10 Things to Learn from ’10 Things’

For my column this month— one of my last columns ever (GASP!)— I thought I’d write a list of ten things I learned from the movie “10 Things I Hate About You.” This movie is a classic. I mean it’s based on Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, how much more ‘classic’ can you get? Heath Ledger at his finest (and I do mean finest).

So here are my ten things:

1. Teenage angst makes you look cool and serious and bad and a whole heap of other things.

2. Fashion trends change a heck of a lot in just a span of ten years (I mean just look at their outfits in that movie, it’s dreadful).

3. Don’t tutor French when you don’t actually know French (comprende?) That is, unless it gets you ‘the girl.’

4. Tread carefully when purchasing black undergarments; it can lead to serious implications.

5. Don’t make Bianca’s date bleed, don’t do anything to her sister and especially, do not do anything to her. It may result in a bloody nose.

6. Don’t flash a teacher, unless it’s to get someone out of detention.

7. Don’t buy your Izods from an outlet mall. Bogey Lowenstein may start a rumor about you. (And the “Masters of Business Association” geeks may or may not try to stage a hostile takeover.)

8. No matter what, Bobby Ridgeway kicked himself in the balls.

9. The two house rules are as follows: one, no dating till you graduate, number two, no dating till you graduate.

10.  And finally, there’s nothing like a sisterly bond.

Yup, there you go. Ten things. If you’ve never seen the movie, that column probably made absolutely NO sense to you. However, I advise you to watch it so you can read this column again and be amazed.