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Your handle is littlemissspike.
Log on at 6:08:14 pm 3/29/87.
littlemissspike: anyone wanna chat? i’m free for the night.
joeyj66: night? its only 6,spike. night’s not til like 9 round here.
littlemissspike: don’t you have jules to kick around.....i mean deal with?
joeyj66: she’s with her ‘rents in bumfuck,mo,visiting some dying family member. whatever. even if she finds some hot d00d there i can always go back to diana or paige or liz or nikki.
littlemissspike: in your dreams. bsides,nikki’s a bivvie like me.
joeyj66: but liz isn’t.
orourkey: jeez,guys. i’m tryna find my way to one of the jem groups and here you guys are,arguing like two bums at the markham st soup kitchen.
joeyj66: liz! pleasure to meetcha here.
littlemissspike: now,now,dont you two fight. i’d hate to hafta kick either of you.
spinnermason: what up,spike? haven’t seen you in a while.
littlemissspike: finally,someone sane in this convo.
spinnermason: amy’s watching snl in the living room an’ she says hey.
littlemissspike: you can tell her allison’s walking again. no more crutches for her!
spinnermason: schweet!
joeyj66: y’know what? i’m leaving you guys for the seahawks group. next year in seattle.
littlemissspike: you won’t be missed.
orourkey: dead-o (is that how you say it?).
spinnermason: thirded and its ditto. learn to spell,lizardbreath. btw,gotta go. dinner w/ the holmeses tonite.
orourkey: i dont even know how to reply to that. ttyl.
lddelacorte: am i late to the party,spike?
littlemissspike: you wish,ld. just joey being an a$$ as usual.
lddelacorte: hes been that way since middle school.
orourkey: damn right. remember the sophomore prom when he spiked manny’s punch?
lddelacorte: wasn’t that 8th grade?
littlemissspike: no, that was paige spiking terri’s punch. dont you remember caitlin socking her a good one over that? they didnt speak again til junior year.
lddelacorte: i remember now. but she had the twins restrain paige and it was a slap,not a punch. i was in the hall for a quick smoke and i could hear it plain as day.
littlemissspike: then how do you know? :)
lddelacorte: i was with darcy and she looked into the gym to see what was what.
littlemissspike: i was dancing with snake!
lddelacorte: if you weren’t bivvie as all-get-out you and him would be great together.
littlemissspike: ah,well,he’s got tessa. he’ll be alrite.
lddelacorte: true,true. you still on here,liz?
orourkey: yeah,just prepping for my shift at mcd’s. i start at 7 now,its 6:19,so ive got plenty of time. its only a street over from my casa.
thehunster: i can replace you in this convo,lizzy. i just got back from visiting my big bro in bev hills and my boss gave me the nite off.
orourkey: hey there,paige! ive never seen you on usa-talk before! when did you sign up?
thehunster: three weeks ago today. also,how did you know it was me?
littlemissspike: ‘hun’. it’s,like,your catchphrase.
thehunster: alright,spike,you’ve got me fair n square. im crashing at ellie’s if you wanna know.
littlemissspike: i should visit you sometime. it’s been a few months.
thehunster: how’s emma doing?
littlemisspike: she’s an mhs junior now! shes got a boyfriend now,his name is jt.
thehunster: that’s awesome! so she isn’t awkward anymore?
littlemissspike: i guess not,but then its not like she ever was.
lddelacorte: good for her! paige,how’s ellie holding up? i heard clutch and her broke up....again.
thehunster: he’s living in a mexican commune now. el had a letter from him friday. apparently they worship the aztec gods where he’s at.
lddelacorte: jesus christ. i always knew he was kinda strange,but this takes the cake.
thehunster: you probably missed this,ld,but michelle and blt were married this morning at the beverly hills courthouse. dylan and i were witnesses,and so was erica.
lddelacorte: lucky for them you were there!
thehunster: i know! we went to the beverly hills hotel for brunch afterwards.
littlemissspike: all right,i’ll leave you guys to your gossip and make myself some dinner. see y’all later.
Log off at 6:26:30 pm 3/29/87.
So yeah,this is basically Degrassi but they’re SoCal beach bums in the late eighties. If it helps,imagine them as upper middle class for the most part.
The first person who correctly guesses the significance of the date this chapter takes place will get the honor of having me use their pseud in a future USA-Talk chapter. Hint:it has something to do with Spike.
Julia is Julia Farrell here,older sister to the twins. Despite Spike’s implication,no,Joey is not abusing her. That’s just the Nelson sarcasm.
Bivvie = ambivalent,TTL’s catchall term for LGBT+ people
Was leetspeak a thing yet in 1987?
In OTL,Malibu High was established in 1992:here,it was established in the 1940s. The city was incorporated around 1925 ITTL instead of 1991 as in OTL.
Soundtrack for this chapter (well for basically the whole thing,lol): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu2II8-dBkQ
facecasts:
Spike - Alexa Kenin
Spinner - Michael Schoeffling
Joey - School’s Out!era Pat Mastroianni
Liz - Susan Dey
LD - Rebecca Schaeffer
Paige - Lauren Collins,who else?
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