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mad maddie:
your instincts are great, your plan is horrible
mad maddie:
back to the drawing board, dude!
Wed, Apr 12, 8:12 PM E.D.T.
mad maddie:
check this out: vincent told me that things are NOT going well with jana and logan. good news, eh?
SnowAngel:
do i care?
SnowAngel:
no. yes. but don’t give me any details. i don’t wanna hear about it.
mad maddie:
pourquoi?
SnowAngel:
cuz i don’t WANT to care.
SnowAngel:
when i think about logan and how much mental energy i’ve wasted on him … it’s ridiculous!
mad maddie:
yes. yes, it really is, so let’s move on.
mad maddie:
altho i *will* tell you one thing. well, two things.
mad maddie:
thing one: logan still wants to get back together with you. that’s what vincent heard from jana.
SnowAngel:
mad maddie:
thing two: vincent also said that jana found out who her stepmonster’s doing the nasty with. it’s some guy who works at a liquor store.
SnowAngel:
do I care? I do not.
mad maddie:
she found the guy’s work shirt in her stepmonster’s car. it smelled like her stepmonster’s perfume.
SnowAngel:
did you get glendy’s latest spam offering? about the bad guys who go around with fake perfume samples, only really it’s ether?
mad maddie:
u read it? i thought u automatically deleted her emails.
SnowAngel:
well, i’ve been showing a little more caution recently, after she called me all giddy to tell me her spiffy new trick. get this: she’s learned how to dump some bug on ppl’s computers which makes them shut down and reboot automatically. and when they reboot, they relay the owners’ log-on names and passwords straight to glendy.
mad maddie:
dude, that’s some serious hacking. why???
SnowAngel:
cuz apparently some ppl have had the audacity to block her (incroyable!), and this way she can go to twitter or tumblr or whatever and UNblock herself. can you imagine? *pretending to be glendy: hi!!!! i’m baaaack!*
mad maddie:
jesus
mad maddie:
doesn’t the fact that she’s been blocked in the 1st place tell her anything?
SnowAngel:
so you better stay on her good side … or else!!!
Thu, Apr 13, 8:13 PM E.D.T.
mad maddie:
hey, babe. wanna hear about my healthy dinner? a reese’s big cup and a glass of nestle quik.
zoegirl:
mmmm. nutritious *and* delicious.
mad maddie:
the rents r playing bridge with their buddies, so i’m on my own. you should come over!
zoegirl:
sorry, charlie. gotta finish my physics so i can keep my A. i do NOT want to take the final exam!
mad maddie:
are you gonna have to take any finals at all?
zoegirl:
i don’t think so. straight As all the way … yeah!
zoegirl:
i did, however, take a study break to watch big bunny episodes 5 & 6. big bunny finally ate the kitty!
mad maddie:
au contraire—the kitty went away on a business trip! the kitty has a very good head for figures, remember?
zoegirl:
do you have every episode memorized? yr freaking me out.
mad maddie:
heh heh heh
zoegirl:
what freaked me out even more were those psychotic squirrels who hacked up the other forest creatures and turned them into pie …
mad maddie:
“chop chop chop went the squirrel. slice slice slice went his associates!”
zoegirl:
so guess what? i heard back from UGA, about my late application.
mad maddie:
WHAT?
mad maddie:
wait a sec—you actually did that? used angela’s idea about writing the prez of the university?
zoegirl:
uh huh. i used my mom’s letterhead.
mad maddie:
holy frickin shit, zo. you ARE taking a stand!
mad maddie:
what did they say?
zoegirl:
that i’ve got a spot if i want it. what do you think of that?
mad maddie:
what about the Hope Scholarship?
zoegirl:
they said my transcript demonstrates “the academic excellence the Hope Scholarship is in place to support.” so i could do it, if i want. i could honestly and truly go to georgia.
mad maddie:
free ride, baby! tell your mom to put THAT in her pipe and smoke it!
zoegirl:
i know. it’s incredible. i can’t wait to see her face when i tell her.
zoegirl:
well, no, that’s not true. i’m totally nervous about telling her, because it’ll be me fighting back in a real way. me saying, “are you *sure* you’re not willing to pay for kenyon?”
mad maddie:
ahhhh, a power-play
mad maddie:
smart smart smart, little zoe
zoegirl:
we’ll see. i’ve got to play it just right if it’s going to work.
