This is Totally How I Remember my Childhood

So, I was super pretentious and full of myself as a kid. The vast majority of grades K-7 can be summed up like this, by my recollection:

TEACHERS

Wow! Check this kid out! He's a genius!

ME

Chill out, Guys. Just because I have a college-age reading level in kindergarten--

TEACHERS

GEEEENIUUUUUUS. You should totally skip a grade!

RANDOM TEACHER

Skipping a grade is scary. Not very many people pass the test, and then they cry.

ME

Crying is terrible! I don't want to take the test!

PARENTS

It's your choice, our little genius sweetheart.

TEACHERS

Well, then, no skipped grade for you.

FUTURE ME

Why didn't I-- but I could have-- damn it.

THIRD GRADE TEACHER

We're going to do Charlotte's Web for our play. Now, either Joseph or Caleb is going to be Wilbur. You guys choose.

JOSEPH

Well, I mean-- I guess I could-- If given the opportunity--

ME

I'LL DO IT!

THIRD GRADE TEACHER

Sweet. Caleb gets the lead, Joseph is a rat.

JOSEPH

That's cool, I guess.

DRAMA TEACHERS FROM THEN ON

Whoa, you can understand subtexts, connotations, and inflection?! GENIUS!

ME

Another lead role? Wow, I would say that was unexpected except it totally wasn't.

EVERYONE

Stop being so full of yourself!

ME

If I was anything but modest, I would think everyone thought I was cocky.

EVERYONE

We do!

ME

Well, I'm gonna have long hair.

EVERYONE

YOU LOOK LIKE A GIRL!

ME

No, I totally don't!

EVERYONE

YES YOU DO!

ME

Okay, fine, I do. I'll cut it.

EVERYONE (ESPECIALLY MY DAD)

Thank God!

And those are pretty much all the events I remember from my childhood. Great, huh?

Do these memories make me look hipster?

Popularity that Needs to be Real

So, a friend of mine, KTDB, already gave me a blog-with-substance award. Check this out. She's basically super awesome, check her out at Free to Dance.

1. Thank the blogger who gave me the award.

You rock, KTDB! Maybe I'll get a couple of readers this way. I should also probably start tagging my posts. I'll try that out this time.

2. Sum up your blogging philosophy, motivation, and experience using five words

My way, or the highway.

3. Pass this on to 10 other bloggers that you feel have a substance in their blogs.

I don't...I don't know who to give this to. Except for Gnome Season.

Also, This blog doesn't have anything interesting in it, yet. I promise I'll work on that, but my goal is to have one short post a day about whatever it is is on my mind that day. I should be popular, guys. It needs to be real.

Does this ego make me look hipster?