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Like many early-aughts tweens, I dreamed of owning a moose-embossed Abercrombie & Fitch wardrobe, prayed for the day I would finally need an underwire bra, and hoped my romantic future would hold a man exactly like Seth Cohen.
The O.C.’s sweater vest-clad outcast was unlike anyone I’d met in my homogenous Pacific Northwest town. Like me, he was Jewish, fluent in all things pop culture, and allergic to organized sports.
Adam Brody, previously best known for playing Lane’s cool musician boyfriend in