAngel:
but hot or not, i'm not going to be there to see him. it's not that i don't WANT to, it's just that
mad maddie:
yessssssss?
SnowAngel:
i have a flesh-eating virus. i DO!
SnowAngel:
i have a virus and it is attacking my nose and i am DISFIGURED. don't you dare laff!
mad maddie:
angela, i saw you at school and you were fine
SnowAngel:
but it was beginning. i could feel it
mad maddie:
uh huh. and how did you suddenly get this flesh-eating virus?
mad maddie:
does it by any chance have to do with the fact that we're talking about doug?
SnowAngel:
what? NO!
mad maddie:
r you sure? cuz i know you, angela. don't think i've forgotten your whole "doug will be my starter husband" spiel.
SnowAngel:
maddie, that was LAST YEAR, way before doug and zoe even started dating.
SnowAngel:
anyway, did you happen to forget the one small fact that i'm going out with logan now???
mad maddie:
ohhhh, right. logan.
SnowAngel:
*puts hands on hips* why do you say it that way?
mad maddie:
what way?
SnowAngel:
u know what way
mad maddie:
and YOU know why. so drop it.
mad maddie:
i think it's interesting that you develop a flesh-eating virus on the very day yr supposed to c doug, that's all.
SnowAngel:
you think i'm making it up? i'm not making it up, maddie. if you insist on being technical, it's a staph infection. it's all nasty under my nose—and even up INSIDE my nose so that it looks very booger-ish and vile—and i'm NOT going out in public like this!
mad maddie:
wait a sec—i'm having a flashback
mad maddie:
didn't this same staph infection thing happen last year?
SnowAngel:
yes *sniff, sniff*
SnowAngel:
it happens every year when i get a bad cold, and now i'll have to go on antibiotics and it'll take a week to clear up and until then everyone will think i've got a huge booger oozing out of my right nostril. they'll call me booger girl! that's what it'll say in the senior section of the yearbook. angela silver: booger girl!
mad maddie:
god, yr vain
SnowAngel:
yr calling me VAIN?!!! *pops a blood vessel*
SnowAngel:
of COURSE i'm vain. i've been vain my entire life!
mad maddie:
so suck it up and come with us to the airport!
SnowAngel:
yr not grasping the full disgusting-ness of this. it's an OPEN SORE under my nostril. it's bubbly and slimy with neosporin, and it's growing even as we speak.
SnowAngel:
it PULSES, maddie
mad maddie:
what is it with you and things that pulse?
SnowAngel:
???
mad maddie:
oh, angela, don't even! 1) your staph infection pulses. 2) you can't bear to touch your wrist cuz the vein there pulses. and 3), dear god, we certainly can't forget your neck.
mad maddie:
"woe is me. i can feel my blood pulsing thru my pillow! it jams up wrong against my carotid artery!"
SnowAngel:
WELL IT DOES
mad maddie:
then get a new one. you've been complaining about it for frickin ever!
SnowAngel:
*adopts a wounded expression* i have had a series of unfortunate pillows, thank you very much. aunt sadie is a sweetie, but her pillows r crap. that's the only bad thing about living with her.
mad maddie:
that and the fact that she burns every single thing she tries to cook.
SnowAngel:
well, true
mad maddie:
and she's a shopaholic.
SnowAngel:
TINY shopaholic. small insignificant problem.
mad maddie:
yr parents have no idea what they've gotten you into, do they?
SnowAngel:
my parents think that aunt sadie is taking very good care of me, which she is!
SnowAngel:
anyway, shouldn't you be driving to the airport right now?
mad maddie:
yeah, guess i better go. u really don't wanna come?
SnowAngel:
it's not that i DON'T—it's that i CAN'T.
mad maddie:
all right. but remind me to tell you about the latest jana drama, involving an ill-fated stuffed animal named Boo Boo Bear.
SnowAngel:
Boo Boo Bear? oh no, plz tell me jana didn't steal some poor kid's teddy bear!
mad maddie:
jana didn't steal Boo Boo Bear. she OWNS Boo Boo Bear.
SnowAngel:
what??? explain!
mad maddie:
sorry, no time
SnowAngel:
maddie! you CANNOT throw that out there and leave me hanging!
mad maddie:
call me, babe. gotta run!
Tues, Feb 7, 6:11 PM E.S.T.
mad maddie:
have u ever noticed how much airports are like shopping malls? i cld buy noise reducing headphones! caramel apples! an i atlanta shirt with OR without babydoll sleeves!
SnowAngel:
babydoll sleeves, for sure
mad maddie:
yeah, that's gonna happen
mad maddie:
also, so many peeps with signs that say things like, "welcome back, troops!" it's odd, but sweet. i asked a guard if today was some special day for the military, and he said no, that EVERY SINGLE DAY ppl come to the waiting area to support the armed forces. it made me a little teary.
