The Proof Is In the Pretense

Just in case you were wondering whether I was exaggerating my affection for Bruce Springsteen's "No Surrender" in my previous entry, here's indisputable evidence in the form of my senior-year yearbook entry -- when your graduating class is only 41, you can have a whole page to yourself! -- with the noteworthy quote tastefully appointed in red:

For those readers looking for further proof of my dangerously imperious eighteen-year-old attitude, check out the quote I've highlighted in blue as well as the one from our headmaster Thomas N. Southard, who once chastised me with those words in front of all my classmates. The reason why is a tale too long to tell right now.