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| CANADA'S SOURCE FOR HUMOUR, PARODY, AND SATIRE
LAKE CITY--Christy Carliss hates when her friends get together to just watch television or play video games. Christy prefers to make her own fun, and uses her imagination to entertain herself and anyone who will participate along with her.
Christy is 16, and although she was born in the 80's and raised in the 90's, friends and family think she is more suited to the 70's. Although she's not adopted, some speculate that time-travelling hippie scientists may have left her on her parents' doorstep. "Television is such a drag," said Christy, who prefers to read, or make those stories that never end. "I'd rather count the strands in a woven rug, and then for fun, double-check to see if I was right." Christy doesn't own a computer, a VCR, or a CD player. She has a stereo, but it only has a turntable, but she owns hundreds of records, including over fifty 45's. Her parents have never subscribed to cable. "I think Christy's stuck in the 70's," said Jimmy Castles, the boy next door. "She rides a bicycle with a wicker basket and those neon-coloured plastic things in the spokes. She has rollerskates, a Slinky, and a hula-hoop. In the winter, she'll tries to catch snowflakes on her tongue. I'm convinced that she's anacronistically challenged. Like The Brady Bunch meets The Twilight Zone." Jimmy thinks that Christy is attractive, but she's just a little too weird for his tastes. He'd rather date someone who's a little more "hip" and a little less "Marsha Marsha Marsha." But Christy is just the opposite. She's sixteen, but feels she's far too young to start dating. She'd rather play with the girls than chase the boys. "I like to invent games," said Christy, who enjoys wearing rainbow-coloured vests, clogs, and anything made from velure. "It's super groovy. So much more fun than those artificial games everyone else plays on their desktop television machines." (editor: a computer). "My favourite game is coincatching. You start out with a penny on your elbow, and you try and catch it in the same hand, before it hits the ground! Then you had more coins to make it more of a challenge. It's super fun!" Christy loves to sing, and make up her own happy songs. Her hobbies are hairbrushing and reading Nancy Drew novels, sometimes pretending that she herself is a teenage sleuth. She'll play card games, but is reluctant to play board games. She prefers to make her own games using construction paper, white glue, and a creative imagination. "They're
just so manufactured," said Christy. "I mean, I'm sure I could
make a better game than Monopoly. How hard is that? Let's try it right
now! It'll be super cool to try!"
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