[obsession] bsc, ann, ducky

[wisdomeagle]

Am still poking at Ann M. Martin's website, and had not realized she was a Smithie! Also hadn't really realized that she wasn't married. Which two facts aren't together leading me to the - no, really, I'm not thinking it. I'm not.

The Secret To Contentment, According to Jay Adams: Meet a girl.

The Secret To Contentment, According to Ducky McCrae: Worry about how you look in the morning, because even though you can't bring yourself to wear boring conservative clothes, you don't want to risk setting off the Cro Mags. And make sure you don't bounce too much as you're walking into school, because Marco the Cro Mag will say you're FLITTING, which makes everyone laugh. If you survive THAT, you're off to a good start, and IF YOU'RE LUCKY you'll have a few laughs with your 13-year-old friends, the only ones who seem to appreciate you, and when you go home, yoiu'll find that your brother has not left the milk out of the fridge all day and has actually bought a few groceries and maybe run a load of laundry with some of your stuff in it. THAT'S contentment. And that's pathetic.

*happy sigh*

Another thing I didn't know till flipping through the site was that Paula Dangzinger died in 2004. *is sad, for loved Danzinger* The Cat Ate My Gymsuit pretty much helped me survived middle school.

Random: Apparently the BSC books (some of them) will be republished as comic books. OMGWTF artists' renditions! (With femslash, oh my!)

I totally get the feeling from her site/public interviews (and wow, trying to glean the truth from those is wicked harder than reading Joss interviews because she's talking to her intended audience which, oddly enough, is considerably younger than I am) that she's grown past the BSC, and she rarely mentions the CA Diaries at all. This makes me woeful.

And now I've landed on TWoP, which is a sure sign that it's time to go to bed.

ETA: TWoP says she's gay. Can TWoP be wrong? Answer: well, durr! But still![/eta]

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[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Which two facts aren't together leading me to the - no, really, I'm not thinking it. I'm not.

She is gay.

[wisdomeagle]

Do tell! Like, actually? From sources classier than TWoP?

Why did no one tell me this? *out of the loop. like whoa*

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

I heard it on one of fox1013's talk about the BSC. So I don't know the actual source, but in a talk with g_run, who's a very cautious person when labeling out celebs, he did agree.

[wisdomeagle]

*googles madly*

[velvetandlace.livejournal.com]

Omg. Do you know what distributor is putting out the comics? *Want*

[wisdomeagle]

Scholastic's imprint, Graphix, apparently? Article here. There goes my bank account. :)

[kaitoujeanne.livejournal.com]

Randomly popping in (hooray friendsfriends) -- the illustrator of the BSC comic books is goraina if you want to see some of her work before the books come out!

[velvetandlace.livejournal.com]

Must. Have. My comic store guys will mock me endlessly for having it ordered in, but I so don't care :)

And my god, I'm trying to find out more about the Ann = gay rumours, but it's hard! Do you have confirmation?

[smashsc.livejournal.com]

I don't think you'll find a solid source anywhere on google, but I can tell you that she shows up with regularity on that list people have in their heads of people who are gay but not out. This was particularly true when I worked in the bookstore. (take a book rep out for drinks)

[wisdomeagle]

Dammit, great! This is going to make me crazy for possibly days!

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

You didn't know she was a Smithie? I thought I had mentioned in response to you at some point that she had been part of some writers talk at Smith when I was a junior or something -- not that I remembered anything about what she said.

[wisdomeagle]

It's possible you mentioned it and I failed to absorb it.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Fair enough.