mad maddie:
SHOW NO FEAR
zoegirl:
but i’m not going to tell angela till it’s done, because she’d just latch onto the UGA part and refuse to let go. you know.
mad maddie:
uh, yeah. been there, done that.
mad maddie:
what about your jana revenge plot? making any progress?
zoegirl:
i’m tossing some ideas around, but i’m not telling what they are because you’d just tell me they wouldn’t work. for now i’m just … letting her get her confidence up.
mad maddie:
uh, i think her confidence IS up
zoegirl:
i’m just waiting for the right opportunity. and for a chance to talk privately with vincent.
mad maddie:
vincent?!
zoegirl:
g’night!
Fri, Apr 14, 4:02 PM E.D.T.
SnowAngel:
my graduation announcements came today! they’re so beautiful!
zoegirl:
yay!
SnowAngel:
now i just have to address them and stamp them and trudge off with them to the post office. *slumps shoulders*
SnowAngel:
but they’re so beautiful! *perks back up*
zoegirl:
mine aren’t here yet, because my mom made a last-minute decision that they should be ivory instead of cream. did i have any say in this? no. so now they’re like on a rush job.
SnowAngel:
zoe! you have gotta learn to stand up to that woman!
zoegirl:
i know, i know. and actually, she and i are supposed to have “a chat” this evening. i have something i want to tell her.
SnowAngel:
that yr gonna blow off princeton altogether and come live with me in athens? *smiles charmingly* that yr gonna get a job as a waitress and learn how the other half lives?
zoegirl:
er … not exactly. i’ll tell you after we talk, okay?
SnowAngel:
okey-dokey, smokey
SnowAngel:
off to address envelopes!
Fri, Apr 14, 9:00 PM E.D.T.
SnowAngel:
waaaah! waaaah! why does everybody have to be so frickin *independent* all the time?!!
mad maddie:
independent? the horror!
SnowAngel:
zoe just called and told me abou
t georgia, which i know you already know, so don’t rub it in. i can’t believe she got accepted and yet she’s not going to go!!!
mad maddie:
hold on, i actually *don’t* know this part. did she talk to her mom???
SnowAngel:
yes *sniffs*
mad maddie:
and her mom caved? omfg!
SnowAngel:
apparently there were tears and yelling and a big fat scene, which as we know is not zoe’s strong point.
SnowAngel:
but zoe stayed strong, and her stupid mom finally gave in. she decided she’d rather c zoe go to kenyon than UGA—how snobby and hypocritical is that? she won’t pay for kenyon, and now all of a sudden she will, just so her daughter doesn’t have to go to a state university?
mad maddie:
angela … zoe was never going to go to georgia.
SnowAngel:
i think mrs. barrett should have held her ground and refused to pony up. then zoe would have HAD to go to georgia!!!!
mad maddie:
i hope you didn’t act like this when she told you. i hope you were supportive, even if you had to fake it.
SnowAngel:
*turns up nose* hmmph
mad maddie:
dude, i’m gonna call and congratulate her.
SnowAngel:
yeah, u do that. and don’t worry about me! just leave me in the dust!
SnowAngel:
maddie?
SnowAngel:
don’t i need support? i’m the one who’s gonna be all alone in athens! alone and lonely! all by myself!
SnowAngel:
waaaaaah!!!!!
Sat, Apr 15, 6:13 PM E.D.T.
zoegirl:
hey, mads. you think angela’s going to be okay?
mad maddie:
about what?
zoegirl:
you know, about my going to kenyon.
mad maddie:
she HAS to be. she has no choice.
zoegirl:
i kind of felt like i was kicking her when she was down, when i told her the news last night.
mad maddie:
listen. you can’t base your life around angela, any more than you can around doug.
zoegirl:
i know, i know
mad maddie:
it’s AWESOME that you get to go to kenyon. YOU made it happen, you know? i’m so incredibly proud of you.
zoegirl:
thanks, mads. i’m proud of me too.
zoegirl:
and to my mom’s credit, she’s being cooler about it than she could have been.
mad maddie:
oh yeah?
zoegirl:
this morning, when we were both a little calmer, she told me that even tho kenyon’s not the school she would have chosen for me, she admired my spirit. like, it surprised her what i’d done.
mad maddie:
i bet it did!
