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    Analyze this.

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    Give yourself 1 point if you:

    * ever stole Xanax from your roommate.

    * grunt audibly when slow-moving elderly force you to break stride on the sidewalk.

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    * have an iPod playlist called "Suffering," filled with Nick Drake, Nico, Death Cab for Cutie, and Aimee Mann.

    * call them your "fat jeans."

    * fear an attack on the U.S. because you can see Russia from your house.

    * engage in passive-aggressive e-mail banter with your mother about your landscaping and home decor, then cry about it at your desk.

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    * flip people off in traffic.

    Give yourself 5 points if you:

    * occasionally spike your 3 p.m. mocha with Jameson's.

    * tell your cat she's put on some weight.

    * drive a Hummer.

    * see a pair of Marc Jacobs heels for 75 percent off and keep walking.

    * BCC your dad on all match.com correspondence.

    * bawl during the elimination segment of The Biggest Loser.

    Give yourself 10 points if you:

    * are a middle child.

    * voted for Ron Paul.

    * write sonnet sequences imagining myriad versions of your death.

    * still fake orgasms.

    * cite The Prince of Tides, Requiem for a Dream, and Bambi as your favorite movies.

    * see dead people.


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