So Much Marcus Flutie I Can't Stand It

This Friday around 200 young adult authors our holding an auction on ebay. All the proceeds are going to help those devastated by the effects of Hurricane Sandy. But that's not what is important. At least not for this blog post anyway.

The important thing is that Megan McCafferty, the author of the Jessica Darling series (the best books to ever have been written), is auctioning off a copy of Sloppy Firsts, the first book in the series. Why is this so important you ask? Especially since I obviously already have a copy of this book. The author has made notes, and marked, this copy of the book up herself. There are valuable notes and backstory that I just have to have.

There is more to know about the fictional boy that I am in love with. There has never been a fictional character that I have been completely in love with before, at least until Marcus Flutie. I have been in love with Marcus for over a decade now, and I need to have this book. I have to know everything there is to know about Marcus. I think I may just die if I don't know it all. Ok that may be a bit dramatic, but you get the point.

I'll let you know if I win the book. But there is nothing I won't do to win this book.

TNT,
Words by Ali


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Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving holiday is once again rapidly approaching. Thanksgiving is usually spent with my family: my parents, brother, and grandmother. But this year everything is different, and I don't know how I feel about it.

My Mom and step-dad moved back down to Arizona this Spring, and my brother and I our still here. So, this year I won't be having Thanksgiving with my family. The thing is that my Mom is still celebrating at her house. Of course this year it's going to be a huge gathering that we haven't had this big since we left Arizona in the first place. Everyone is going to be there, and I'm not really exaggerating either. Between 12-18 people are going to be cramming themselves into my Mom's house to spend the Thanksgiving holiday.

Well everyone but me that is. It's not that I don't have any where to go on Thanksgiving, because I do. This year I will be spending Thanksgiving with my friends. But I'm still not sure how it really makes me feel when I think about the fact that basically my entire family will be spending Thanksgiving together and I will be stuck here in Utah. Excluded from the rest of the family. It's kind of depressing if you think about it.

What a way to start the holiday's. I'm sure when it gets to be Thanksgiving I'll have an amazing time with my friends. But I guess right here, and right now, thinking about it it makes me slightly sad.

TNT,
Words by Ali


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Love & Hate

I love writing. And for anyone who knows me they know that this is not just true, but something that I want to spend my life doing. Writing isn't just something that I do, but is a real part of who I am. As I said earlier, if you know me than you know that I'm not exaggerating in the slightest.

So, if I love writing so much than how is it that I hate writing essays with a true passion. What is it about essays that are the epitome of evil? They are boring, tedious, and I always feel like my time could better be spent doing something else. Essay writing is still writing, isn't it? So why than do I feel like the end of the world is coming when I'm writing one? (Ok this time I am exaggerating, but you know what I mean).

What is it? Why is it? I honestly don't know, and probably will never figure it out. I have already written one essay for this week, and I still have two more to go. That is my life.

TNT,
Words by Ali


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