zoegirl:
she admitted that *maybe* she’d been too controlling, and that *maybe* my own desires should factor into the equation. novel concept, huh?
mad maddie:
well, blow me down. maybe she’s growing up as well.
zoegirl:
doug’s excited for me too. angela was all, “yr picking him over me,” and i had to remind her that no, actually, he’s still gonna be 2 hours away. we’ll be apart no matter what. but we’ll just take it as it comes.
mad maddie:
tell me about it. it’s so hard, with ian, knowing that the time is ticking down. tick tick tick.
zoegirl:
doug and i have a “hot date” tonight. i’m assuming he wants to have sex.
mad maddie:
does this mean things are back to normal?
zoegirl:
i suppose. i just have to be careful about what i say and how i act, that’s all.
mad maddie:
oh, well in that case, no prob … you just have to totally change your personality.
zoegirl:
it’s sad, because i feel like i can no longer open my soul and let my true feelings out. but too bad—he’s the one who made it happen.
mad maddie:
and yet yr still gonna have sex with him
zoegirl:
well, yeah. maybe it’ll bring us closer.
mad maddie:
i just hope you have the Big O this time. i’m rooting for ya, girl!
Sat, Apr 15, 11:23 PM E.D.T.
mad maddie:
Big O? ian & i wanna know!!!
Sun, Apr 16, 12:02 AM E.D.T.
zoegirl:
*just* got in. my mom was sitting at the door with a clock.
mad maddie:
honest?
zoegirl:
no, but i had to go check in with her and let her know i’d arrived home safely, groan groan groan. you’d think things would be different now that she knows i’m an actual mature individual, but no.
zoegirl:
doesn’t it seem silly to have a curfew when we’re about to graduate and be on our own?
mad maddie:
yes
zoegirl:
you didn’t really tell ian about me and doug, did you?
mad maddie:
no, u goof
mad maddie:
but did u? have an orgasm?
zoegirl:
well … no
mad maddie:
damn!
zoegirl:
but i’m fine with it, i really am. it’s about more than just physical pleasure.
zoegirl:
anyway, you talking about it kinda makes me feel loser-ish.
mad maddie:
oh, zoe! that’s not what i meant.
mad maddie:
listen. yr having sex—making love—with someone you truly care about. yr not having one-night stands or being a slut machine, like some ppl we know. of course it’s about more than whether you got off or not!
zoegirl:
could you please not be so graphic?
mad maddie:
oopsy-daisy
zoegirl:
i *wish* i was someone sex came easily to … but i’m just not.
mad maddie:
that doesn’t mean you never WILL be. you just gotta keep practicing.
zoegirl:
it’s still fun, don’t get me wrong. and doug’s skin is so incredibly smooth … and warm … and there’s this one spot, right below his hip bone … it’s like, wow. just to be so close to another human being—that’s worth it, right?
mad maddie:
u bet
mad maddie:
i truly didn’t mean to make you feel bad, zo. i was just being my normal obnoxious self.
zoegirl:
no worries.
zoegirl:
i love your normal obnoxious self!
Mon, Apr 17, 11:43 AM E.D.T.
SnowAngel:
it’s happening, our 2nd to last week of school! aaaaahhhhhh!
SnowAngel:
i STILL don’t have my senior quote. do you?
mad maddie:
i’ve been using class time to think about it, since it’s not as if anybody’s doing any actual work. but everything i come up with sounds too corny or too cliche.
SnowAngel:
i’m in the same exact boat. grrrr …
SnowAngel:
did you hear what jana did today? she swiped megan’s hw during mr. bradley’s class, right off her desk, and threw it out the window!
mad maddie:
what?!
SnowAngel:
for no reason at all! cuz megan made one small comment about jana’s handwriting or something.
SnowAngel:
so megan yelled at her, and then MEGAN got yelled at by mr. bradley.
mad maddie:
dude, that is just ridiculous
SnowAngel:
i don’t understand how jana can be such a bitch and get away with
it. i truly don’t.
mad maddie:
well, yeah. i guess no one wants to take her on cuz they’ve seen how futile it is.
SnowAngel:
i s’pose
SnowAngel:
zoe’s not gonna beat her up for me after all, is she?
mad maddie:
she WANTS to, but she hasn’t worked out the details. i keep telling her to forget the details and just go for it, but you know zoe.
SnowAngel: