Welcome to the Things I Can't Explain Book Club, this post I'm looking at chapters 15 & 16. You can read my buddy Brandon's thoughts on the chapters here. You and read about the other chapters by looking at this blogs past posts.
Chapter 15: Clarissa ducks into a coffee shop to avoid her ex-boyfriend Norm. This is also the coffee shop where she and Sam met up in the city after not seeing each other for almost a year. In a flash back we learn that there was lots of sexual tension between the two, but Clarissa had a finite amount of time before she had to go back to work which cut their meeting abruptly short. The chapter finishes with Norm trying to get back together with Clarissa and he's not taking no for an answer even though Clarissa couldn't be more clear that she has no interest in reconciling.
Thoughts: We learned a lot about Clarissa's last year of high school. She even graduated early to avoid having to go to school and went right into the workforce with her internship that lead to a paying gig at the New York Post. We learn about Genelle Waterman who Clarissa has a beef with is setting up a one year reunion that Clarissa isn't interest in going too, but Sam is. Clarissa even make reference that at that reunion things between her and Sam changed, but Norm cuts the flashback off and we don't find out what happened.
I can relate to Clarissa, I wasn't a big fan of High School and just wanted to get out of there. I had friends, but much like work friends, once you don't see each other every day you find out that you were more colleagues or associates than friends.
Chapter 16: Clarissa has her big pitch meeting at Nuzegeek with MT and Dartmoor, who is waiting for her at the doors of MT's office. During the pitch meeting it appears as though MT, who owns the webzine, is rooting for her whereas Dartmoor is looking for any reason he can use to dismiss her. She brings up her DIY vantage point approach, MT likes it and Dartmoor doesn't. Her two big ideas include people making hotel units out of old cargo containers and people re-using Mason Jars for other purposes than canning. MT likes both, but Dartmoor argues why they won't work.
Suddenly Norm appears and proposes to Clarissa, who refuses his marriage request. During Norm's counter argument he mentions that he signed a deal with Amazon to distribute his custom skateboards. This leads Clarissa to use Norm as a pitch idea of his successful DIY skateboard company, MT loves it and hires Clarissa.
Thoughts: Lots of craziness in this chapter Clarissa getting her pitches shot down, Norm then inadvertently saving the day for her. It also appeared as thought MT had some feelings for Norm, or at least was lusting after him a bit. The chapter ended with her getting text from Genelle, who just don't know what it says. Honestly I do want to know what happened between her and Sam.
Until Next Time!
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