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closing day

Congratulations to ranger_hotsauce, who buys a house today!

(Don't worry, this doesn't make you a grown-up.)

I never felt so much alive, alive

Dear w_p, age 16:

The hell with the Sex Pistols. It's all about the Clash. Seriously. Yeah, I know they're all political and stuff and most of it goes over your head because you only care about the fashion anyway (admit it!), but someday when you're old and gray and driving a Saab, Never Mind the Bollocks will be nothing more than an amusing relic (a flower in its own dustbin) while London Calling will still be as fresh and relevant as the day it came out.

(BTW, Sid Vicious was a talentless psychotic. If your girlfriend annoys you, you BREAK UP WITH HER. You do not stab her to death. Listen to me: one day you will learn the difference between romance and melodrama; meanwhile, please know a prison record is not sexy.)

You will only embarrass yourself if you paint "The Sex Pistols" on the back of your dad's old army jacket. Trust me on this. Stick with the Clash, and you will not go wrong. It's possible you may also meet a smarter subset of dudes in the process. Just saying.

xoxoxo,
w_p, age 38

ps: Don't let them give you any crap about the smoking; one day you'll just stop on your own.