Fond of The Great Avocado Challenge

I just encountered a very exciting moment, and in that moment, I completed the World's Longest Book, East of Eden. It was a beautifully profound and inspiring book, with approximately 700 main characters and an equal amount of developed story lines. Kudos, John Steinbeck. I'm bummed that there's no new Glee tonight. I feel empty without my weekly dose of Finn, Puck, and Sue Sylvester. It's kind of like my mid-week stress remedy. Now I'm just sick and Glee-less but not too bad. My mom FINALLY picked The Wild Things up from Village Books today and I can't wait to start reading it! Especially after my religion teacher, Mr. Crehan's inspiring speech about how we will one day become Queen/King of the Wild Things in our own respect. I sure hope he's right, because he really gave me something to grasp and look forward to. My eye just caught a picture my friend Pilar drew of an avocado necklace, so I think I'll explain the story. One weekend over summer she was going to an avocado orchard with a friend, and since they're my favorite thing in the world, I asked her to get me a souvenir. Obviously, my first instinct was to ask for actual avocados, because what's better than the original? However, they were out of season, so assuming an avocado orchard equates to the commercial status of Disneyland, I asked her to buy me an avocado necklace. Unfortunately, as far as this orchard went, there was no such thing. I do actually have a Jason Mraz avocado pin on my school blazer though, which is almost as cool. I can't get over the fact that I'm still avocado necklace-less, even if Pilar did draw me an uncanny representation of what it should look like. She also drew me a shark, Totoro, jellyfish, and us holding hands on the same paper and it's kind of the best artwork I've ever received. You can top her though if you produce a real life avocado necklace. That's an official challenge. I shall call it "The Great Avocado Challenge."

On your marks, get set, AVOCADO! -Lauren