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Ah that fabulous grade-school angst, and wanting and not wanting to fit in, and wondering what the "cool kids" think of you, and so on.

The "cool kids" have their own problems as well. My "cool" friends all had eating disorders and abusive boyfriends in high school.

We would get wasted and talk about it at odd hours of the night, and I could see that everyone has to make their own sacrifices, and that everyone has this whole "dorky" side to them that they're afraid to reveal.

Don't worry about whether or not liking Tolkien will cost you your seat at the trendy table in high school. That stuff is so trivial. You'll look back on it and laugh. You'll run into those kids from your school that were "popular," and possibly sit around with them and have a few beers, and see how silly it all was back those dark ages of lockers, and skipping gym, and homeroom, and other crap. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]