SnowAngel:
you? really???
mad maddie:
not cuz i believe in the war. i'm a lover, not a fighter! but there's something slightly amazing about all this outpouring of support.
SnowAngel:
where's zo?
mad maddie:
angling for the closest spot she can get to the place where passengers come out of security. she looks like she's going to piddle her pants.
SnowAngel:
aw, cute. what a warm welcome that wld be. a "warm" welcome??? get it???
mad maddie:
hilarity, hilarity. hey-hey, new group of peeps coming off escalator. bye!
Tues, Feb 7, 11:01 PM E.S.T.
zoegirl:
oh, angela, i am so in love!
SnowAngel:
hey, zo. sorry about not making it to the airport.
zoegirl:
that's ok. i mean, i'm sorry 2, but no big deal.
zoegirl:
doug says "hi," btw
SnowAngel:
aw, "hi" to him 2
SnowAngel:
so did you fall into a passionate embrace the instant you saw him?
zoegirl:
well, his parents were there, so more like a really big hug. but omg, it felt *amazing*! it was like my whole body just opened up against his. like, ahhhhhh, this is what i've been missing.
zoegirl:
his arms were so strong, and he smelled so good, and he held me for what seemed like forever.
SnowAngel:
sounds wonderful
zoegirl:
i couldn't keep my hands off him. seriously, it was like an addiction. i can totally see where that expression came from, that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
SnowAngel:
huh, maybe i should i try that with logan. whaddaya think—should i send him off to SEA the world?
zoegirl:
and on the way home, we *did* get to … you know. be more physical. his parents had a driver waiting for them in a limo, so for the car ride back it was just me and doug and maddie.
SnowAngel:
doug didn't wanna take the limo?
zoegirl:
no way! he wanted to be with me!
zoegirl:
mainly we just snuggled, since maddie was in the front seat. but it was pure bliss.
SnowAngel:
"pure bliss"? wowzers.
zoegirl:
you know what i mean, cuz you have that with logan.
zoegirl:
hey, let's go on a double date this weekend! you and me and doug and logan!
SnowAngel:
uh … sure. i mean, lemme check with logan, but that would be fun.
zoegirl:
not on friday, cuz on friday i want doug all to myself. but how about saturday? it could be a pre-valentine's thing, since valentine's day is the following tuesday.
SnowAngel:
okey-doke—IF my nose is back to normal.
zoegirl:
angela, logan won't care. he worships the ground you walk on … which is good, because otherwise i might worry that you'd steal doug away. (jk! i'm TOTALLY just kidding!)
SnowAngel:
zoe! it makes me feel bad that you would even say that.
zoegirl:
i'm sorry, i guess i'm just thinking about last year.
SnowAngel:
well, don't. god.
zoegirl:
but i know you would never do that. we're in a totally different situation now. we're both so lucky!
SnowAngel:
not to bring you down or anything … but are you doing all right with the whole jana weirdness? maddie finally gave me the complete story—sounds icky
zoegirl:
it was. i told doug about it, but he didn't understand why it creeped me out. so i explained jana's whole history with us, and turns out he didn't remember *any* of what happened in 10th grade. doesn't that blow your mind?
SnowAngel:
u think everyone should remember just cuz we do?
zoegirl:
well, yeah!
SnowAngel:
me 2
zoegirl:
i mean, jana emailed that picture of mads to the whole entire school. you'd think doug would remember a topless photo!
SnowAngel:
maybe he never saw it
zoegirl:
everyone saw it. didn't they?
SnowAngel:
well, doug doesn't travel in the same circles as "everyone." that's part of his charm.
zoegirl:
yr right. and actually, that makes me happy. he does not need an image of a topless anybody in his mind.
zoegirl:
but anyway, i told him that from sophomore year on, jana's been nothing but trouble for all 3 of us. how on the one hand that made it hugely satisfying to see terri take her on, but on the other hand it gave me a chill. cuz now jana associates me with her moment of shame … and with jana you never know where that's gonna lead.
SnowAngel:
pissed and unstable—not a good combination. (plus you know her secret about Boo Boo Bear, hee hee)
zoegirl:
but in a way talking to doug about it was good, because he didn't see what the big deal was even after i explained. it made me be like, "ok, time to chill. you have better things to do than worry about jana." i have doug back, and that makes everything ok.
zoegirl:
g-nite, angela! I'M SO IN LOVE!!!!
Wed, Feb 8, 10:02 AM E.S.T.
mad maddie:
YO! why aren't you at school, missy?! you didn't stay home cuz of your nose, did you?
SnowAngel:
hey now, how shallow do you think i am?!
mad maddie:
angela …
SnowAngel:
well … yes. yes i did. you wld have 2 if you looked like me!
mad maddie:
yr missing Senior Pet Day! how can you miss Senior Pet Day? yr the prez of the planning committee that came up with this swill!
