if you decide to put up a pretence, at least bother to make sure your thing's together enough so that nobody can see through you at all. well, i for one think that 'nice' is overrated (who isn't nice at an orientation camp?) and saying that people are 'nice' just because you can't find any other adjective is well.. lame. because after a while, everybody is nice (and you know how true that can be......)
whatever, this is my sleep deprived brain talking. i just think it's better to be yourself, point blank, rather to wear some joker's mask and be some phony that you probably wouldn't recognise ANYWAY (on the assumption that you are a decent human being with some sort of value system in the first place)