Lines by Ginny Thompson 1
GinnyI drove you off. I drove her off just like my mother drives everyone off. "We mock the things we are to be." You know who said that? Mel Brooks. He was talking about how we make fun of our parents and then we grow up and turn into our parents. And that line popped into my head yesterday so I started looking through old photo albums of my mother trying to figure out exactly when her crazy set in so I can be prepared. I think it started around college. That's the first time I saw her do that really wild-eyed thing she does. So I guess I've got about three to four years before I go barking mad which is good. Now I'm ready for it. I can plan ahead. You know, have a lot of rounded corners in my house. Wear soft, bouncy clothing.
Scenes with Ginny Thompson 10
Ginny
When my grandmother died, her spirit haunted our car. Suddenly, the day after the funeral, you couldn't start it if someone was sitting in the passenger seat, Grandma really liked her passenger seat.
Ginny
We sold the car.
GGirls
You sold your grandmother?
Ginny
And bought a Ski-Doo.
Ginny
Everybody has your number.
Ginny
Yep.
Thornton Wilder should've mentioned the creepy side of small town life.
No one. He was in Menudo.
Ginny
Who?
Maybe she's testing to see how dedicated you are to ballet.
Ginny
What?
What are you talking about?
Well, the door is locked and the only way to get more ballet is to find another way in. Are you willing to dig a tunnel under the studio with nothing but a plastic spoon, and then cut a giant hole in the floor with the chain saw you dragged along, and then once inside, repair the floor with nothing more than a glue gun, some bobby pins and your wits? [the girls just stare at her] Well, I see she has her answer.
Please don't wait with us anymore.
[the girls are drying the wet carpet with blow-driers] How long have we been doing this?
Last semester we read "No Exit." I didn't get it, but I do now.
How do we know when we're done?!
When the carpet's dry and doesn't smell like mildew.
What does mildew smell like?
Ginny
It smells like it sounds.
[no one is talking at lunch] I swear it doesn't have to be like this.
No, this. Talk. Please talk. About whatever you want. I beg you.
But we don't know basketball.
I don't care about basketball.
Ginny
Okay, fine. Let's talk. You know, I was re-watching "The Notebook" the other day, and I came up with a whole new theory.
Anything but "The Notebook."
Well, I watched "The Vow" the other night, and I couldn't figure out why-
All Rachel McAdams movies are off the table. [Carl walks by]
CCarl
I thought your lunches were an all girl thing.
They were. Sasha changed it.
I didn't change it. Roman changed it.
[to Carl] Hey, I'm Roman.
CCarl
Carl [they shake hands]. I didn't know you could just change the rules.
I didn't know you could just change them either.
CCarl
Well, if there are no rules, I'm sitting here. Don't mind me. Just keep doing what you're doing.
Good luck with that. [Dez sits down next to Melanie]
Whatever. Just saw these guys here so I figured "hey."
[Inspecting a costume] What was this for?
Fanny choreographed a whole ballet about "Billy Elliot" a couple years ago.
Billy Elliot is already a show.
Ginny
Ours wasn't about Billy. It was about Billy's coal miner father.
We all got black lung at the end.
CCozette
Let me tell you a story. Last year, my family went on this private safari: my parents, Frankie. It's sunset, and we're walking down this trail, golden skies, beautiful vistas, and we see this little baby antelope on the horizon.
Ginny
Yeah?
CCozette
We get closer, and it turns its head to look at us. And the guide says, "Turn away. A lion's had at it."
Ginny
I don't get it.
CCozette
It had been half eaten by a lion.
Ginny
Oh my God.
CCozette
It was horrible. Everybody froze, and I thought "it's wrong to turn my back" and let this poor little thing just sit there and bleed out, like Judi Dench in that James Bond movie. So I grabbed a gun and shot it in the head.
Ginny
You blew a baby antelope's head off?
CCozette
Put it right out of its misery. And you, my dear, are a half-eaten baby antelope.
Ginny
you're gonna shoot my head off?
I don't need to buy condoms. I'm on the pill.
Ginny
What?
As soon as my mother heard about Carl, she marched me down to the doctor's and put me on the pill.
You and Carl are having sex?
Ginny
Then why are you on the pill?
Ginny
What does it taste like?
I don't know. I stick it in a Peppermint Patty.
RRajahnae
Hey, what's going on?
RRajahnae
You're having sex with Carl?
Why does everybody hear I'm on the pill and automatically think I'm having sex?
You are absurd, Boo. You know that? Absurd.
Because you're on the pill but not having sex. It's like having a superpower and not using it.
This is your relationship, Boo. Don't you care?
About the things Carl's done.
But what he's done affects you.
What if you're not experienced enough, huh? That can ruin some relationships.
I'm not experienced enough. It seems to be fine so far.
Ginny
Yeah, how experienced you are doesn't matter to a lot of guys.
Carl doesn't have a kid. He doesn't even have a bike.
Boo, I think we need to step it up.
I think we need to consider having sex now.
No, with Roman and Carl. Me with Roman, you with Carl.
But Carl and I are waiting.
A year and a half is a long time. Time that includes dances, parties. Friday night parties that he can go to and you can't because you have class in the morning. And there's girls at these parties.
That time also includes camp. Six weeks where you're apart. And he'll be a junior counselor this year. He'll wear the gray shorts. He'll be doing bed checks. He'll have privileges, power. That's a big turn-on to a lot of girls.
Plus, in a year and a half you're not the new girlfriend anymore. You're just the old girlfriend who made him wait a year and a half. You're planning on doing it with him anyhow, so what's the difference if you just move it up a bit?
You're ready? With Roman?
I think timing is important. We should strike while the iron is hot.
But what do we do? How do we work this? I need to shave my legs.
Ginny': Hey. What are you guys doing?
Ginny
How long were we asleep?
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