like Jeffâs. Hisfriends used to call him Dumbo. (Note to parents, if I ever let them read this: I have
perfect
ears for an earring.)
7. I
love
clothes! Right now, Iâm into oversize, long-sleeved shirts (oxford button-downs, mostly), which I wear over colored T-shirts. In warmer weather, I like wearing these big, baggy Hawaiian shirts (also over colored T-shirts). Iâm into cargo pants or baggy jeans or shorts, worn with oversize belts. Or sometimes I wear these totally retro dress pants I find at the thrift shop on Main Street. What can I say? I have a
fabulous
and totally original sense of style.
Now that I think of it, Colin has never said he likes the way I dress. Heâs also never said anything about liking my streaked hair or the way I paint the pinky fingernail on my right hand. (Actually, Aunt Pam paints it for me. She does all these amazing tiny pictures. Like, right now, I have a sun/moon face.)
Oh. My. God. Maybe Colin hates my clothes and my hair and my fingernail. Maybe he wishesI wore the kind of boring shirts he wears, with their Easter colors and little polo guys on them. Colin is pretty Ralph Lauren, when you come right down to it. So is his whole family. Iâm sorry, I would rather eat raw tofurky than wear cotton pullovers with little thingies on themâpolo guys, sailboats, whatever that Tommy Hilfiger logo is supposed to be. I am
so
not into logos.
What if Colin and I are incompatible?!?!?!?What if I get an earring and he goes, âEwwwâ?
This is
so
Romeo and Juliet! True love torn apart by tragic differences!
8. I just reread what I wrote, and I thought, I
sound so shallow!
Thatâs what Addie would say, anyway. Sheâs all about thinking about things, and Iâm all about how things look. Well, excuse me, but itâs not like I never think. And one thing I
think
is that appearances matter. It tells the rest of the world who you are. And who I am is Totally, Awesomely Stylinâ, Thank You Very Much.
9. So, okay, some other things about me:
a. I love cats, but my momâs allergic, so we canât have any. When I need my felinefix, I go next door and hang with Addieâs cats, Kennedy and Johnson.
b. English is my favorite subject!!!!!!!!
c. I hate Phys Ed. (Duh.)
d. I love brownies and ice cream. (Especially peppermint stick ice cream. The Candy Kitchen makes this only at Christmas, which is totally unfair.)
e. Christmas is my second-favorite holiday. My family gets into it big time. (Even if my mother is one-quarter Jewish.) (Which I guess makes me one-eighth Jewish.) (Who says I canât do fractions?)
f. I like movies, music, and magazines.
g. I also like books, but I wish there were more books about boys like me. I mean, most of the books âfor boysâ are about guy-guys. The characters are always trapped in the wilderness, where they become friends with a wolf, or their biggest worry in life is how theyâre going to score the winning point for the team. Yawn.
h. I love to daydream, especially about the future.
J is for Joe: The Later Years
So, what is my future? Well, Iâll probably live in a big cityâNew York or Paris or Hollywood. I mean, I so donât see myself in Paintbrush Falls for the rest of my life! And Iâll probably be famous. I donât know at what, but Iâve got time to figure that out. I was thinking about being an actor or a singer, but Iâd
hate
having to deal with the paparazzi all the time! And the
fans!
Always bugging you for your autograph. And some of them are totally crazy and live in the bushes outside your house, and then you have to have bodyguards. (Having bodyguards might be fun, but I donât want people living in my bushes. That is
so
creepy!)
With my natural style sense and all, maybe Iâll be a fashion designer. If I am, I will
not
use logos!!!!!!
The only other thing I think about the future is that I definitely want to get married and have kids. What I
perfect
ears for an earring.)
7. I
love
clothes! Right now, Iâm into oversize, long-sleeved shirts (oxford button-downs, mostly), which I wear over colored T-shirts. In warmer weather, I like wearing these big, baggy Hawaiian shirts (also over colored T-shirts). Iâm into cargo pants or baggy jeans or shorts, worn with oversize belts. Or sometimes I wear these totally retro dress pants I find at the thrift shop on Main Street. What can I say? I have a
fabulous
and totally original sense of style.
Now that I think of it, Colin has never said he likes the way I dress. Heâs also never said anything about liking my streaked hair or the way I paint the pinky fingernail on my right hand. (Actually, Aunt Pam paints it for me. She does all these amazing tiny pictures. Like, right now, I have a sun/moon face.)
Oh. My. God. Maybe Colin hates my clothes and my hair and my fingernail. Maybe he wishesI wore the kind of boring shirts he wears, with their Easter colors and little polo guys on them. Colin is pretty Ralph Lauren, when you come right down to it. So is his whole family. Iâm sorry, I would rather eat raw tofurky than wear cotton pullovers with little thingies on themâpolo guys, sailboats, whatever that Tommy Hilfiger logo is supposed to be. I am
so
not into logos.
What if Colin and I are incompatible?!?!?!?What if I get an earring and he goes, âEwwwâ?
This is
so
Romeo and Juliet! True love torn apart by tragic differences!
8. I just reread what I wrote, and I thought, I
sound so shallow!
Thatâs what Addie would say, anyway. Sheâs all about thinking about things, and Iâm all about how things look. Well, excuse me, but itâs not like I never think. And one thing I
think
is that appearances matter. It tells the rest of the world who you are. And who I am is Totally, Awesomely Stylinâ, Thank You Very Much.
9. So, okay, some other things about me:
a. I love cats, but my momâs allergic, so we canât have any. When I need my felinefix, I go next door and hang with Addieâs cats, Kennedy and Johnson.
b. English is my favorite subject!!!!!!!!
c. I hate Phys Ed. (Duh.)
d. I love brownies and ice cream. (Especially peppermint stick ice cream. The Candy Kitchen makes this only at Christmas, which is totally unfair.)
e. Christmas is my second-favorite holiday. My family gets into it big time. (Even if my mother is one-quarter Jewish.) (Which I guess makes me one-eighth Jewish.) (Who says I canât do fractions?)
f. I like movies, music, and magazines.
g. I also like books, but I wish there were more books about boys like me. I mean, most of the books âfor boysâ are about guy-guys. The characters are always trapped in the wilderness, where they become friends with a wolf, or their biggest worry in life is how theyâre going to score the winning point for the team. Yawn.
h. I love to daydream, especially about the future.
J is for Joe: The Later Years
So, what is my future? Well, Iâll probably live in a big cityâNew York or Paris or Hollywood. I mean, I so donât see myself in Paintbrush Falls for the rest of my life! And Iâll probably be famous. I donât know at what, but Iâve got time to figure that out. I was thinking about being an actor or a singer, but Iâd
hate
having to deal with the paparazzi all the time! And the
fans!
Always bugging you for your autograph. And some of them are totally crazy and live in the bushes outside your house, and then you have to have bodyguards. (Having bodyguards might be fun, but I donât want people living in my bushes. That is
so
creepy!)
With my natural style sense and all, maybe Iâll be a fashion designer. If I am, I will
not
use logos!!!!!!
The only other thing I think about the future is that I definitely want to get married and have kids. What I
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