Infamous

Infamous by Cecily von Ziegesar

In the middle of this book Brett decides to invite Sebastion over to try and help show Bretts boyfriend and his family her families true colors. In the meantime back at Yvonnes apartment, Tinsley gets advice from Jenny to go for Julian and try to win him back. But all her chances Sleigh is there to constantly try and top her. Jenny trys to stay calm and not get attached to Casey no matter how badly she wants to. She ends up saying something stupid and later that day Casey was gone with not even a goodybe. The morning after Yvonnes big party, Tinsley continues to go after Julian and they end up going sledding but unfortunatly for Tinsley, Sleigh joins them. Meanwhile, Callie decides to spend the day with a guy she met the night before, no feelings attached, and go around the city. When they return she realizes she lost the ring that Easy had given her in the envelope with the letter and slowly starts to freak out. It gets worse when she realizes she's late to meet him.

American Music Awards

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By Mike Fleeman

Tonight at the American Music Awards Chris Brown won the award for rap/hip-hop artist of the year but couldn't even believe that out of all of the artists nomminated he would be the one to win. Chris Brown said, "I don't know what to say. I would have given it to Coldplay". Another big artist to win was Kanye West. After his big fiasco last year about not losing no one expected him saying, "I want to give this award to Wayne," but is still dwelling on the past adding in, "If it was last year it would have been my award." Kanye later on performed at the end of the award show. Many others won including Taylor Swift, for female country artist, The Jonas Brothers, for breakout artist of the year, Rihanna winning two awards for pop/rock female artist and female soul R&B artist, and many others. The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, and more, making this years American Music Awards a great one.

It Girl: Infamous

Infamous by Cecily von Ziegesar.

In the beginning of this book it is the beginning of Thanksgiving break. Jenny, Tinsley, Callie and the whole gang are all heading home to spend time with their families. While on the train to the airport plans change and they decide to all spend the break at Jennys place. Once they get to there they are in for a suprise when Jenny sees that her dad had a whole group of interesting people and decide that Yvonnes party sounds better than staying. When they reach Yvonnes penthouse apartment old flames rekindle and new flames are ignighted. But you are left wondering what drama will unfold when Tinsley sees Sleigh, her evil roomate from freshmen year, buddy-buddy with her true love Julian. Callie is anxiously waiting to meet Easy again, thanks to his letter she found. While Jenny is trying to not get attached to anyone and just have fun, but when she meets Casey it makes things harder. At the same time Brett is back home having to deal with her family acting abnormal due to her sister, Bree, boyfriend and family staying with them.

Taylor Swift's Fascination With Fairy Tales Comes Through on New Album

I read an article on CMT.com about Taylor Swifts new album. Her new album, Fearless, released November 11, 2008. Taylor talks about how fascinating fairy tales are since they are so different from reality. That you tell yourself that one day your 'prince' will come sweep you off your feet but instead you have to deal with being cheated on, and break-ups. On Taylor's new album her songs talk about hardships in relationships, but also about her best friend, and her mom. On her new album you can find a couple main themes. "Yeah, I'm fascinated by the theme of love and kissing and breaking up and fairy tales and boys. That's what I love to write songs about." Taylor recently had a break-up with Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers and just in time for her album she wrote a song about it, and did a last minute recording session to get it on the CD. In this article she talks about how much of a hopeless romantic she is and how it shows in some of her songs. " I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect."

U of M sets world record for flu shots!

I read an article on Kare 11.com by Renee Tessman. Today on the U of M campus a world record was set for the most flu shots given in a single location. They only needed to get over 3,300 but the goal was 10,000. By noon they had given 4,400 and had beaten the world record but that didn't stop them. Thousands of students showed up at the event from hearing about it in many different ways. Some by a facebook event, some by flyers, and even YouTube. Although they did break the record they did much more. This also helped make the U of M campus at much less risk of an outbreak. The U of M had reached it's goal of giving 10,000 flu shots by 4:00pm. Many students had a lot of fun knowing they were part of breaking a world record and knowing they would be in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Tempted

I read the book Tempted by Cecily Von Ziegesar. This is part of the It Girls Series. The second time i read this book i caught a lot more details. In this book Jenny Humphryey claims she burns down the farm, but someone bribes the Dean and she doesn't get expelled. After all that drama is over, it's not really over. Since she didn't get expelled, Tinsley was not satisfied and tried to cause more trouble for Jenny. At the same time Jenny is trying to avoid Tinsleys messes Callie is trying to find a way to win back Easy since he dumper her after she helped Tinsley get Jenny expelled. It doesn't go well but when Callie is in danger and needs his help he comes to rescue her. While at the same time Jenny and Tinsley attempt to put aside their differences to also help save Callie, but they end up with more problems of their own.

The Clean Teen Machine

I read an article about the Jonas Brothers in the August Rolling Stone called The Clean Teen Machine. This article was written by Jason Gay. In this article it goes through a day in the life of the Jonas Brothers and also goes back and looks upon old memories they have of growing up. In this article Jason Gay talks about how the Jonas Brothers have become huge. Girls of all ages everywhere love the Jonas Brothers. Two years ago they were driving around in a van playing shows for maybe a hundred people, and now they are headlining their own sold out tour. Although they are brothers and are with each other 24/7 they still have characteristics that make then different. Kevin (20) is very social, while Joe (19) is said to be quieter when he isn't on stage, and Nick (16) is the 'boss' of them all. This article also has them talk about their purity rings that they all have, and what they stand for. Throughout their career they have been dropped by Columbia Records but picked up by Disney. Once they opened for Miley Cyrus on the Best Of Both Worlds tour their fame started to skyrocket. Although they are 'today's pop phenom' they realize that not everything lasts forever. They plan on writing music for all their lives and Nick even says that it would be fun to write and produce music for other artists under different names. Since they didn't get their fame handed to them and they have worked hard for what they are accomplishing now, they know what to look out for and how to handle different situations.