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you do that?”
    “I used Sean Benedetto as a model,” Gilbert admitted. “I mean, why not? Girls like him. It seemed like the best way to get a date.”
    “It’s wrong!” Mads said. She got up from the table before someone she knew walked in and spotted her.” And I won’t go on a date with a liar! Under false pretenses! Et cetera!”
    She stormed out of the café, tripping over a rug in her high heels. She could call her mother to come pick her up, but she didn’t want to wait, and her house wasn’t too far away. So she walked all the way home in her heels, tears and black makeup streaming down her cheeks.
    mad4U: total disaster! my date wasn’t sean. who do you think it was? imagine the worst person possible .
    linaonme: hitler?
    mad4U: no, doofus, someone who goes to rosewood. yucky gilbert!
    mad4U: hollygolitely???
    hollygolitely: oh my god.
    mad4U: he totally lied. i stormed out of there and walked home and now i have a wicked blister on my heel .
    linaonme: I hope our dates don’t turn out like that.
    mad4u: thanx a lot.
    linaome: if they suck I’m blaming you, holly.
    hollygolitely: I can’t guarantee another gilbert won’t show up. But I’ve done my best to weed out the dregs. I try to give you the finest service for your matchmaking dollar.
    linaonme: maybe we’d better double. That way, at least we’ll suffer together. I mean, I know you think jake soros is going to show up but mads’ sad story proves that you never know. If your date turns out to be a lying geek you’ll be glad I’m there.
    hollygolitely: ok. We’ll double for the first date.
    mad4u: I hate being the guinea pig.
    linaonme: maybe there’s a way we can weed out the geeks.
    mad4u: a geek quiz. I think I have enough experience in this area to work up a few questions. It probably won’t weed them out but we could post it on our site as a public service, so geeks can identify themselves and get help.
    hollygolitely: go to it.
    Quiz: Are You a Geek?
    We suspect that you know who you are. But if there’s any question, take this quiz and find out your true geek status.
     
    1. The first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is:
    a _ Brush your teeth
    b _ Check your e-mail
    c _ Dig into a 3-day-old pizza you found under your bed
    d _ Step on your glasses by accident, then try to fix them with black electrical tape
    2. When getting dressed for school, you:
    a _ Call your friends to see what they’re wearing
    b _ Put on the carefully chosen outfit you laid out the night before
    c _ Put on the first thing you trip over on the floor
    d _ Dust off your Star Trek costume
    3. The first thing people notice about you is:
    a _ Your bright smile
    b _ Your fashion sense
    c _ Your odd haircut
    d _ A funny smell
    4. Your favorite subject in school is:
    a _ Gym
    b _ English
    c _ Science
    d _ Math
    5. Your idea of the perfect evening is:
    a _ Dinner and a movie with someone cute
    b _ Hanging with your friends
    c _ Doing a jigsaw puzzle with your mother
    d _ You, your computer, and a box of Hostess cupcakes
    6. When you grow up, you want to be:
    a _ A movie star
    b _ A doctor
    c _ A computer-game inventor
    d _ Frodo
    Scoring: mostly a’s: Geek-Free
    mostly b’s: Touch O’ Geek
    mostly c’s: Major Geek Tendencies
    mostly d’s: Total Geekosity
     
    I hope every geek at RSAGE takes this quiz and reforms
, Mads thought. Assuming reform was possible. Mads couldn’t imagine the treatment required to make Gilbert geek-free. But that wasn’t her problem anymore. All she knew was she never wanted to go on another date like that again.

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    Prove That You’re a Human
    To:     linaonme
    From: Your daily horoscope
    HERE IS TODAY’s HOROSCOPE: CANCER: You’re oh-so-sensitive and often think your friends don’t understand you. But maybe they do understand you. Maybe you are crazy. Feel better now?
    I ’m so glad we decided to do this together. I could never go through with it by myself,” Lina said. Holly parked in front of Zola’s, a