A few months ago I sent Michele this email:
THERE ARE CHEERLEADERS. IN OUR DRIVEWAY.
Two middle school girls. Doing cheers. IN MY DRIVEWAY, WHY??? I assume they belong to one of the neighbors, but this is…kind of hysterical. And adorable. Heh. Bring it on!
(If you’ve never been to my house, I should mention we share our driveway with the two families next door. So this isn’t that random, but still pretty random, because until this point I was not even aware the neighbors had kids.)
Then two nights ago we were sleeping with the bedroom windows open and suddenly those girls started practicing again, this time in their front yard, very near to our windows. “Five, six, seven, eight!” Over. And. Over. I kind of wanted to yell at them (I was tired), but also I wanted to smile indulgently because it was sweet for them to be twelve years old and so earnest about getting a dance routine right. I remember how fun that used to be.
But really, who lets their twelve year olds go out at that hour on a school night to practice? Crazy drunk people walk past there, and violent teenagers and stuff! Also it’s annoying for the neighbors. It seems really unlikely that parents would be down with this, which is what makes me think these girls might actually be ghosts.
Granted, the first time I saw them they were out in the afternoon, and they were driven indoors by a homeless guy who came and yelled fake cheers at them until they went away, so someone else could definitely see them. But I am pretty sure all crazy homeless people can see ghosts, so my theory still kind of holds water.
A quick search for “cheerleader ghost” images led me to this book which Michele should probably read. And so should I, let’s be honest.
not only have i ALREADY READ THAT BOOK (srsly who do you take me for?), i’ve also read both sequels. i own some of them even. i think #2 and #3 because i got the first from the library but have since bought them. they’re pretty good. not great or awesome, but pretty good.
i only just read the third this month because it just came out and i just got it at powell’s when i was up there selling my books and making $100.
HA HA HA! I love you so much that it hurts. And not just my heart. It hurts me in random places, like my knees and stuff.
maybe you’re just getting old and arthritic in the knees….
=)
i love you too. it’s nice that you see a book about cheerleading ghosts and automatically think of me. that shit is my bread and butter. i in fact kept telling katherine i couldn’t do something at the beach because i had to go read more about sexy ghosts. i think she thought i was kidding. i didn’t have the heart to convince her that i really was reading a book about ghosts having sex.
I’m clearly going to need to see my library about this business.
full disclosure: she’s maybe more a sexy ghost in gym clothes than a ghost who has sex….katherine did not get how gym clothes could be sexy. i didn’t have the heart to explain it to her.
if you want ghosts actually having sex i recommend ‘dark needs at night’s edge’ by kresley cole. i realize that title is RIDICULOUS but that is a sexy sexy ghost. and a ballerina! also her lover is a vampire. TOTALLY HOT VAMPIRE-GHOST SEX.
BOO. I have no interest in gym clothes, only full sex. Anyway my library doesn’t have it. So I’ll look out for this dark needs business.
Also to be completely honest, I’m pretty sure you will like neither of those books anyway. They’re both more a me thing than a you thing. Altho Erica loves the Kresley Coles too and I kind of bet Nuala would like both. From that subset of data though I think you can see how you would not like them. Nor would Christine, Lisa or Marina, say.
A book which I DO think you would like is Chime by Franny Billingsley. I read it 2 years ago and just re-read it last month and it totally held up to the first reading. It absolutely GLORIES in language and you like that kind of thing.
Nice. I put it on my request list.
wait what should I read? Feed me books.
the stacey kady series “ghost and the goth”. you should read those.
Books about ghost sex, Nuala! Like you even had to ask that, because OBVIOUSLY books about ghost sex.