Wilford! Wilford.

I had a teacher in high school named Peter Dong. His wife is Joy Dong.

I had a teacher in high school named Peter Dong. His wife is Joy Dong.

You'll have to tell me how that goes—I've seen it mentioned online, but in all my used-books-store adventures I've never encountered a copy.

You'll have to tell me how that goes—I've seen it mentioned online, but in all my used-books-store adventures I've never encountered a copy.

I recommend Phantom of the Paradise, which is kind of Carrie x Rocky Horror, to you and everybody. The music is great, the design is great, the performances are great, the whole experience is lurid and insane and full of moments where you absolutely feel the overblown emotions for yourself.

I recommend Phantom of the Paradise, which is kind of Carrie x Rocky Horror, to you and everybody. The music is great, the design is great, the performances are great, the whole experience is lurid and insane and full of moments where you absolutely feel the overblown emotions for yourself.

Also, because I always wander over here and am disappointed not to see many Millennium commenters:

Also, because I always wander over here and am disappointed not to see many Millennium commenters:

Whoa. Man. There's like, two of you.

Whoa. Man. There's like, two of you.

My sister and I (ages 18 and 24 at the time) were over at our neighbor's house for St. Patrick's Day or something. They put on "It's Complicated" and it was too awkward to leave at that point, so we watched it with our middle-aged neighbors and their kids, who are close to us in age.

My sister and I (ages 18 and 24 at the time) were over at our neighbor's house for St. Patrick's Day or something. They put on "It's Complicated" and it was too awkward to leave at that point, so we watched it with our middle-aged neighbors and their kids, who are close to us in age.

Okay, rephrase: when I say "potential romantic option," I don't mean that she was interested—she obviously wasn't—but that she thought it was a thing that was possible given their respective existences?

Okay, rephrase: when I say "potential romantic option," I don't mean that she was interested—she obviously wasn't—but that she thought it was a thing that was possible given their respective existences?

I meant the basic thread of cute new guy —> girl on team sees cute new guy as potential romantic option, reacts —> guy turns out to play for the other team, which I thought was going to be replicated here.

I meant the basic thread of cute new guy —> girl on team sees cute new guy as potential romantic option, reacts —> guy turns out to play for the other team, which I thought was going to be replicated here.

@TashaRobinson:disqus That could be true, too, and something I wouldn't have picked up on at that age as easily.

@TashaRobinson:disqus That could be true, too, and something I wouldn't have picked up on at that age as easily.

My mom is basically an AV Clubber minus tech skillz. She was really popular on the AOL Thirty-something chatroom in about 1996.