Remember in the "Wedding Singer," when Robbie gets stood-up at the altar and Linda (the ex-fiancé) comes the next day to pick up her things? She tells him that she doesn't ever want to marry him, and he says, "Gee, you know, that information really would have been more useful to me yesterday." Then she reiterates the fact that she doesn’t want to be with an ex-spandex-wearing-rockstar-turned-wedding-singer-living-in-his-sister’s-Richfield-basement, and he says, “Once again, things that could have been brought to my attention YESTERDAY.”
My whole life I’ve felt a lot like Robbie, slapping my hand to my forehead and thinking, “Huh, that’s probably information that would have been nice to have had just a little EARLIER!” I was the kid to consistently mix up show and tell days, and I definitely was the only one at my specified major graduation who walked the stage without wearing a stole (when the heck do they tell you to get these things? Again, things that could have been brought to my attention earlier…) Needless to say, the problem has bred quite a mixture of self-doubt, anger, colorful tells of embarrassment, and wildly entertaining moments for innocent bystanders.
It’s not that I’m stupid. I somehow managed to finagle my way into a prestigious west coast university (and to graduate from said prestigious university – hence the debacle with the stole). But I just can’t help feeling that I’m a quickstep behind – like I missed those few important days in elementary school. Except that I didn’t.
As a result, I have created this blog to address some of the things you’d wish you’d known just a little earlier…perhaps to avoid career-threatening public humiliation, perhaps if only to save your sore head from another palm-slap, perhaps as an impromptu support group.
All I ask is that while some of us are trying to figure out why we’re the only one dressed as Captain Underpants on October 30, don’t judge. Point and laugh, sure, but don’t judge.
Yours Truly,
Buhbba
Hehe I can't wait to see what you have in store!!
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