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Supposing I had any sort of nerve or confidence whatsoever, I would like to think that years ago I would have dropped this whole “school thing” in pursuit of a bigger dream - the dream of the go-go dancer. Lately though, I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’m lacking in one additional key area: legs that look good in hot pants. This realization was slightly saddening for me until today when I discovered my new dream. I would like nothing more than to the be “the girl in the photograph” in some music (probably emo) video. You know the photo. The one sitting in the lead singer’s room that he stares at with longing and regret. There might even be multiple ones: him and me at prom, me with a puppy, me staring into the distance with the wind through my hair, etc., etc. They could all be taped in his locker or they could fall out of a shoebox on the top shelf of his closet (where he tried to hide them along with the pain of our breakup). We all know real guys don’t keep pictures like this. The closest I’ve ever seen to it was one guy who kept a picture of his former truck hung in the perfect location for gazing on at as he fell asleep each night. Truth be told, I’m way prettier than that truck. So….I don’t need to be the actual girl in the video, but the girl in picture in the video would be a pretty rad gig.

Having now watched every episode of Dawson’s Creek, I have one main criticism. Would it have killed them to give somebody an STD? I’m not asking for anything major or incurable, but a little chlamydia would have served as a good warning. Here’s how I see it:
1. Abby gets drunk, falls in the creek and dies; Audrey gets drunk, gets kicked out of her band, goes to rehab; Everybody gets drunk and get arrested; dangers of drinking covered.
2. Andy does e, goes into shock, gets to graduate high school early and move to Italy; dangers of drugs covered (well, sort of).
3. Jack sleeps around; Jen sleeps around; Pacey, Audrey, Joey, and Dawson sleep around to a lesser degree but since Dawson slept with Jen and Joey may have slept with Charlie who also slept with Jen there is definitely the possibility for some lil’ critters; YET there is no consequence shown. And no, I am not counting the episode where Jack is briefly shown going to a clinic to be tested yet seems very casual about the whole deal. I’m also not counting the fact that before she was on the show Gretchen had a miscarriage since she didn’t seem all that upset about it. Nor am I counting the episode where Joey thinks she might be pregnant since we all knew that wasn’t a real possibility, Joey stresses over everything, and somehow Pacey going camping seems to be the most dramatic part of the whole deal. Yes, a little clap would have done young viewers a lot of good.