But. . . you said we were going to play Parcheezi. . .

I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then I wasn't scared or nervous, but I didn't like meeting new people when I had to be myself. That was scary.

But things were different now. I finally had my head -pun intended- on straight.

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

You didn't," John said, stepping from the shadows as he clapped for me, "even hit your head this time.

Whoa. If high school was suppose to be the best years of my life - at least so far - I was truly destined to have a sucky adulthood.

And I'm sure than in Poland, or somewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk, but at least back in Brooklyn if you did those things you were either a drug dealer or from New Jersey.