Written by Tad in almost daily blog entries for one year...
JANUARY -- Hello, world! Lakeville, Natalie Portman, sister Sophie, oboe recital, best friend Chuck, Photoshop, Man Spider, pasketti, Sue Doku, shaving, diagramming sentences, the chef in Lady and the Tramp, dumb Doug Spivak, fish oil, egg-baby, Jabba the Hutt, fast-food mascots, Twilight: New Moon, learning lines for a play, Hansel and Gretel, French exchange student, Pop Goes the Weasel
FEBRUARY -- Hannah Montana, Groundhog Day, 101 Dalmations, werewolves, trying to ask Katie to the Valentine's Day dance, Katie said yes, dance preparation, hives from cologne, stayed home from the dance, Valentine's cand hearts, "Employees Must Was Hands", first mustache, automatic maturity, British accent, shaving practice, Jeopardy!, monkeys versus apes, Leap Day
MARCH -- snooze button, chameleon blinder, nervous Chuck, GamePort XL, GigaPet 9000, thirteenth birthday, broken GamePort, product animal mascots, gruntled, the state of Canada, St. Patrick's Day, Monopoly, science fair volcanoes, Green Eggs and Ham, Great-Aunt Sophie's funeral
APRIL -- fake profile on Facebook, henway, skateboard kickflip, Easter Bunny, high-speed digital camera for kickflip picture, "Marshmallow Peeps", chocolate eggs, broken camera, borrowing money for camera repairs, Mario Brothers, Chinese Scrabble, Donner Party, statewide standardized tests, passing notes, Ms. Bolton's Band-Aid, X-Men, Deal or No Deal, Legend of Zelda, thought the math test went well, pledge of darkness, Forwichistan, tested in the "dull-normal range"
MAY -- The House at Pooh Corner, secret admirer, yearbook process of elimination, Harry Potter book, talking to girls, Hot Pocket, accidental secret admirer, painting assignment, dividing line, grocery shopping cart rides, Mother's Day, found dog, heavenly harp music, brand-new school bus, fixing the purebred, Jurassic Park
JUNE -- almost summer vacation, graduation song, mouthing the words, sitting on a couch all day playing video games, Shawshank Redemption, summer job search, paperboy, Father's Day, earplugs, Secretary of the Treasury, Cinnabon, hot-dog costume wearer, sister at camp, dehydration, chores
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JULY -- Night at the Museum, July 4th, lawn mower for hire, cacti, too sore to move, lawn nonmower, mom's birthday, strawberry in the Neapolitan ice cream, tattoo talk, paying sister back, annoying the dentist, playing Hangman, The Wizard of Oz, "Doctor", flying chickens, dinner cereal, Guitar Villain, Dog the Bounty Hunter
AUGUST -- goldfish seven second memory span, sister's sleepover, indoor tent, Battlestar Galactica, summer reading, Animal Farm, The Great Gatsby, Bed Bath & Beyond, 24, Florida vacation to see Grandma, road trip, vibrating beds, rain and outlet malls, Grandma's boyfriend down the hall, the beach, sunburn, counting cows on the road home, skin peeling, cigarette-smoking neighbor, unicorns, sister's birthday, Red Lobster, Bruce Banner calming down, obstacle course for sister's hamster, losing the hamster and buying a replacement, dead hamster found in cereal box
SEPTEMBER -- back-to-school clothes shopping, Labor Day, first day of eight grade, locker combination, new cute girl, she knows her X-Men, sweater-vest, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, bio class bacteria, "Sword of the Valkyries" late night game addiction, missing school and sister knows why, bossed around by her to keep her from telling parents, director's commentary on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, water fountain gum
OCTOBER -- Children's Zoo, pork chops, sister's annoying vegetarianism, bacon, Build-a-Bear Workshop, girls make a graded cute boy list without Tad on it, becoming memorable, Joker simmilar to Riddler, bio class mouse dissection, Halloween costume party, sister's costumes, "Trick or treat!", half of the team in Men in Black doesn't work, Avatar blues
NOVEMBER -- "Smurf", Chuck E. Cheese rat mascot, the end of Daylight Savings Time, Greek myths, learning chess, the Star Trek: The Next Generation robot got old, bad luck with school pictures, Supercuts buzz cut, unibrow, Sharpie eyebrows, photographer leaves lens cap on on purpose, "two scoops of raisins", rabid raccoons and Pocahontas, second-to-last airbender, seals jealous of the sea lions, Thanksgiving, boring real football, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Minute Maid orange juice, ice fishing
DECEMBER -- James Bond marathon, unlucky thirteen colonies, fake and real movies, tater tot, It's a Wonderful Life, Anaheim Angels, reindeer games, "The Gift of the Magi", Victoria's Secret Santa, Godiva chocolate, Scrooge's Christmas Future, pajamas, Legos, Boxing Day, smelly snowman, thank-you note, ice-skating plans
"A portion of the text from this book was originally published in MAD Magazine."
