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Salon, which is where Mom and Grammar get their hair cut. I have to say, though, the whole beauty salon experience wasn't that bad. First of all, they have TVs all over the place, so you can watch a show while you're waiting to get your hair cut. Second, they have lots of tabloids, those newspapers you see in the checkout lines at grocery stores. Mom says tabloids are full of lies, but I think there's some really important stuff in those things.

沙龙，那是妈妈和文法剪头发的地方。 不过，我不得不说，整个美容院的经历并没有那么糟糕。 首先，他们到处都有电视，所以你可以在等着剪头发的时候看节目。 其次，他们有很多小报，就是你在杂货店收银台前看到的那种报纸。 妈妈说小报里都是谎言，但我觉得小报里有一些很重要的东西。

Gramma is always buying tabloids, even though Mom doesn't approve. A few weeks ago Gramma wasn't answering her phone, so Mom got worried and drove over to Gramma's to see if she was ok. Gramma was fine, but she wasn't picking up her phone because of something she read. CORDLESS TELEPHONES ERASE THE MEMORY OF THE ELDERLY. But when Mom asked Gramma where she got her information, Gramma said— UM... THE NEW YORK TIMES.

奶奶总是买小报，尽管妈妈不同意。 几个星期前，奶奶不接电话，所以妈妈很担心，开车去奶奶家看她是否还好。 奶奶很好，但她没接电话，因为她在读什么东西。 无绳电话抹去了老年人的记忆。 但是当妈妈问奶奶她从哪里得到这些信息时，奶奶说——嗯…… 纽约时报。

Gramma's dog, Henry, died recently, and ever since then Gramma has had a lot of time on her hands. So Mom's dealing with stuff like the cordless phone thing a lot these days. Whenever Mom finds any tabloids at Gramma's house, she takes them home and throws them in the garbage. Last week I fished one out of the trash and read it in my bedroom. I'm glad I did. I found out that North America will be underwater within six months, so that kind of takes the pressure off me to do well in school. I had a long wait at the beauty salon, but I didn't really mind. I got to read my horoscope and look at pictures of movie stars without their makeup, so I was definitely entertained. When I got my hair cut, I found out the best thing about the beauty salon, which is the gossip. The ladies who work there know the dirt on just about everyone in town.

奶奶的狗亨利最近死了，从那以后奶奶就有了很多空闲时间。 妈妈最近经常要处理无绳电话之类的事情。 每当妈妈在奶奶家发现小报，她就把它们带回家扔进垃圾桶。 上周我从垃圾桶里找了一本，在卧室里读了一遍。 我很高兴我这么做了。我发现北美将在六个月内被淹没，所以这减轻了我在学校取得好成绩的压力。 我在美容院等了很长时间，但我并不介意。 我可以看我的星座，看看电影明星素颜的照片，所以我绝对很开心。 当我剪头发的时候，我发现了美容院最大的好处，那就是八卦。 在那里工作的女士们几乎知道镇上每个人的丑事。

MM MM MM. Unfortunately, Mom came to pick me up right in the middle of a story about Mr. Peppers and his new wife, who's twenty years younger than him. Hopefully my hair will grow out fast so I can come back and hear the rest of the story. Friday I think Mom's starting to regret taking me to get my hair cut the other day. nkledc. The ladies at Bombshells introduced me to soap operas, and now I'm totally hooked.

不幸的是，妈妈来接我的时候，我正在听一个关于佩普斯先生和他的新婚妻子的故事，那个妻子比他小20岁。 希望我的头发能快点长出来，这样我就能回来听剩下的故事了。 我想妈妈开始后悔那天带我去剪头发了。 《性感炸弹》的女士们让我接触到了肥皂剧，现在我完全迷上了。

Yesterday I was in the middle of my show, BUT MARISSA... I... I LOVE YOU! GIRLFRIEND, YOU CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER THAN HIM! and Mom told me I had to turn off the TV and find something else to do. I could tell there was no use arguing with her, so I called Rowley and invited him over. When Rowley got to my house, we went straight to Rodrick's room in the basement. Rodrick is off playing with his band, Löded Diper, and whenever he's away I like to go through his stuff and see if I can find anything interesting.

昨天我正在做节目，但是玛丽莎…… 我…我爱你！女朋友，你可以做得比他好得多！妈妈告诉我，我必须关掉电视，找点别的事做。 我知道和她争论是没有用的，所以我打电话给罗利，邀请他过来。 罗利到我家后，我们直接去了地下室罗德里克的房间。 罗德里克正在和他的乐队Löded Diper一起玩，每当他不在的时候，我都喜欢翻翻他的东西，看看能不能找到什么有趣的东西。

The best thing I found in Rodrick's junk drawer this time around was one of those little souvenir picture keychains you get at the beach. SUMMER MEMORIES If you look into it, you see a picture of Rodrick with some girl.

这次我在罗德里克的杂物抽屉里找到的最好的东西是你在海滩上买到的那种纪念品钥匙扣。 如果你仔细看，你会看到罗德里克和一个女孩的照片。