Access Denied (and other eighth grade error messages)

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009 by Denise Vega

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First eBook Edition: July 2009

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental
and not intended by the author.

ISBN: 978-0-316-05251-1

Contents

COPYRIGHT

CHAPTER 1: PARENTAL MISGUIDANCE SUGGESTED

CHAPTER 2: FRIENDS IN DEED

CHAPTER 3: FIRST DAY FINE

CHAPTER 4: HILLS AND VALLEYS

CHAPTER 5: MAKING HISTORY

CHAPTER 6: ERIN PREPARIN’

CHAPTER 7: LOST AND FOUND

CHAPTER 8: FOULING OUT

CHAPTER 9: LIFE OF THE UNPARTY

CHAPTER 10: SMOKE SIGNALS

CHAPTER 11: KISS-A-BOWL

CHAPTER 12: FALLING IN LIKE

CHAPTER 13: CLUB COOL

CHAPTER 14: COMMUNICATION CONFUSIFICATION

CHAPTER 15: THE MAKE-OUT SHUFFLE

CHAPTER 16: THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING

CHAPTER 17: IT HAPPENS

CHAPTER 18: I AM WOMAN

CHAPTER 19: MALL RATS

CHAPTER 20: BEST FRIENDLESS

CHAPTER 21: RELATION SHIPWRECKED

CHAPTER 22: WORD FROM THE WISE

CHAPTER 23: BIG DRAMA IN LITTLE ERINVILLE

CHAPTER 24: SINGLE GIRL

CHAPTER 25: HOMEWORK HELPER

CHAPTER 26: BEYOND HOT TAMALES

CHAPTER 27: MOON OVER MASSEY

CHAPTER 28: UNSECRET CRUSH

CHAPTER 29: HOLLOW-WEENIES

CHAPTER 30: DOWN IN THE DUMPS

CHAPTER 31: ON THE NOSE

CHAPTER 32: INTERPERSONAL INTRIGUE

CHAPTER 33: BLIND DATE

CHAPTER 34: BLOWN OFF COURSE

CHAPTER 35: ERIN’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE

CHAPTER 36: SLOPELESS IN DENVER

CHAPTER 37: UPSIDE DOWN

CHAPTER 38: CODE RED, CHERRY RED

CHAPTER 39: PARTY GIRL

CHAPTER 40: STRANDED

CHAPTER 41: OPERATION ERIN P. MASSEY

CHAPTER 42: DEAD GIRL WALKING

CHAPTER 44: SCHOOL DAZE

CHAPTER 45: MESSAGES

CHAPTER 46: CONNECTIONS

CHAPTER 47: UNDERCURRENTS AND OVERFLOWS

CHAPTER 48: RUDE AWAKENINGS

CHAPTER 49: LIFTING WEIGHTS

CHAPTER 50: BIRTHDAY PRESENCE

Also by Denise Vega:

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[to find out how i survived seventh grade]

To my niece, Jordan Rae Applehans, who shared not only her eighth grade experiences with me, but also her wisdom. Keep doing
great things, J!

This is the new and improved, totally secret & private home page of ERIN PENELOPE SWIFT. Thanks 2 computer camp, I added way
cool stuff like video & podcasts. I’m using more “lingo” now that I can finally IM and I know more of that stuff. I rock.

HOT—
—METER

#1 Mark Sacks
—the hair, the butt in shorts—need I say more?

Other cute guys will go here as I spot them…

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME

I am totally over the Year of Humiliating Events (YOHE), aka seventh grade, when this personal, private, noone-will-see-but-me
blog was blasted over the school Intranet (that would be Molly Brown Middle School, aka MBMS) & every1 hated me 4 awhile.

Jillian Gail Hennessey—aka Jilly—was my BFF… then wasn’t cuz of YOHE… now is again—goes out w/ Bus Boy (Jon Lanner). I call
him Bus Boy cuz he 1st noticed her on the bus last year. Now he’s at Wash Hi w/ Chris, my big bro. Jilly & I were not on the
same track at MBMS last year but they switch it around every year so maybe this year we’ll be 2gether.

Mark, Rosie, Carla & Tyler r also buds… went 2 computer camp w/ all except Carla, who isn’t really into computers the way
we r… Carla was my locker partner last year & is hanging out w/ us more… I had crush on Tyler during camp… he liked Rosie…
Rosie liked some guy from another school… we’re done w/ all that now.

I used 2 have a major crush on Mark but no1 knew until the BN (Blog Nightmare)… then he liked Jilly… then didn’t… we actually
had a lame kiss & decided friends better—he started going out w/ Kara Simmons in July.

Serena Worthington has always been mean 2 me but last year we came 2 a truce. We’re not
friend
friends but she did come 2 my bday party & we can @ least talk & joke around a little now. I deleted the SW Hate-o-Rama/Dislike-o-Rama
page cuz of that & also cuz she doesn’t need 2 be taking up space on my website (except 4 here where I explain—2 WHO???—why
her page is history).

THINGS THAT BOTHER ME

My parents seem 2 be on my case more l8ly.

I can’t seem 2 talk 2 my mom like I used 2.

THINGS THAT JUST ARE

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