| 1/15/07—Hey, everybody! This is Cal Jordan,
filling in for Alex. You want to know why Alex isn't
writing his own blog today? He's GROUNDED. That's
right, “Mr. Every-Parent's-Dream-Child” can't use his
computer for a week. He asked me to fill in. Now if I only
knew why he was grounded.
1/16/07—I used my expert detective skills to find out why Alex was grounded. . . . I asked him. He told me he got a bad grade on a book report. “What? A B+?” I asked. “No.” “B-?” “Lower.” “C?!” “Keep going.” I was hyperventilating. I've been Alex's cousin for as long as I can remember, and he's never written a paper that didn't have a huge smiley face at the top with the words, “This paper has inspired me to be a better human being.” Evidently, Alex forgot the report was due and tried to write the whole thing five minutes before class started.
1/17/07—I just read Alex's book report. It's hilarious! First of all, it's written on the back of a receipt from Holstein's Books. Second, the words sound a lot like the words on the book's back cover. He even included a quote from somebody from Time magazine. Ladies and gentlemen, Alex Jefferson is human!
1/22/07—Alex here. I'm back. I just read what Cal wrote, and CAL'S WORDS ARE COMPLETELY FALSE. I HAVE BEEN GROSSLY MISREPRESENTED! Well, not everything was false. The grounding is true. And the F. And the part about the book report. But the receipt was not from Holstein's Books; it was from Finneman's Market.
The truth is, I blew it. I was wrong to try to turn in a book report when I had only read the back cover. My New Year's resolution is to be more organized and do my best. Anything to keep Cal off my blog. —A.J. out!
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