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Feb 8, 2022Liked by Jeff Somers

I'm pretty sure we went to the same high school. I kinda remember you wandering the halls.

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Did I have on glasses larger than my head? Then yes, that me.

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Feb 8, 2022Liked by Jeff Somers

It was like looking into a mirror.

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Feb 8, 2022Liked by Jeff Somers

Love this in so many ways. Love the subtle comparison to other 90s tropes, Mean Girls and 10 Things I Hate About You. Well done.

Dazed and Confused remains one of my favorite films due to its day in a life view. It’s more in line with what high school really is or was in middle America. All lines are blurred.

I expect our experiences were similar. You didn’t by chance keep a hardback copy of Dante’s Inferno to throw at idiots who dared disturb your reading/writing when you were skipping class and hiding behind the gym? Just me?

The only more real vision of high school for me was sung through my thick headphones by Geddy Lee of Rush

“Growing up, it all seems so one-sided.

Opinions all provided

The future pre-decided

Detached and subdivided

In the mass production zone

Nowhere is the dreamer

Or the misfit so alone”

Loved this post. Thanks for doing these, Jeff

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