Hi! I'm Betty Altair. My Dad's some sort of conspiracy guy, and I'm his biggest mystery yet - his daughter by aliens!

Dad's busy trying to make me a robotic army so I can rise up and rule over the masses with my awesome interplanetary powers!

Alex: Bad Hydrobot! Bad bad Hydrobot!

Um... okay, it might take him a while. But he taught me about his journal entries, and wants me to get practiced doing them so I can continue his research. That's pretty cool too, so this is all me!

Dad says he's considering taking me to the barbershop for a trim, because my hair's been growing like crazy since I grew up. I like it this way, though.

It's sort of weird that my Dad is actually sort of a Mom - there's a baby in his stomach and everything.

Me: Doesn't that hurt or anything, Dad?

Alex: Not really... I've kind of gotten used to it. It's the part where the baby comes out that hurts.

Me: How does that work, Dad?

Alex: Um... I'll explain that when you're older.

For someone who wants to understand the universe, Dad can be awful non-shary when he wants to be. Still, he's my Dad, and he's pretty cool. Even if he got pregnant and my 'mom' is some alien on a ship somewhere.

The weird thing is, I can even hear the baby moving around in there! It's like all 'squish glorp kick'. That's usually the sound that means someone's got indigestion. I saw it on TV on this commercial for stomach medicine. Dad says it's normal, though.

Anyhow, my Dad's pretty cool, all things considered. This is him teaching me to dance - he says I'm probably going to grow up into a pretty young girl and that boys will be courting me. I think Dad's kinda weird to think about that - I haven't even gone to school yet!

Dad wants me to get all nice and registered, and says he wants me to go to private school someday so I can get really good grades. He isn't sure how the other students are going to react to me, being all green and everything. I don't see what the big deal is, though.

Erp... I learned something new today, too. Don't drink bubble mix.

Blowing bubbles is much more fun. Dad says that grownups have big bubble blowers that make you fly! I want to try that someday, it sounds fun.

Hehe... Dad wouldn't like this shot. He has to clean up the bathroom 'cause he went in there and got real sick. (See, he might just be sick!)

We only have one bed in our house at the moment; Dad's letting me use it while he crashes on the couch. He says he's been low on money lately 'cause he hasn't been working and getting a promotion and getting more money and stuff, but he has some sort of big master plan that involves robots. Maybe he's going to use them to take over the world.

But Dad says his real reason is because I need someone to look after me if he's gonna go back to work. He says he hired this lady, and she turned out to be mean. I remember her in my dreams, but I don't think she was so mean... are all people meaner than they look?

Dad's really worried about money, though... and it's starting to get me worried. He has his Big Important Research, and his robotmaking, and his work that he's supposed to be doing... what if he doesn't have enough time for me?

There's even this girl he likes - I heard him talking to her on the phone. I think Dad likes her a lot, but he can't go out because he's here taking care of me. I hope he isn't mad...

So I'll just have to do my best to help Dad out. It's just the right thing to do.

Upon waking up, I went straight to work - plucking these funny trees helps Dad with money, after all, so that's a good place to start.

Pluck each tree, then water it -- easy as cake. I wonder if we have any leftover cake?

I think I'm getting the hang of this whole 'writing what I'm up to' thing. Dad's going to be really proud when he reads this!

Alex: Betty! Time to go to school!

Uh-oh. Guess it's time to wrap up - hope I did good at this journaling thing, dad! Love you! See you after school!

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