SnowAngel:
swill! the senior planning committee comes up with delightful activities to celebrate senior-ness. it does not come up with SWILL.
mad maddie:
ted aronson brought a pig. he dressed him in tighty-whities.
SnowAngel:
did you bring chumley the psycho kitty?
mad maddie:
yeppers, on loan from my dear bro mark. he piddled on mr. bradley's carpet.
SnowAngel:
mark?
mad maddie:
good one. no, chumley.
SnowAngel:
i'm so sorry i missed it
mad maddie:
you should be. i can't believe your aunt sadie let you stay home cuz you think you LOOK bad. here i am in the fluorescently lit media center with chumley the psycho kitty digging gashes into my thighs, while yr languishing about eating bon bons and feeling sorry for yourself.
SnowAngel:
the blister is at its peak of foulness, maddie. it is a pustule of terror.
mad maddie:
ha. "The Pustule of Terror," coming soon to theaters everywhere.
mad maddie:
which actress should we get to play you?
SnowAngel:
ooo, excellent question. but if we're gonna make a movie, we have to make it of all 3 of us. and we're not calling it "The Pustule of Terror." we'll call it … hmm. "The Winsome Threesome: Senior Year." how 'bout that?
mad maddie:
very nice. and now: the cast?
SnowAngel:
i know who i want for me: leighton meester
mad maddie:
dude, yr so not leighton meester. she is icy cool, and you are lovely and warm.
SnowAngel:
*preens happily* i am?
mad maddie:
how about taylor swift?
SnowAngel:
hahahaha. i wld LOVE to be played by tay-tay, but her hair's the wrong color.
mad maddie:
so she'll dye it a lovely light brown
mad maddie:
or … i know! reese witherspoon!
SnowAngel:
2 old. i luv reese, but i don't wanna be played by an oldhead.
mad maddie:
i've got it. hayden panettiere, only once again with a minor dye job
SnowAngel:
ooo, i like hayden panettierre! she's approachable, not snotty, and she cares about clothes, but not in a show-off-y way. i say yes to hayden!
mad maddie:
what about me?
SnowAngel:
oh, yr easy. mary-kate olsen, cuz yr so shy and retiring.
mad maddie:
ha ha
SnowAngel:
let's c … for real?
SnowAngel:
we need someone who's beautiful, but not ladylike.
mad maddie:
definitely not ladylike
SnowAngel:
someone who wears sweats instead of tiny tees. who's not afraid to chug a beer or tell a dirty joke. someone you'd want to party with.
SnowAngel:
i know! jennifer lawrence!
mad maddie:
oh yeah, right!
SnowAngel:
i'm serious! jennifer lawrence in one of her blondie phases. she's tough and beautiful, just like you.
mad maddie:
i wish, but thx for the thought
mad maddie:
hold on—ow!
mad maddie:
sorry, chumley was doing some nipping.
SnowAngel:
what about zo? i'd say katie holmes, except that her having a kid and being divorced kinda throws a wrench into that. katie's perfect in terms of the sweet-shy-smart category, tho.
mad maddie:
plus the dark eyes and dark hair, especially now that zoe's grown it out. although personally i liked zoe's hair better when it was chin length.
SnowAngel:
really? i like it long. now she can do french-twist-y things, very elegant.
mad maddie:
but katie falls into the oldhead category too, so i'm axing katie.
SnowAngel:
how about kristen stewart? KIDDING!
mad maddie:
oh barf. the hair? sure. but *nothing* else, and certainly not that pouty-eyeliner thing she has going on.
SnowAngel:
oh! ellen page! ellen page!
SnowAngel:
or wait, that girl from City of Bones, remember?
mad maddie:
ellen's good, but she's a bit snarky for zoe. she'd have to lose the 'tude. the other actress you're thinking of is … wait a sec … lily collins.
SnowAngel:
yeah! her!
mad maddie:
how about this: we'll offer the job to ellen and lily both, and whoever accepts 1st gets the role.
SnowAngel:
deal
SnowAngel:
who should we get for the role of snarky evil dragon lady?
mad maddie:
otherwise known as jana?
mad maddie:
it's our movie. she's not invited
SnowAngel:
good point
mad maddie:
altho i DO have a new chapter in the dragon tales. zoe and i were chatting by our cars this morning, and jana pulled up next to us in her station wagon. i took a sneaky-peek for Boo Boo Bear, but there was waaaaay too much crap. mcdonald's bags and coke cans and that ratty army blanket she keeps handy for who knows what.
SnowAngel:
her skanky interludes?
mad maddie:
probably—with Boo Boo Bear looking on!
SnowAngel:
it's weird how a girl who cares so much about her appearance can be such a slob when it comes to her car.
mad maddie:
i know
SnowAngel:
if i had a car, i'd treat it right.
mad maddie:
you could hide a horse in jana's backseat and she'd never know.
SnowAngel: