-- "a certain type of suburban nerd"
-- "the kind of kid who thinks he's a Heroic Loner, because none of the cheerleaders will date him"
-- "Kids like this whom I've known tended to spend a lot of time in their rooms smoking pot and reading too much into prog-rock lyrics."
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-- Mirror mirror on the wall, can B-chan be the loveliest projectionist of them all?
Not guilty, your honor. I was reasonably popular in high school, dated quite a bit (several cheerleaders, too), and didn't really get into smoking pot until I was in college (I've always preferred good old-fashioned liquor to the various other intoxicants). I admit to liking Rush for a brief time during my skool daze, but I soon grew out of my fascination with Randian prog-rock, and was in fact well-known around town as the resident punk rocker. I admit to being a hopeless Trekkie in the days of my youth, but Rand? I read her. It didn't "take".