Summary

The opening diary entries take place in December.

Monday: Greg Heffley has been thinking about the perks of being rich and famous, but he realizes there are a lot of negatives. He imagines people asking for autographs as he leaves a bathroom stall or snapping photos while he is taking “care of personal business” (2). The image accompanying this statement shows Greg at the Toenail Fungus Clinic with a woman taking a photo with her cell phone. He imagines someone wondering if there is a booger hanging from his nose. Famous people have no privacy, and their friends tell everything they know.

The next image is a magazine cover with Greg's mom and little brother Manny telling what they know about Greg. He imagines the publicity when a famous person is no longer famous. Greg thinks it might be better to just be the...