> Thanx, y'all. I feel much better now!
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> >HAPPY THOUGHTS<

I guess you got all the answers you wanted, but I'd like to add my 2 cents in.
I'm 20 years old, soon to be 21, and boy do I wish I was 16 again.
I've gotten great nicknames from people such as 'the bitterest person alive' and 'the kid who rains on everyones parade'. This doesn't bother me. It just sucks to be 20. Everyone says I have an attitude because I'm 20. I've always had an attitude.
Ok, back to the point of all this. I didn't really enjoy high school that much, but it ruled not having a real job (not that I really have one now. but its money, so thats real enough.)
The thing about being 16 is, you can get away with a lot more stuff than you can when you're older. You can sleep all day, you can stay out real late without having to worry about work...etc.
Anyway, from an early age, i knew college wasn't the route I wanted to go. So i get crap from everyone in school. 'oh you HAvE to go to college or you'll end up homeless', 'you HAVE to go to college to get a good job.'
It seems everything in high school revolves around going to college. I'll tell you what I've learned from friends going to college: It's a 4 year party that your parents pay for. Ok, back to the point once again, (boy do i babble). I got all this crap for not going to college, but you know what, I've probably done more than most college students. at the age of 16 I published a magazine. This magazine basically brought me and my friends to legend status in high school. Everyone thought it was the funniest thing ever written (given our fan base was young and i dont find most of that stuff funny anymore.) So we risked expulsion (long story) and came back next year.
At the age of 17 I released about 6 self published magazines, or zines. I was selling 50 copies in 2 hours. We also made a movie, which also sold out and made around 150 dollars. To this day, I still work on zines and it makes me happy to kn