Don't Skip School.

Augusten and Neil are walking down the street, smoking. Augusten says smoking has become one of his favorite things to do. He makes a promise to himself that he would no longer be afraid to try new things. Hope then comes home and asks Augusten to do a "bible dip" with him. A bible dip is when you ask a question, another person flips to a random page in a bible, and you put a finger on a random word and it answers your question. "Hope and God were buddies. Theirs was not a formal relationshp steeped in ritual and tradition. It was more of a close yet casual relationship."

The next chapter opens up by introducing Fern Stewart, a minister's wife. Fern took in Augusten and Diedre when they were homeless after the divorce. Her family was very welcoming of them and extremely polite. "I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be one of them or simply live among them taking notes and photographs." He couldn't imagine them laughing at the baby because it was laughing because the dog was licking its penis, the way the Finches do.

Finally Diedre got her own house just a few miles from Fern's. He got a very tiny room with no door so he knew he would be spending even more time at the Finch's. Dr. Finch said you should choose your own parents so his daugther Natalie lived with Terence Maxwell, who was 42 and rich. Augusten hates his new school immedietly becuase he smells a pool and doesn't want to be in a bathing suit in front of everyone then change in the locker room when there is the most shrinkage. He leaves school early one day to go get money from his mom so he can see a movie. "When I opened the front door, there was Fern with her face burried between my mothers legs." They didn't even notice Augusten had walked in. He should have stayed in school.

This book just keeps getting more and more wierd. I secretly love it. I feel bad for Augusten who wants to walk in and see that. Especially his mother. That is dusgusting. I think it's so wierd that no one care that he smokes and doesn't go to school. He makes sure that he doesn't go 30 straight days without going so he doesn't get in trouble.