The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries 1)

What are the characteristics of capitalism?

Private ownership of the means of production and distribution, and the exchange of goods based on the operations of the market.

What is the appropriate reply to make to a man who says he loves you?

Thank you. You are very kind.

What did Marx consider to be the contradiction in capitalism?

The value of any commodity is determined by the amount of labor needed to produce it. In denying workers the value of what they have produced, the capitalists are undermining their own econom

ic system.

White shoes are unacceptable . . . .

At funerals, after Labor Day, before Memorial Day, and anywhere there might be horses.

Describe an oligarchy.

Small group exercises control for generally corrupt purposes.

Describe a Sidecar.

1/3 lemon juice, 1/3 Cointreau, 1/3 brandy shaken well with ice, strained before serving.

The only one I missed was the one about what to say to a man when he tells you he loves you. It turns out you aren’t supposed to say thank you.

Not, of course, that this will ever happen to me. But Grandmère says I might be surprised someday.

I wish!

Tuesday, October 14, Homeroom

No Lilly again this morning. Not that I expected there to be. But I made Lars stop at her place anyway, just in case maybe she wanted to be friends again. I mean, she could have seen how assertive I was with Lana and decided she was wrong to criticize me so much.

But I guess not.

The funny thing is, when Lars was dropping me off at school, Tina Hakim Baba’s chauffeur was dropping her off, too. We sort of smiled at each other, then walked into school together, her bodyguard behind us. Tina said she wanted to thank me for what I had done yesterday. She said she told her parents about it, and that they want me to come over for dinner Friday night.

“And maybe,” Tina asked, all shyly, “you could spend the night after, if you wanted.”

I said, “Okay.” I mostly said it because I feel sorry for Tina, since she doesn’t have any other friends, because everybody thinks she’s so weird, with the bodyguard and all. I also said it because I heard she has a fountain in her house, just like Donald Trump, and I wanted to see if that was true.

And I kind of like her, too. She’s nice to me.

It’s nice to have somebody be nice to you.

I HAVE GOT TO

Stop waiting for the phone to ring (Lilly is NOT going to call; neither is Josh Richter)

Make more friends

Have more self-confidence

Stop biting my fake fingernails

Start acting more: Responsible