After a Labor Day break (sorry), we've hit a pair of episodes that might as well be called My So-Called After-School…

Looks like I started doubling up on the MSCL episodes at just the right time, because together "Self Esteem" and…

**Prolonged angst is a terrible (though delicious) state of being. So to shorten theMSCL-induced agony/ecstasy, I'm…

"Mom, Sharon Chersky and I exist in, like, two different worlds, okay? I can't just hand her a dish, okay. I mean,…

"Brian, go inflate your tire."—Angela speaking non-euphemistically to nocturnal bike repairman, Brian.

I don't have…

"I thought at least by the age of 15, I would have a love life. I don't even have a like life." –Angela, in her…

"The Substitute" aka "Oh Captain, My Substitute"

"He's an adult that I can look up to. Finally." —Angela to her…

"Just the word: Swab."

Is it time for the Symbolic Zit Fashion Show episode already? (Thanks for the title, Kate.)…

"So, not to shock you or anything, but your dad's attractive." —Rayanne to Angela about Graham, who is probably in…

"I have to leave the room when my father uses the electric knife."—Oddly robotic girl that Brian likes only because…

"I've only been kissed three times. No, four times. No, three times. All of them were people I never saw again,…

In 1994, I was on the verge of starting high school when