![]() ![]() He now has a new best friend, Steve Ellerby, who also competes on the swim team. Constant swim practice and meets keep Eric from spending time with Sarah. A frequent target is the school vice principal, who begins to severely dislike the pair of them because of their antics.īut when Eric joins the swimming team in high school, their relationship changes. While Eric never became as steely and tough as Sarah, their friendship and collaboration allowed him to begin to laugh at his own insecurities and spot the hypocrisy in others. ![]() The duo’s underhanded revenge through writing gave them an outlet to deal with their anxiety and shame over their physical appearance. Crispy Pork Rinds publishedoutlandish gossip pieces about school staff and students, focusing most particularly on bullies and those that mocked them. ![]() Together,they authored an underground newspaper called Crispy Pork Rinds, the moniker beinga sarcastic tribute to Sarah’s skin condition and Eric’s weight concerns. Their outcast status bonded them intensely. In middle school, Eric and Sarah were both self-professed “terminal uglies”: Eric for being overweight (and thus given the Moby Dick nickname) and Sarah for being badly scarred by childhood burns on her hands and face. ![]()
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