Our home room class got a new class mascot! It's a cat, and we named him Harley. Well, a couple of kids wanted to name him Li'l Shekky "Railroad Tracks" Thompson, but Mrs. Vargas stepped in.

My mom says I should hang out with the new kid at school. His name's Avery Jones, if you can believe it. His mom packs him these weird organic lunches and when he gets close to peanuts, he swells up like a balloon. It's kind of a cool trick. I dunno. He's kind of a Poindexter, but I'm trying. I even traded him my pound cake at lunch yesterday for one of his gluten-free vegetable protein smoothies. I should get a medal.