your rep put me over 30k. WOOT!!!

I do avoid them. They're madmen. (Or for the feminist ones, madpeople or madwomen...)

But seriously, I only have one smart friend that doesn't make me feel like a total retard on a regular basis. (He's no dummy himself, though; he's going to caltech.) And even he makes me feel inadequate sometimes.

I dunno why I'm griping about this to you, though. In all honesty I could cares less about crap like this. I'm happy with myself.

Yeah, I'd like to be the one to make that introduction:
"Hi, <random person who tried to intimidate Shi on-line>, would you like to meet Shi?"
"Hi, Shi, have you met <random person who tried to intimidate Shi on-line>?"
Then step back and watch the expression on that person's face

Oh, the simple pleasures in life

No, it isn't. Which is also why I hang out by myself quite frequently.

Haha, you're very funny

(I meant smart people over dumb people, you goober!)

I don't know. It's not intentional or anything, I wasn't saying that.

I guess I just always feel retarded around really smart people, because, well... I'm not delusional. I know I don't fit in with the idiots but I'm not smart enough to be one of the geniuses, either. (But take a guess at who I'd rather hang out with =P)

I don't change for the idiots, either. (The masses are asses.) But I tend to around people like you. You make me feel ridiculously inferior.

I don't know. I just do, I guess. Only with some people.

Most people, I don't give a damn what they think.

Yeah, that's true.

In fact, I'm really a lot more confident than I let on... but while I may HAVE a rather large ego, I don't want people to KNOW I do. So I talk down about myself way too much. But whatever. I'd rather come off as a modest average girl than a snotty smart one.

Yeah, but... I'm not really very intelligent, to be honest. I mean, I guess I'm not exactly stupid, but I'm not smart either D: