Since we are up to confessing, I have to make some confessions, too. I must confess that I have a ridiculously talented cousin-in-law (many of them, actually). But I also must confess that I have a ridiculously talented wife (and daughter...my goodness, her jumping skillz are amay-zhu-zing).
I admit, that as much I tried to exist in high school, I always thought about being in shop. I still wear googles to this day (just ask my Mother-in-Law who is driving a pair down for me from Rexburg, Idaho)!
One time I was the guy who tried to make a guitar spin around and play glasses with spoons.
I loved tetherball in elementary school (and if you went to a school with tetherball, you did too).
And if you have a pulse, you, like me, have always dreamed of winning big playing Plinko on The Price is Right (Bob Barker days).
Not a super confession (since I am not ashamed to say it), but one of my favorite jobs I ever had...of all time...was as a grocer at Trader Joe's. I loved it...I mean loved, loved, loved it (where else are you paid to yell "Fish outta watah" and 98% of the customers were nice!). While I never crashed any carts, I occasionally forgot to give people their paper bags of groceries after I checked them out.
And when I was in the sixth grade, I loved that one time when I got to use a typewriter to do my homework (since apparently writing with your hand is so hard, my cursive still looks the same from when I was in the sixth grade). I typed out a play for English.
Can you spot all the references?
And for the record, I hope to keep that darned oboe. It is my favorite band instrument. Really.
Comments
I never had much opportunity to wear goggles, because I was eternally in glasses. And when I did, they made funny marks around my face.
I thought that you were being tender and sincere, until I saw the video.
You should write to Sarah, baby brother, and I in cursive more often.
The goggles refers to the swim goggles your mom is bringing down, and I love swim goggles!
While I was watching this I thought "My goodness, whoever wrote and directed this video was a child of the 80's" because it totally reminded me of me as a kid in a lot of ways I never think about...like making a new Tron movie, you see it and say "Oh yeah, that was awesome!"
And I do have an amazing and talented wife.
And if you do not think writing a love note in cursive at 6:45 in the morning and scanning it for them is not tender and sincere, I give up :)
I love you.
I'll have to watch it again and see if I catch all the 80's stuff!