I'd had it in my mind for a while, but only because of a girl I knew in high school who was just like that - in every club you can imagine, very social, stuff like that. She ended up getting into Scientology and doesn't seem to have much life outside it now; I wondered at the time why she did it, but eventually heard a lot from others about what a chaotic home she had and her parents were never there for her and so forth. She went from outgoing and enviable (to me) to someone who left school for the Scienos in the space of a couple of months. Something less dramatic would probably have never even caught my attention, though.

I was a metalhead who had long hair, slacked off and smoked a pack a day in high school.


Now I am a downbeathead with short hair who slacks off and can't afford a pack-a-day habit.



Ah.... Plus ca change, plus c’est la même chose...