Avril Lavigne. (Spotlight).AGE: 17. HOMETOWN home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" : Napanee, Ontario. THE PERFECT COMBO: Avril sings like an angry Alanis Morissette and she has fresh guitar and songwriting skills like Michelle Branch. WHY SHE'S SO COOL: Besides her awesome debut album Let Go and her catchy first single "Complicated," Avril's a punky punk·y n. Variant of punkie. Noun 1. punky - minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punkie skater chick who hopes new artists will be compared to her someday some·day adv. At an indefinite time in the future. Usage Note: The adverbs someday and sometime express future time indefinitely: We'll succeed someday. Come sometime. . She's the type of girl who would rather play baseball with the boys than play with Barbies. MAD SKATEBOARD SKILLS: She sticks to ground tricks, like kick-flips. "If I break my leg, I'm screwed. I skate skate, fish: see ray. skate Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m). in my free time, but I'm not a pro." A COUNTRY GIRL?: Definitely not! In talent contests where she made a name for herself, she sang Faith Hill and Dixie Chicks songs. "You had to sing country to enter. I had no choice. It's not in my heart, and it does not suit my personality." HER INSPIRATION: Avril writes most of her songs about boys--especially exes. "I went out with a guy for six months--my longest ever--and he was the first guy who dumped me. I wasn't expecting it, so I wrote tons of songs about that." ON BEING DUMPED: "If you get dumped, there's someone better out there. It may take time to find the right one, but eventually you will." AVRIL AT 13: "I was that really hyper A Greek work meaning "above" or "more than." It is used as a prefix to technical concepts and products to convey a more advanced or more automatic capability. kid getting in trouble. I've mellowed mel·low adj. mel·low·er, mel·low·est 1. a. Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a mellow fruit. b. out, but I still bounce off the walls. No coffee for me." DON'T MESS WITH mess with Verb Informal, chiefly US to interfere in, or become involved with, a dangerous person, thing, or situation: he had started messing with drugs HER: "I stick up for myself and what I believe in, and that's how I act in business and with guys and toward everything else." ONE CRAZY TIME: She stage dove during a Sum 41 concert and bashed her leg on a barrier. "I didn't get a good running start and hit my let. It was worth it!" HER ULTIMATE GOAL: "To have a long career and a wicked fan base." But getting married and having kids is super important to her too. "I want to fall in love, but that won't be for a while." |
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