The Extended Ya-Ya Sisterhood

[Sugar Smack]

I hated that feel-good movie when I first saw it; in my bitterness, I thought the happy ending was utterly unrealistic and saccharine. I'm watching it again for the third time and of course, I'm just another Ya-Ya. Humor and loyalty make this possible. I have my crazy, insane girlfriends. We are there for each other no matter what. We're flawed. We drink, smoke, cuss, fight, what have you. But we look after each other.

You guys are welcome to the extended family, and all you Yankees come aboard.

And cheers to all of you, my fellow Dems, for being part of the truth. :toast:

[Lavender Brown]

1. As long as we don't have to cut our hands

That part really freaks me out. x(

[Sugar Smack]

4. NO! We'll just paint each others' nails instead -hehe!

That's a painless substitute, say I, "Dutchess of Laughing Forests".



:D

[KitchenWitch]

2. YAYA!

[Sugar Smack]

7. YAYA!

And, furthermore, "YAYA!"

In addition to which, "YAYA!"

BOUNCE.

[KitchenWitch]

8. Let no man put usunder!

:bounce:

[Sugar Smack]

16. Not even when we're curled on la Kitchen floor

KitchenWitch!

YAYA! :hi: :thumbsup:

[Jara sang]

3. Weren't they practicing ritual satanism?

[Sugar Smack]

9. Weeeeellll, if you call drinking chocolate syrup "Satanism"

then YES, by all means, my little cute sweetheart, they were.

Goat head. }(

[Left Is Write]

5. I wish I could join your sisterhood.

I don't really have a pack of girlfriends like that, though I do have a couple individual friends I can be that way with (and they don't know each other).

[Sugar Smack]

10. We're a pack that resembles a "blob" on the internet.

But we are a pack. You forget, my love, that our lists and thought-scraps will do the pack good. You have the makings of a righteous YaYa babe, and we won't let you forget it. Your power speaks for itself.

:hug:

[WCGreen]

6. Yo...

Like the book better....

[Sugar Smack]

11. Hello, "King of the rain-dodgers".

How do you do it? How do you move fast enough to avoid the drops of rain? I loved the book, but I can't escape the charms of the movie, either.

Yo. ;-)

[WCGreen]

24. The movie was okay....

But for a while there, I couldn't put down the book....

[Sugar Smack]

26. Well, the movie resonated with my days in Girl Scouts.

We were not "normal" Girl Scouts. Those cookies? Well, they were half hash, you see. And our bonfires? Don't believe a word; we sought out old barns. And our dealings with Boy Scouts?

They ran screaming, with no recourse.

Let me know if you want more information; I'll be happy to provide.

[WCGreen]

40. Ah yea, who wouldn't want more information.....

Maybe a celibate cloistered blind nun from Cincinnati....

[Sugar Smack]

42. More Info:

We had Dolly Parton Look-Alike Contests
Thrift-Shop clothes-folding ventures were nothing but an attempt to smuggle contraband
We never liked horses

[WCGreen]

44. What a troop.... I was expelled from the Cub Scout

for a decided lack of wonder at the paper mache volcano they were building...

I always prescribed to the Groucho Marx point of view.... I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member...

But you, Fair Sugar, seemed to have a cadre of culpable cuties to confound counselors constantly.....

[Sugar Smack]

45. AH, YaYas, aid me in amelioratating alliterative allusions a la

altruistic alternatives to apoplectic allegorical assignations!

[WCGreen]

48. You are wonderous when wit wins

[Sugar Smack]

12. YAYA DUPE

YAYA Delete.

[SeattleGirl]

13. Ya-Ya!!!

:bounce:

[KitchenWitch]

15. YAYA!

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

17. Hey Kitchey!

:pals:

[Sugar Smack]

21. YAYA!!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[no name no slogan]

14. Hey Sug!

Even when you're watching a chick flick, I'm still crazy about you! ;) :loveya: :*

[Sugar Smack]

18. YOYO!

"Godcousin of That Which is All Unholy and Stuff", don't you have any "Rush" albums to listen to?

LOL!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[no name no slogan]

50. DAMMIT, I KNEW that was coming

Yeah, I gots Rush albums to listen to. I just got to fix my record player.

"Sprawling on the fringes of the city, in geometric order
an insulated border..."

:P

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. Nice post

I could use some loyalty and humor

[KitchenWitch]

20. YAYA!

[Sugar Smack]

22. Bahbay,

You have it here.

Would you like a stick of celery in your Bloody Mary? Can we give you a rufie and transport you to a cabin in the sweet woods? Cuss the truth at ya til you come to?

All you have to do is ask.

:pals:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

23. ROFL....can I take a raincheck?

I gotta work tonight

[Sugar Smack]

25. LOL. That never stopped a YaYa.

We like to take our sisters by surprise and then answer all claims of "responsibility", you know, "jobs", with our MISSION OF RESCUE.

