6.       Rocky Thermopolis-Gianini

7.       Kenny Showalter

8.       “Crazy in Love”—Beyoncé

9.       “Bootylicious”—Destiny’s Child

10.    “Belle”—Beauty and the Beast

11.    Theme song from Friends

Answer key:

1.       You must tell (the numbers in spaces 1 and 2) people about this game.

2.       The person in space 3 is the one whom you love.

3.       The person in 7 is one you like but can’t work out.

4.       You care most about the person you put in 4.

5.       The person you name in number 5 is the one who knows you very well.

6.       The person you name in 6 is your lucky star.

7.       The song in 8 is the song that matches with the person in number 3.

8.       The title in 9 is the song for the person in 7.

9.       The song in 10 tells you most about YOUR mind.

10.    The answer in 11 is the song telling you how you feel about life.

Oh, my God!!! THIS IS SO CRAZY!!!! IT’S ALL SO TRUE!!!!!!

Like, Michael is totally the person I love! And Rocky is totally my lucky star! And Lilly is the person who knows me the best! And Fat Louie is the person (or cat) that I care about the most!

And I don’t think I’ll EVER figure out Kenny. “Bootylicious” is an appropriate song for him, because one thing I do know: I don’t think he’s ready for this jelly.

And I am DEFINITELY “Crazy in Love” with Michael! And the Friends theme song is TOTALLY my life—No one told you life was gonna be this way… Because nobody ever TOLD me I was going to be PRINCESS OF GENOVIA.

And as for the song “Belle,” Lilly can laugh all she wants, but it IS one of my favorite songs, ever. And yeah, Ms. Martinez would probably find that reprehensible…you know, a so-called writer liking a song from a Disney musical. But whatever! Belle and I have a LOT in common: We both always have our head in a book (well, mine’s a journal, but whatever) and everyone thinks we’re weird.

Except the men who love us.

Whatever. This is so much fun! We’ve ordered, like, EVERYTHING from room service. And a little while ago, Lilly practically made us all wet ourselves from laughing so hard after Shameeka told her about Perin, from French, and how we can’t tell if Perin is a boy or a girl, and Lilly said we should go into class on Monday and make a circle around Perin and chant, “Pull…down…your…pants! Pull…down…your…pants!” so we could look and see.

Could you imagine the look on Mademoiselle Klein’s face if we did that? Only, of course, I think that would be sexual harassment. And it wouldn’t be very nice to Perin, that poor girl or boy.

So, then we all jumped up and down on the bed and chanted, “Pull…down…your…pants! Pull…down…your…pants!” at the top of our lungs until I thought I actually might WET my pants from laughing so hard.

Next, we’re going to have a karaoke contest. Because I told everyone about how if we are ever traveling cross-country and we have to sing for gas money and all, like Britney Spears in Crossroads, we’ll need a good act. So we’re gonna get on that right away.

Oh, and Michael called a minute ago, but I couldn’t hear what he was saying, on account of how Tina was screaming because we found a love note Boris left in her backpack and Ling Su was reading it out loud. Even Lilly was laughing.

This is the BEST NIGHT EVER. Except, of course, for the night of the Nondenominational Winter Dance.

And the night Michael and I watched Star Wars together and he told me he was IN love with me, not just loved me.

And the prom.

Except for those.

Note to self: Remember to tell Mom to keep Rocky away from Papaw’s chewing tobacco! Nicotine is toxic to babies if ingested! I saw it on Law and Order!

LILLY, SHAMEEKA, TINA, LING SU, AND MIA’S LIST OF TOTALLY HOT GUYS

1.       Orlando Bloom, in anything, with or...

2.       Boris Pelkowski (This is so...

3.       The cute guy from the most recent...

4.       Seth from The OC.

5.       Harry Potter. Because even though he plays a boy wizard, he’s getting kind of hot.

6.       Jesse Bradford from Swimfan.

7.       Chad Michael Murray from A Cinderella Story and One Tree Hill. Ooooh la la.

8.       Samantha’s hot boyfriend on Sex and the City, particularly when he shaved his head for her (Shameeka had to abstain from voting on this one since her dad won’t let her watch this show.)

9.       Trent Ford from How to Deal.

10.    Ramon Riveras.

11.    Hellboy (Even if Mia is the only one who thinks Hellboy is hot on account of her obsession with two-dimensional heroes.)

Saturday, September 12, the Great Lawn, Central Park

I’m so tired. WHY did I invite everybody over last night? And WHY did we stay up singing karaoke until 3 A.M.???