5. I was the kind of geek who wore cat t-shirts because I thought they were cool.
this one was my favorite
(this might explain why I don’t like cats anymore)
6. so when parents sent me off to summer camp,
it’s no surprise that I wasn’t miss popularity
7. luckily I was one of those kids
who was perfectly happy striking out on my own adventures
13. my inability to do a forward roll ruled out a
gymnastics routine.
14. and most of my jokes never made it to the punchline.
15. I settled on the one thing no one else in my cabin could do.
I decided I was going to play my clarinet.
16. looking back now,
I’m a firm believer that you should have to be at
least 21 years of age before playing the clarinet
if ever.
17. at 12, I thought I was a musical genius
when I played my clarinet, beautiful sounds came out
(if only I knew what everyone else in the room was hearing)
18. on the night of the talent show,
I took the stage
and played a song that I had committed to memory