November 25th, 2005, 3:08 pm
Embarrassing Clips From the Past
I was digging through some boxes today when I found an old, old clip — the first article I was quoted in. This piece appeared in the Paradise Valley Independent, a community newspaper in Arizona, on December 23-29, 1998.
In addition to chronicling my (dubiously newsworthy) PSAT scores, this piece features some fatuous, fatheaded quotes from me, and my “I don’t smile because everyone else does” senior picture.
I am SUCH a pud.
Oh yeah, and I guess it’s worth noting that I did end up becoming a Merit Scholar, after all.
(Click through to Flickr and hit “All Sizes” to read it large)
November 25th, 2005 at 5:14 pm
You never considered yourself the “straight A-egghead type?”
November 25th, 2005 at 5:21 pm
Can you believe I said egghead? At 17? Who uses the word egghead?
But yeah, no, I was not an overachiever in high school. It wasn’t cool.
November 25th, 2005 at 5:58 pm
How did your teachers feel about being paraphased as sing “Wow, this is like the greatest thing ever?” And what’s that you’re leaning on in the picture? I looks sort of like a column, but it also looks sort of like the back of a toilet.
November 26th, 2005 at 3:00 pm
You’re too young to have old newspaper clips. I have some clips from my Little League days. I threw a no hitter and clubbed two home runs on a Saturday afternoon in 1966. Now that’s an old old clip.