Five things that should be issued to every American on his or her 14th birthday
July 19th, 2008- condoms (and instruction on how and when to use/not use them)
- The Elements of Style by Strunk and White
- phone number of a super-cool, non-panicky adult (who will get you out of the jams your parents must never learn of)
- Surfer Rosa by Pixies
- iPod on which to listen to Surfer Rosa at painfully loud volume