How do you feel about being placed in a burlap sack and then tickled?

[bridgit]

27. you shall above all things be glad and young ~ e.e. cummings...

you shall above all things be glad and young
For if you're young,whatever life you wear

it will become you;and if you are glad
whatever's living will yourself become.
Girlboys may nothing more than boygirls need:
i can entirely her only love

whose any mystery makes every man's
flesh put space on;and his mind take off time

that you should ever think,may god forbid
and (in his mercy) your true lover spare:
for that way knowledge lies,the foetal grave
called progress,and negation's dead undoom.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :kick:

[Sugar Smack]

28. Welcome, "Card-Carrying Jewel Gardener".

"you shall above all things be glad and young
For if you're young,whatever life you wear

it will become you;and if you are glad
whatever's living will yourself become."

That alone wants to make me drink Hershey's Syrup, wish for the best, have faith, hang in there, do my work, take a break, and get my fanny in gear. Thank you again, planteress of Jewels-Taken-and-Not.

[In_The_Wind]

29. Hey Sis ...

I havent decided which one I want or

[Sugar Smack]

31. Be Wiletta for a second:

"LAWD, I done died and gone to Hell".

Me, I'm taking the appletini!!

}( :loveya: :hug:

[In_The_Wind]

34. Please ta meet ya ... honeychild

y'all can just call me Wiletta

doubles coming right up

[Shine]

30. Ya-Ya's rock!!

:woohoo:

:toast: :hi:

[Sugar Smack]

33. Hello, "Queen Navigator of Wood & Water"!

Shine baby, let's light a candle and let the fireworks commence.

:hi:

[Shine]

52. Yes, let's light several! It's all about the ambience, baby!

:pals:

[merh]

32. YaYa!

What a delightful post and thank you for the invite!

:toast: Here's to looking after each other! :toast:

[Sugar Smack]

35. I call thee, Merh, as, "Purifier of tainted air & Water"

welcome to the circle, because without your soothsaying and waving away of nasty & useless "influences", if you can call them that, we would be less than we are. You disinfect the circle and give us hope of honesty and no cattiness.

P.S. :hi: :loveya: and Hershey's Syrup all around!

[merh]

39. I am honored!

And so touched :blush: I promise to faithfully serve my sisters! :toast:

And may I wear this hat?




:hug: thank you :pals: :loveya: :hug:

[Sugar Smack]

41. You ARE she, Bebeh.

Wear the hat, cough the cough, and walk the walk.

:loveya:

[merh]

43. How'd you know I have the cough?

We call it the Katrina cough, too much dust and dirt and mold and **cough** **cough** too many cigarettes, but whatcha gonna do? :shrug:

:loveya: I so love the sisterhood being a part of this cyberhood! :loveya:

[Sugar Smack]

46. So sister, I give you-

a carton of cigarettes (your brand)
a pound of chocolate (Swiss, with nougat)
and a liter of Brandy.

PM me your whereabouts, and I will deliver you a tiny bit of bliss.
Deal?

[merh]

47. Your generous offer cannot be ignored!

:bounce: :bounce: We sisters know a good offer when one is made! :rofl:

You are far too kind to me and I am not deserving :blush: but, check your pmail in a few ;-)

:hug: :loveya: :hug: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :loveya:

[Sugar Smack]

55. The brandy: apricot, baby

The chocolate: Toblerone
The coffee: French Roast ground espresso
The Cigarettes: Whatever you prefer, darlin'.

:P

[CornField]

36. The movie SUCKED -- the books rock!

There is such a huge difference between the Ya-Ya books and the movie. If you haven't already, you should read it and Wells' other book, "Little Alters Everywhere."

[catzies]

37. Loved the 1st book, haven't read the 2nd, movie disappointed me.

Definitely will read Little Altars.

[yellowdogintexas]

49. Little Altars was actually the first book. There is a chapter in

that one that will put you in the floor, it is so funny.

The children are spending the night at Buggy's and it involves Buggy's pet and very spoiled doggie.

Being a YAYA is a very special thing, I think. "Keeper of Recipes for foods both heathy and not", that would be me


There is now a third book, I believe.


I also enjoyed the books more, but the characterizations of the YaYas were great, especially when they gang up on Sid and kidnap her.

[Sugar Smack]

38. Hey, CornField!!!!

:hi: Hey! I know what you mean about the movie sucking, because that's what I'd thought at first.

I changed my mind & let it sort of grow on me. I liked S. Bullock's performance in "28 Days" and then I watched "YaYa" again. The thing that drove me to loving the latter, ultimately, was Ellen Burstyn. I saw her again in the Exorcist and I just love that gal all around.

[Wapsie B]

51. Cheers!

:toast:

I'll drink with a reb anyday. And a beautiful one at that. ;-)

You don't like happy endings?

[In_The_Wind]

53. Here's to you ~ bushwentawol

[Wapsie B]

54. Thank you Joanie.