November 5, 2003
Blogmore Academy Class of 2003

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It's been said before, and it'll be said again: the blogosphere is just high school with more bandwidth. And most headshots are just yearbook photos, right? So, it's with that in mind, we present to you, The Blogmore Academy Class of 2003.

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Jen Chung
Gothamist
Student Council (Vice President); Pep Squad (President); Food Club (Secretary)
Pandas... Law & Order (Jerry Orbach is a hottie!!!!)...Olive Garden!
Quote: "I'm in a New York State of mind."- Billy Joel


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Ana Marie Cox
The Antic Muse
School Paper (Culture/Politics Columnist); Home-Ec. Club
Gavin McStinkus... Auto-magical!!!!
Quote: "Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion."- Ambrose Bierce


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Anil Dash
Dashes.com
Computer Club (President); Matholympics (Secretary)
MT 4E!!
Quote: "I feel good!"- James Brown


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Nick Denton
NickDenton.org
Student Council (Treasurer); Junior Entrepreneurs Club (President); Anglophile Society (Founding President)
Launching pad... f--- you, Calacanis!... "It's called football, mate."
Quote: "With affection beaming out of one eye, and calculation shining out of the other."- Charles Dickens


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Jake Dobkin
Blue Jake; Gothamist
Photo Club (Secretary); Computer Club (Vice President)
Rollerblading... kittens... the city at night
Quote: "Almost me/ Almost you/ Almost blue."- Elvis Costello


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Simon Dumenco
The Download
Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief); Spirit Committee (Vice President)
My Dinner with Felix... The Glossies!... Print rulez!!!
Quote: "The medium is the message."- Marshall McLuhan


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Uncle Grambo
Whatevs
Music Appreciation Society; Smoker's area Prime Minister (unofficial)
Obvs... "Tru Calling"... "Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs"!!!
Quote: "I wanna rock and roll all night/ And party ev'ry day."- KISS


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Jeff Jarvis
Buzz Machine
Guidance Counselor; School Paper (Faculty Advisor)
Howard Stern rules!
Quote: "I keep getting older, they stay the same age."- Wooderson


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Maud Newton
MaudNewton.com
Literary Magazine (Editor-in-Chief)
Books... Books... Books
Quote: "We tell ourselves stories in order to live."- Joan Didion


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Old Hag
Old Hag.blogspot
School Paper (Managing Editor); Literary Magazine (Associate Editor)
"I [Don't] Heart Vendela"... BOOG 4E
Quote: "So many books, so little time."- Unknown


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Daniel Radosh
Radosh.net
Humor Magazine (Editor-in-Chief); Junior anti-communist league (President)
"Easterbrook sucks!!!"... Johnny Cash sings "Three's Company"... Arnold naked!
Quote: "If it bends, it's funny. If it breaks, it's tragedy."- Woody Allen


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Pete Rojas
Gizmodo
A/V Squad (President); Beatles fan club (Secretary)
Phones... PDAs... Laptops
Quote: "Go, Gadget, go!"- Inspector Gadget


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Choire Sicha
Gawker
Drama Club (President); School Paper (Gossip Columnist)
"It's pronounced 'Corey!'"... "I know who you were sitting with in the cafeteria"...P.D.O.!
Quote: "It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)."- R.E.M.


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Elizabeth Spiers
The Kicker
School Paper (Editor-in-Chief); anti-School Spirit club (unofficial)
W.W.A.W.D. (What Would Anna Wintour Do?)... I love you, Graydon!..."I [Don't] Heart L.A.!"
Quote: "I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."- Dorothy Parker


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TMFTL
The Minor Fall, The Major Lift
Clubs, unknown
"Can't blog, too hung over!"... F--- Klosterman!..."On the down-low."
Quote: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"

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