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But the best thing about Jordan Jury's parties is that there are girls there, which means his parties are totally different from the kind I usually get invited to. The point is, this is a real party we're talking about, and not like the Lock-In, where there were a million

但乔丹·朱尔的派对最棒的地方就是有女孩在那里，这意味着他的派对和我通常被邀请参加的派对完全不同。 重点是，我们说的是一场真正的派对，不像锁定派对，那里有一百万人

chaperones running the show. I have no idea why Jordan Jury invited me and Rowley to his party. It could've been my math book or Rowley's zit or both. But it was pretty clear that he thought me and Rowley were friends and that the invitation was a package deal. And I didn't want to do anything that might change his mind. WE ACCEPT! I can definitely pretend I'm friends with Rowley for one night if it means I get to play "Spin the Bottle" with a bunch of girls who are a whole grade ahead of me.

陪护者在主持演出。 我不知道乔丹·陪审团为什么邀请我和罗利参加他的派对。 可能是我的数学书或者罗利的青春痘，或者两者都有。 但很明显，他认为我和罗利是朋友，而且邀请是一揽子交易。 我不想做任何会让他改变主意的事。 我们接受!如果我能和一群比我高一年级的女生一起玩“转瓶子”我绝对可以假装和罗利是一晚的朋友。

Thursday You'll never believe this, but Mom's not letting me go to Jordan Jury's party. And it's not because it's a boy-girl party or because a bunch of older kids are gonna be there. It's because Uncle Gary's WEDDING is this weekend.

星期四你绝对不会相信，妈妈不让我去乔丹·陪审团的派对。 不是因为这是男女派对也不是因为会有一群大孩子去。 因为加里叔叔的婚礼就在这个周末。

This has got to be some kind of world record for bad timing. I begged Mom to let me stay home and go to the party, but she wouldn't budge, even after I promised I'd go to Uncle Gary's next wedding. Mom said I can't skip it, because I'm in the wedding party and I can't let Uncle Gary down. The thing is, I've been in Uncle Gary's wedding party every single time, and I'll tell you exactly how THAT'S gonna go. Uncle Gary's gonna ask me to be a "reader." Adults always pick a kid to read something from the Old Testament at weddings because everyone thinks it's cute when the kid can't pronounce the names.

这肯定是坏时机的世界纪录。 我求妈妈让我留在家里参加派对，但她不肯让步，即使我答应参加加里叔叔下次的婚礼。 妈妈说我不能不去，因为我要参加婚礼我不能让加里叔叔失望。 事情是这样的，我每次都参加加里叔叔的婚礼，我来告诉你接下来会发生什么。 加里叔叔要让我当“读者” 大人们总是在婚礼上挑选一个孩子来读旧约里的故事，因为大家都觉得孩子念不出名字很可爱。

AND THEN EZEKIEL SAID TO ZEDE-... ZEDY-. ZEKID-... WHA? I knew Mom wasn't gonna change her mind, so I didn't spend a lot of time trying to fight it. I just went up to my room and called Rowley. I told Rowley I couldn't go to the party so he couldn't really go, either. I explained that it wouldn't be fair for him to go while I was stuck at my uncle's wedding. But Rowley said he's practically a grown-up now and he can make his OWN decisions, so he's going to the party no matter what.

然后以西结对西德说…… ZEDY -。ZEKID -…世界卫生大会吗?我知道妈妈不会改变主意的，所以我没有花太多时间去反抗。 我就回房间给罗利打了电话。 我告诉罗利我不能去派对所以他也不能去。 我解释说，我被困在我叔叔的婚礼上，让他去是不公平的。 但罗利说他现在实际上已经是个成年人了，他可以自己做决定了，所以无论如何他都会去参加派对。

I got so mad that I hung up the phone. Now do you see what I mean about Rowley? That's just the kind of selfish move that makes me glad we aren't friends anymore. Saturday Yesterday my family piled into the car and drove down to Gammie's for Uncle Gary's wedding. I was in a really bad mood because of the whole party thing, and because of something else, too. I remembered that I'm supposed to get "the Talk" from Gammie this weekend, and I am seriously not in the mood for a lecture right now. The last lecture I got was from Dad's brother Uncle Joe, who told me that since I'm in middle school I need to start thinking about my "future." Uncle Joe drew up a chart that showed me

我气得挂了电话。 现在你明白我说的罗利是什么意思了吧？ 这种自私的举动让我庆幸我们不再是朋友了。 星期六昨天，我的家人挤进车里，开车去Gammie家参加Gary叔叔的婚礼。 我当时心情很不好，因为派对的事，还有别的事。 我想起来这周末我要去听Gammie的演讲，我现在真的没心情听说教。 爸爸的哥哥乔叔叔给我上了最后一堂课，他告诉我，既然我上了中学，就应该开始考虑我的“未来”。 乔叔叔画了一张图表给我看