1-In high school my jaw grew… and grew… and GREW… until it jutted out so much it made Jay Leno’s jaw look normal. I would bump into walls chin first.
2-I played varsity tennis in high school. Earned a letter and everything. Yep. I was a jock. Kind of. Sort of. Not really.
3-Early on, I quit karate class after one lesson and joined the school choir. Doesn’t make me less of a jock. It doesn’t.
4-I play the guitar. I’m awesome. Well, okay, I play well enough that I formed a “cover” band with some friends. We actually played several gigs, got paid, and some people with apparent hearing issues asked us back.
5-I spent a summer at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. I hung out with a bunch of Asian kids. This is notable because I never hung out with Asian kids before. That might be because in my hometown, Greenville, Michigan, there were no Asian kids.
6-Well, there was one Asian kid. Kirby. Funny story about him. Sorry, you’ll have to read that in the book, but it involves bullies, a playground, and lots of martial arts. Think Rush Hour.
7-I did not have one girlfriend in college. Not one. Could not find anyone to go out with me. In four years. If I ever write a book about my college years, I will call it Ice Station Banana.
8-My favorite singer/songwriter is Jimmy Buffett. Yes, I'm a Parrothead. Don't hold it against me.
9-I also like Olivia Newton John and the Carpenters. And Poison. And Guns N Roses. And the Indigo Girls. But not as much as Jimmy Buffett.
10-My father’s name is Steve. He changed it when he moved here from Korea. His real first name is Suck. Now you know why he changed it to Steve.
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