Richard Derus’s Reviews > The Color of Rock > Status Update

21: Finally! He took his sweet time, didn't he.

22: And then asked for More!!

Smokers are complete dickheads. That is all.

23: We shall Draw A Discreet Veil between us and the sleepers.

24: Aaand that's a wrap!

20: I really think Priscilla needs a long trip off a short pier.

Ginger and Dolores, OTOH, I adore.

Pepper? Well...here's the thing...hypocritical as it is, I wanna shout "lighten up you martyr!!"

19: The year is WD-40 and President Frodo Baggins is on the throne. Yeah...trauma brings out the best in Abby.

18: "Are you a nun? Did you break any vows?" is funny...until you unpack it a little, realize it's still about sex-shaming a woman.

I'm relieved that the idea of Abby's obliviousness is now in her conscious awareness...as is her tendency to sell herself short.

17: Good for you, Abby, for listening as well as talking in spite of him. And what a cliffhanger of a way to end the chapter!

16: It wasn't all that or you would've cared more, now you're just embarrassed.

14: A worker bee, our Abby, keeping all the balls in the air while still co-depending on Jake & Dr. Pepper. But Jake was right to warn her, she was foolish not to listen abt the storm's dangers. Now hiding details fr/him to avoid "I told you so" is a child's response.

13: Not the direction I was expecting a crisi from, but good for you, Abby! It's good to see signs of unfolding your wings a bit.

Priscilla is as attractive as a sodden Kleenex in a teenage boy's bedroom trash.

12: Okay, the men worrying abt her going AT MIDNIGHT--on dangerous roads--in early winter--gets her goat, but the two of 'em treating her like a cat does a sofa brings forth not a peep?!

I am not to understanding these idea-like-things.

12: screwed up the percentages, blast it

The fun of this story is the way we see directly the processes and procedures Abby uses & the staff abuses...the squirrels! HAW

Letting go of my erroneous expectations was rewarded with this loud guffaw-inducing moment.