Literally. This Straight Edge stuff is hard.
But that’s me: Socially Promiscuous, Fiscally Conservative, but a Personal Prude.
Not only do I not drink, smoke, or do drugs, but I avoid meat, products that were tested on animals or created in sweatshops, religion, and prescription medicine.
You know, all of life’s little evils.
I bought my own birthday cake, I watched a 1960s movie with my mom, and I broke into my friend’s house to use his X-Box and play Halo 2… Alone.
Materialistically, I also got a lot of good stuff (notably a shirt, two pairs of pants, swimming trunks, two birthday cards, an e-card, and a flash animation).
So, um, yeah, it was good.
Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday dear Pixel,
Happy Birthday to me!
I’m twenty, bitches.
My life as a teenager:
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a full-length play
a one-act play
a semi-started sitcom, book, and screenplay
dozens of short stories
a nice collection of quotes and witticisms
a trinity of crazy-ass ex-girlfriends
over a hundred friends and friendly acquaintances in eight states and four countries
one arrest
three traffic citations (one successfully contested)
over $200 in parking citations
illegality and adventure
pranks and misdemeanors
a 4.0 high school GPA and a 3.8 college GPA
a 33 ACT (after five previous tries 
two leading roles
thespianity
several awards nobody ever cares about
five jobs
entering and graduating high school
entering college
going on exchange
going vegetarian
becoming political
formulating a coherent ethical theory and practicing ethical consumerism
a parent’s divorce
a brother’s joining the army and going to war
contemplating various careers before focusing on none-at-all
being loved
and maybe even a few fans.
AOL and the Discovery Channel have compiled a list of the 100 Greatest Americans (presumably ever), as have I. The following names should not be on the list for various reasons:
If you have any question on why these people shouldn’t be on the top 100 list, please note that they are all alive and media sensations of some kind. Just like I don’t decide to buy ab rollers at 2:00 a.m., the country shouldn’t decide to elect these people because we have them in our national consciousness.