"I even wrote about it for one of my final papers for sociology class my senior year. Got an A, and the teacher finds the lot of you to be pretty appalling.

Several points: I, too, would like to read your paper. Do you have the intestinal fortitude to post your true words to this forum? I doubt it. You have yet to show any guts here yet.

I imagine the teacher would find the lot of us to be pretty appalling, if seen through your eyes. Since you are always correct, and by your own admission quite a bit smarter than us, we probably are truly an adult sewer. (Of course, as you get older, you might figure out that the teacher worries just a wee bit that some teeenage psycopath who sees themselves as the be-all and end-all of human knowledge and wisdom, and who has considerable computer knowledge and skills, might turn out to be more than just an annoyance. Some high school teachers fear their students, and in some cases, rightfully so. You don't walk around in a black trenchcoat by chance, do you?)

Finally, the advice I have given to many freshmen in college. This ain't high school no more, so grow up. In college, you will be held to the adult standard that you clearly loathe, and many so-called "student pranks", like the stuff you pull here, are not accepted by that standard. There will be consequences to your actions, and you can't beg off with "but I'm just a kid!" Good luck, with your maturity level, you will certainly need it.

Peace,

Blues

p.s. hardcore punk is the music of 20+ years ago, and all the truly great innovators of this genre are now, dare I say it, ADULTS! (or dead.) If you truly want to be a rebel, and not just a wannabe and a poser, go out push the envelope with your own music. That is, if you have talent for music, and not just for pretending to be that which you are not. (Save the vitriol, because all of this is said with love and understanding... not that you would have the knowledge, wisdom or understanding to comprehend this fact. Why? I'm not anti-youth, you're just young. That means I have an overwhelming intellectual and spiritual advantage over you... I survived youth, and you have not, yet. I truly hope that you do.)

blues