Left Behind Chapters 15 and 16

CHAPTER 15
Weird word/phrase- "What a guy!"

Hattie calls Buck and leaves a very nice message hoping he's okay and wants to get together for a drink or something. Predictably, Buck doesn't give a shit. Poor Hattie. Such a butt monkey. HOWEVER, getting together for a drink wouldn't be my first impulse if a third of the world had disappeared.

Every time Steve is mentioned, I laugh. My dad's name is John, and one time me, dad, and my friend Maria were watching TV and Mar wanted to ask my dad something but for some reason couldn't remember his name. I've known her for about ten years at this point, so it was weird. She knew it was something generic, and it was either John or Steve. She chose wrong. Now we call him Steve.

Rayford's such an ass to Hattie. She's done nothing to show that I SHOULD like her, but I think she's pretty much my second favourite character (after Chloe) just because everyone seems to hate her and I hate everyone else.

Hattie is mentioning that her sister works in an abortion clinic (and she gets Left Behind, natch) and she's unhappy because all the unborn kids are gone so she's out of work until people get pregnant again.
Rayford had to admit that he had never found Hattie guilty of brilliance.
Is that necessary, Rayford? That's so mean to say about someone you were ALL OVER just like three days ago.

"Shouldn't they be glad if such problems disappear and even happier - except for the small complication that the human race will eventually cease to exist - if pregnancies never happen again?" The irony was lost on her.
What irony, Rayford? There's no irony there.

Hattie is kind of insensitive here though. She wants people to get unwanted pregnancies so her sister can work. Kind of like how doctors need sick people so they have something to do. Need I remind her that over a billion people just disappeared? Yeah, they just disappeared into thin air. Worrying about jobs is not really a priority right now.

Lmao. I like this part. Buck needs to watch Carpathia on Nightline so Steve calls Marge. Marge says that her husband watches M*A*S*H at that time, but he can be talked into taping it. M*A*S*H. It's serious business, people.

Carpathia is the newest Sexiest Man Alive. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and the Antichrist, ladies and gentlemen. Also, let's talk about this for a second. People still released its Sexiest Man Alive issue, even in the wake of a global tragedy. If I know People (and I think I do) they would be releasing a special Disappearance Issue, or whatever. I can't recall its 9/11 coverage at the moment, but I'm pretty sure that news displaced all others on its priorities list. Pretty sure when Princess Diana died, she displaced all others on its priorities list. You would think that over a billion people disappearing would be more important than the people's need to see who is the sexiest man alive. Oh, OH. Not ONLY are they talking about sexy men when they could be covering OTHER, EARTH-SHATTERING THINGS, but they DETHRONED the previous sexiest man alive so that Carpathia could take that spot! This would not happen in the wake of global tragedy, AND they definitely wouldn't do it for an obscure Romanian politician.

Buck was amazed at Carpathia's thought processes and command of language.
Look, he hasn't done anything amazing yet. I've heard better interviews with Miley Cyrus.

Carpathia has a REVOLUTIONARY plan for the UN. He wants ten permanent members of the Security Council, and I THINK he wants them to be unanimous on any decision. Or something.

LOL. Rayford and Chloe are watching the interview and Rayford's all "he's so awesome!" and Chloe's like, "well, what if he's the deceiver they talked about in the tape? The one from Europe?" Valid question, Chloe. Rayford's answer is, "I think the deceiver would be a little more obvious." REALLY, RAYFORD? HE'S A DECEIVER. THE POINT OF BEING A DECEIVER IS TO DECEIVE. YOU KNOW, BY NOT BEING OBVIOUS?

Hattie calls and freaks out about how hot Carpathia is and she plans to fly to New York just to get Buck to introduce her to Carpathia.

Rayford doesn't want Hattie on his flight to New York and tells her that everyone has to slide to accommodate Hattie when she makes a special request. Bullshit. This is just like working in a restaurant - you can request days off, and it's not a big deal to schedule in other people.

Also, Rayford wants Hattie over to proselytize to her, of course.

CHAPTER 16

Wtf? Buck goes to a colleague, "you owe me that." How does he owe Buck ANYTHING? Just because Buck is the BESTEST REPORTER IN THE WHOLE WORLD?

Ooh, HOT MAN ON MAN ACTION. Actually, Buck's getting all badass (not really) and pushed this colleague into the wall.

So Buck goes to see Carpathia, nothing happens, and Rayford has an angst fest.