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might realize he likes you better than Dylan.
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Logged in at 1:32 PM, EST
    kweenclaudia: plus there’s always meatloaf. that kid’s really growing on me.
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Logged in at 1:35 PM, EST
    PiaBallerina: Plus you won the iPod!
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1:55 PM, EST
    Pia, you’re right. I did win the iPod, which is something. And it’s nice of you to try and give me hope as far as CJ’s concerned. And Claudia, it’s nice of you to find the good in someone as annoying and overly large as Meatloaf—maybe when you come to visit, the two of you can get to know each other better.
    But the way I see it, there really is no hope for CJ and me. He’s obviously made his choice, and there’s no way I can compete with her.
    And since I can’t really imagine sharing my life with anyone else, since there’s no one else I can see myself growing old with, no one else I can see trusting to illustrate my cartoon strip, “Raisin’s Life,” or helping me to design my own fashion line or look after my deranged, boy-obsessed baby sister after she’s run my mother ragged, I’ve come to a very important decision, which I will share with you now.
    I, RAISIN RAMONA RASPUTIN RODRIGUEZ, DO SOLEMNLY TAKE AN OATH TO SWEAR OFF BOYS.
    There. It’s done. I took an oath and there’s no turn- ing back.
    So please, don’t try and talk me out of it.
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2:04 PM, EST
    Knowing me and all the crazy shenanigans I’m capable of pulling, you probably think I’m writing again because I’ve found a way to go back on my word. But I haven’t.
    So again, please don’t try and talk me out of it.
    3:17 PM, EST
    Like I said, it’s really what’s best for me. So I beg you, please don’t talk me out of it.
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4:25 PM, EST
    Just testing you.
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5:34 PM, EST
    Okay, you guys are really with me on this. I appreciate that. Thanks for your respect.
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6:46 PM, EST
    Is this some kind of joke? I mean, what’s with all the respect? You two have really changed.
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9:55 PM, EST
    Fine. I get it. You guys think I’m meant to be alone. That no boy over the age of nine could ever love me.
    Good. Have it your way. I hereby renew my vow:
    I, RAISIN RAMONA RASPUTIN RODRIGUEZ, DO SOLEMNLY TAKE AN OATH TO SWEAR OFF BOYS. AND THIS TIME I MEAN IT.
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10:02 PM, EST
    Where are you guys?
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    Logged in at 10:22 PM, EST
    PiaBallerina: Hey, Rae! Don’t worry! I’m here! Just got back from the Harvest Festival at school. I know how you feel about wanting to swear off boys. Sometimes I also wish they didn’t exist. Then I wouldn’t want one so badly. Today Claudia brought Clint to the festival and they spent the whole afternoon alone under the bleachers. (I mean not that I’m not happy for you, Claud. Because I am.) And it was hard to keep from wishing that I had someone to hang out with too.
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Logged in at 10:31 PM, EST kweenclaudia: but if you’re swearing off boys, then how will you end up with one as your boyfriend?

Monday, November 29
    7:03 AM, EST
    Kitties,
    Claudia, you’re right. Swearing off boys is not the answer. Especially since today of all days, my hair looks better than it’s looked in months. The weird burnt part has grown in and the frizz has been replaced with a glossy sheen.
    It must be the weather. In Berkeley it’s always humid, which brings on the frizz. Here, in the winter at least, it’s mostly dry and cold. Which brings out the best in my hair. So even though my love life is a mess and my career as a famous celebrity is washed up and I miss you guys desperately, I know now that I could never leave Philadelphia.
    PS—Something is going on with my mom and Horse Ass and Samantha. There’s been lots of whispering and door slamming and Sam didn’t touch her breakfast.
    Hopefully it’s something juicy. A real-life drama to take my mind off my own problems.
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12:22 PM, EST
    During algebra, CJ passed me a