Chapter Two in My Life with Al was when I gave him a cameo in How to Be Bad, the novel I wrote with E. "the Lips" Lockhart and Sarah "Killer" Mlynowski. (And which I love and am so proud of and you should read!)
Chapter Three in My Life with Al took place this past Tuesday night, when he took part in the Children's Choice Book Awards ceremony!!!! And he was just as adorable and classy as ever, BUT HE SNUCK OFF BEFORE I GOT TO SAY A REAL "HELLO" TO HIM, THE RAT. Apparently he has some really nutty day job that requires him to go to bed early...
But when I got back to Colorado, I found this most amazing bouquet waiting for me:
I mean, seriously. SERIOUSLY. Is that not the most FAB bouquet ever?
Alas, it wasn't Al who sent it to me; it was from the super sweet peeps at Dutton, who are the peeps who publish the "Winnie Years" books. (And really, "alas" isn't the right word. The right word is yaaaay! And thank you super sweet Dutton peeps! But I'm just sayin': the flowers, while adorned with Al, did not come from Al.)
My son and I with the coolio award poster that says THIRTEEN won! See that bright shiny sticker thing? It's next to MY BOOK!!!!!
Winner of the Children's Choice Book Award!!!! High-five to all who voted...I am so happy!
Chapter Four in My Life with Al? Yet to be written. But that is (hopefully) to change! Right now! Cuz here's Challenge # 11 in the great Duckies of Love Contest. I shall call this challenge...hrm.."All About Al." Like?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, send Al your most charmingly persuasive email and suggest (charmingly! persuasively!) that it would be vair vair fun to have me as a guest on "The Today Show"!
Now, ya got to be creative about it, of course.
A bad example of being creative: "You should have Lauren on your show. Bye."
A better example of being creative: "Did you know that Lauren Myracle, who won the Children's Choice Book Award, keeps having her books banned? For real, her 'Internet Girls' series has been on the top ten list of 'Most Frequently Banned Books' for the past two years. This past year? The 'Internet Girls' series was number three on the list. That's just weird, isn't it, Al? It is. It's so weird that kids would like her books so much, while grown-ups get all freaked out by them and want to draw big black X's through them. Especially since her books aren't evil. They're actually super-moral...they're just realistic, too. Ooo! Ooo! I know! You should invite her onto your show and y'all can talk about it!"
Now, darlings. This is all in fun, as--let's face it--Al is never going to really invite me onto show. (Well...never say "never," right? But I'd say there's a .000000001% of it happening.) Anyway, I get that. But so what?
Take a stab at it, if you want, by sending your email to: mailbag@roker.com
And what the heck, might as well CC it to TODAY@nbcuni.com as well!
After you send your charming email, tell me about it on the Peace, Love and Baby Ducks contest site, on the blog entry called "All About Al." With less than a week left before the contest winner is picked, this challenge will earn you 10 bright & shining ducky points!!!!!
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, send Al your most charmingly persuasive email and suggest (charmingly! persuasively!) that it would be vair vair fun to have me as a guest on "The Today Show"!
Now, ya got to be creative about it, of course.
A bad example of being creative: "You should have Lauren on your show. Bye."
A better example of being creative: "Did you know that Lauren Myracle, who won the Children's Choice Book Award, keeps having her books banned? For real, her 'Internet Girls' series has been on the top ten list of 'Most Frequently Banned Books' for the past two years. This past year? The 'Internet Girls' series was number three on the list. That's just weird, isn't it, Al? It is. It's so weird that kids would like her books so much, while grown-ups get all freaked out by them and want to draw big black X's through them. Especially since her books aren't evil. They're actually super-moral...they're just realistic, too. Ooo! Ooo! I know! You should invite her onto your show and y'all can talk about it!"
Now, darlings. This is all in fun, as--let's face it--Al is never going to really invite me onto show. (Well...never say "never," right? But I'd say there's a .000000001% of it happening.) Anyway, I get that. But so what?
Take a stab at it, if you want, by sending your email to: mailbag@roker.com
And what the heck, might as well CC it to TODAY@nbcuni.com as well!
After you send your charming email, tell me about it on the Peace, Love and Baby Ducks contest site, on the blog entry called "All About Al." With less than a week left before the contest winner is picked, this challenge will earn you 10 bright & shining ducky points!!!!!
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