very simple

On Friday, I got the special box set of Freaks and Geeks, possibly one of the best shows ever on TV. I know every girl who loved the show totally thought the same way, but I was totally a Lindsay in high school (with, possibly, a little bit of Millie thrown in). I was an overachiever that really, really, wanted to be a slacker. I couldn’t really pull it off though – I was too obsessive-compulsive, so I just settled for hanging out with them (and dating one or two).

But I was totally a geek too – looking back, I realize that being on my school’s science league team might have actually pushed me over the edge on that one. I actually participated in a group that travelled from high school to high school voluntarily taking extra tests! competitively! (I was Chemistry II, by the way). Every F&G episode that mentions the mathletes and the academic decathlon actually makes me shudder. And I can’t even think about the history competition that I rode a bus to Albany to participate in. on a weekend. oh man. I’m sometimes amazed that I managed to survive high school with any sort of actual social skills…

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