n'est pas

VI Phase six.

-Discover Roman numerals.
-You stop obsessing over everyone's music tastes, clothes.
-You quit compartmentalizing yourself and others.
-Figure out "personality" and "persona" are wholly different from each other, and that ever since you were 14 you've been subscribing to the latter.
-Realize that being a white middle class suburban child of the 80's (if this applies to you) means you will never, never, never be "cool."
-You begin to take interests in things you normally wouldn't, or have secretly always liked but were afraid to admit, or secretly didn't think sucked as bad as you pretended to. Like sports. Mainstream television. Or mainstream anything for that matter.
-Admit that your facade 'indie/emo/punk' cred is blown.
-Accept the fact most of your idiotic, self-aggrandizing friends will not talk to you the next time their phase changes.
-Realize things aren't ironic and don't need to be observed.


VII Phase Seven

-Overdose
-Die