The 95%, or Where the Rest of Us Went to College
Well, it’s that time again: High school seniors have found out where they’re going to college next year, and are either celebrating, or filled with despair (or maybe somewhere in between). I certainly hope you (or your loved ones) fall into the celebration category. But if you don’t, you aren’t alone. Thanks to the easier […]
Q and A with Meg Cabot
Hi, everybody! I’m home from my events in New York! They were tons of fun. Such great turn outs! Thanks to everyone who attended, and don’t forget there’ll be even MORE events the week after next in California, Illinois, and Massachusetts (check out the exact dates and times here). After my New York signings I […]
How to Foster a Hatred For Reading
There was a big article in the NY Times today about kids picking the books they want to read in school, versus assigning them reading from required reading lists.
Commencement Speech
It’s commencement season. I got asked to make a few commencement speeches this year, but I couldn’t, due to scheduling conflicts. I thought a lot about what I would have said if I could have made them though, and the following is one of the drafts I came up: I often talk about how one […]
What’s Your Major?
I know this is supposed to be a journal about my most private thoughts but it’s not really, because if it were no one would speak to me ever again, especially vis-à-vis my views re: baby showers, which match this girl’s completely–minus the sports part (I can’t even get my cell phone to show me […]
It’s Always Funny Till There Are No More Librarians
Wow, you guys are awesome detectives, you completely solved the mystery I mentioned in my last blog! The answers (more or less—some of these may not be completely right, if not, I apologize), for those who are interested, are posted at the end of this entry. Again, you guys went above and beyond and I […]
Constance Holland, A Great Teacher
Let’s take a break from talking about Paris—and the awesome Sopranos finale–to discuss something—or actually, someone– important, shall we? And that’s teachers. Specifically, one teacher. I feel profoundly lucky to have had a lot of great teachers (and just a few sucky ones), but Mrs. Holland (Connie to her friends…of which I was not one, […]
Comfort Reads
Big news: Pants on Fire will be Number 6 on the New York Times Children’s Chapter Bestseller List! So thanks, everybody!! Who saw The Office last night? Was Pam amazing or WHAT???? How much do you want to bet Karen is going to get the job? And how awesome was Gilmore Girls (which I’ve started […]
“Never tell me the odds.”
That’s what Han Solo tells the protocol droid C3PO in The Empire Strikes Back*. I first saw that movie as a thirteen year old, but it wasn’t until years later that I realized how true Han’s words were. Because when someone tells you the odds of successfully completing a task about which you’re about to […]
So Many Crushes, So Little Time
Oh, great. So according to the Sunday New York Times, the children of Warren E. Buffett, the celebrated investor and my current crush, are already at work trying to figure out how to manage a gift from their father valued at about $1 billion each that will go to their own charitable foundations. OK, so […]
MY NEW BOYFRIEND
Check it out you guys! Here's a pic of my new crush! Photo by Stuart Ramson, AP That's him, on the far right. Warren! WARREN BUFFETT!!! OMG I love him so much. Why? Because he's giving $37 billion dollars to The Gates Foundation. I know you've heard of this foundation, but just in case you […]
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE!
REAL WORLD KEY WEST, and oh yeah, SAVING WOMEN'S LIVES (not necessarily in that order): So if you haven't done so already, go out and get the April issue of MARIE CLAIRE magazine, the one with Drew Barrymore on the cover. It looks like this: Go buy it now! Don't worry, I'll wait for you […]