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Yes, I saw The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for the third time last night (Saturday, December 5, 2009)!  And with me was my best friend Ruel whom I was with the first time I watched the musical (the second time, I was with my officemate and her friends).  And what's the difference the third time around?  Well, I became part of the musical!  Yep, you read that right!  I was invited to be one of the guest spellers, along with another audience participant and two celebrities--Ana Capri and Toffee Calma (just in case you are wondering why they were there, Atlantis Productions was staging an adult version of The Bee that night).   So how did it all happen?  Ruel and I bought our tickets early... around 6pm.  And Hoagy (one of the production staff) ran after us when we were just about to go and have dinner.  She asked me if I'd be interested to be part of that night's program.  I told her that I have been thinking about it ...

Rating: ★★★ Category: Books Genre: Other Author: Jeff Kinney Finally, I was able to sit down and read book IV of this series. And, as usual, I was half-smiling, half-laughing while burning through the pages. It was fun to see familiar characters again and learn what's the latest caper from our resident wimp. This time, we see see Greg Heffley trying to foil his mother's attempt for family bonding during summer time. We also see how Greg's friendship with Rowley Jefferson becoming strained further. I wonder how Greg will save this friendship... The book tries to emphasize the importance of bonding with family and, for me, it works. We see the contrast between the Jeffersons and the Heffleys when it comes to spending quality time with the family. While I see the Jeffersons kind of bonding may be somewhat stiff, mechanical and soooo proper, it only underscores what is lacking with the Heffleys as a family. It seemed quite sad that Greg has a very different ...