I Was the Creepy Kid Who Loved “The Talented Mr. Ripley”

Matt Damon and Jude Law in “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (Image copyright 1999 by Paramount Pictures)

I was the creepy kid in school.

I had no friends. My loneliness was half by choice, half by simply being kinda creepy. I barely did schoolwork and spent most of my time reading comic books. When I looked at the popular cool kids, I wanted to be them. Sometimes. And sometimes I just wanted to throttle them.