It must be real exciting to get to fight ogres and monsters all the time! I've only ever seen one ogre -- Mr. Henderson, my Geography teacher. He's got a big pot belly and snaggly teeth and hair growing out of his ears and he's real grumpy all the time, so I'm pretty sure he's an ogre. He made me stay after class and brush the blackboard because I couldn't remember the name of some dumb river. If you're ever in town, I'll find out where he lives so you can hit him with your sword. That'll teach him! Ha ha ha, see what I did there?

There's a new afterschool club for arranging BRICKO sculptures. I think I might join it. I mean, I'm not really into that stuff, but Fiorella Gutierrez is a member, and I figure maybe if I get there early I could sit next to her.

I just got a new pet boa constrictor! I named it Boots. Mom says I can keep him if I look after him and muck out him every day. She said if I get sick of him, she knows a really nice farm where he can go and live, so there's really no pressure.