about having owned this type of magazine now?
I feel ashamed.
Do you have anything you want to say to women for having owned this offensive magazine?
I'm sorry women."
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Wednesday
I'm still grounded from playing video games, so Manny has been using my system. Mom went out and bought a whole bunch of educational video games, and watching Manny play them is like torture.
[Image: A cartoon showing a boy with his younger brother watching an educational video game.] The Caption Reads: "what number comes after two and rhymes with "Tree"?
HMM...
Three! Three!"
The good news is that I finally figured out how to get some of my games past Rowley's dad. I just put one of my discs in Manny's "Discovering the Alphabet" case, and that's all it takes.
[Image: A cartoon showing two boys looking at a man working on a computer.]
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Thursday
At school today, they announced that student government elections are coming up. To be honest with you, I've never had any interest in student government. But when I started thinking about it, I realized getting elected Treasurer could TOTALLY change my situation at school.
[Image: A cartoon showing two cheerleaders complaining to the boy.] The Caption Reads: "we cheerleaders are tired of riding to games in the same bus as the nerds in the bands!
HMM... let me see what I can do..."
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And even better...
[Image: A cartoon showing two jocks complaining to the boy.] The Caption Reads: "we jocks just need an air pump to inflate our only football
YEAHH... sorry. Can't help you with the."
Nobody ever thinks about running for Treasurer, because all anyone ever cares about are the big-ticket positions like President and Vice President. So I figure if I sign up tomorrow, the Treasurer job is pretty much mine for the taking.
Friday
Today, I went and put my name on the list to run for Treasurer. Unfortunately, this kid named Marty Porter is running for Treasurer, too, and he's real brainy at math. So this might not be as easy as I thought.
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I told Dad that I was running for student government, and he seemed pretty excited. It turns out he ran for student government when he was my age, and he actually won.
Dad dug through some old boxes in the basement and found one of his campaign posters.
[Image: a campaign poster.]
I thought the poster idea was pretty good, so I asked Dad to drive me to the store to get some supplies. I loaded up on poster board and markers, and I spent the rest of the night making all my campaign stuff. So let's just hope these posters work.
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Monday
I brought my posters in to school today, and I have to say, they came out pretty good.
[Image: A cartoon showing a man carrying away the money.] The Caption Reads: "do you want Marty Porter to be tour treasurer?"
[Image: A cartoon showing a man.] The Caption Reads: "remember in second grade how Mary porter had head lice? Do you really want him touching Your money.?"
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I started hanging my posters up as soon as I got in. But they were only up for about three minutes before Vice Principal Roy spotted them.
[Image: A cartoon showing a man and a boy looking at a poster.]
Mr. Roy said you weren't allowed to write "fabrications" about the other candidates. So I told Mr. Roy that the thing about the head lice was true, and how it practically closed down the whole school when it happened.
But he took down all my posters anyway. So today, Marty Porter was going around handing out lollipops to buy himself votes while my posters were sitting at the bottom of Mr. Roy's trash can. I guess this means my political career is officially over.
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OCTOBER
Monday
Well, it's finally October, and there are only thirty days left until Halloween. Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday, even though Mom says I'm getting too old to go trick-or-treating anymore.
Halloween is Dad's favorite holiday, too, but for a different reason. On Halloween night, while all the other parents are handing out candy, Dad is hiding in the bushes