The story of the talent show.
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there was a time when
was my jam
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at age 12, I was officially a geek.
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not a cool geek
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or a smart geek
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I was the kind of geek who wore cat t-shirts because I thought they were cool.
(this might explain why I don’t like cats anymore)
this one was my favorite
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so when parents sent me off to summer camp,
it’s no surprise that I wasn’t miss popularity
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luckily I was one of those kids
who was perfectly happy striking out on my own adventures
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the popular girls did their thing
and I did mine
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obviously when it came time to enter the talent show,
I didn’t hesitate to sign up
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I didn’t lack
confidence
or
ambition
the only questionable thing I was missing
was probably the most important
talent.
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so while the popular girls perfected their spice girls lip-sync
I looked for my talent.
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judging from my
brother’s complaints in
the car, I wasn’t any
good at singing.
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my inability to do a forward roll ruled out a
gymnastics routine.
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and most of my jokes never made it to the punchline.
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I settled on the one thing no one else in my cabin could do.
I decided I was going to play my clarinet.
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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.
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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)
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on the night of the talent show,
I took the stage
and played a song that I had committed to memory
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the star wars theme song
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and believe it or not, I won
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I’m pretty sure I was awarded
best comedy act
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but I’ve never seen my parents quite as proud
as they were the night I showed the world
that star wars was my jam.