The one time I told my mom I was going to meet some internet friends I got a similar freak out. Since then I've only been in a situation where I had to tell someone something one other time (I was visiting my RL very good friend and wanted to meet up with Rhi as well). I basically told the truth (I said I met her on MBTV, I didn't detail the porn), and it went fine. This weekend I actually think I will be facing a situation where I have to say something again. I'm going to say online again cause I hate to lie. We'll see how it goes.

Ok, I don't like Lana. And at first all I could come up with were sarcastic answers like, she teaches Clark that lots of people he saves will be ungrateful and whiny.

But, upon further reflection, I think what we're supposed to see Clark learning from Lana is that his special abilities are always going to prevent him from just being any other guy. He'd have gotten with Lana ages ago if he weren't Super. Think of all the times he's let Lana down cause he had to run off to save somebody. That's about putting his obligation to humanity above his own desires. And then there's the RedK incidents where because he has to protect his secret, and the people close to him, he can't explain himself to get out of trouble.

For Clark, Lana is about wanting what he can't have. Not for any simple, human reasons, but because who he is is bigger than his own wants.