No Child Left Behind

I've always had a large ego. That's just the kind of environment I
grew up in. It was one where you were to be proud of your
accomplishments and confident in your endeavors. Some parts of me
wonder if the acceptance of this was to make up for the inadequacy I
actually felt. If I feigned enough belief in my abilities, maybe
others would to. I guess that's a part of the game in a world where
perceptions matter more than realities.

The only part I have trouble dealing with is the in between. I know
where I am and I know where I'd like to end up, however when
confronted with logistics I leave myself feeling like a hopeless,
worthless entity floating through the world. That's probably the
closest I will get to accepting my own reality.

Anyway, enough of that. Does anyone remember Eve 6? Inside Out remains
one of my most favorite songs and haven't the slightest idea why. It
reminds me of driving around with friends during the summers between
high school.

I intensely hate running into people I went to high school with. I
hate the perfunctory exchange of "my major is this, when I graduate I
am doing that, when I grow up I am going to save the world, and in
case you forgot I am still as brilliant as I was back then". After I
verbally present my resume I feel like I've uncontrollably vomited all
of this information over this person and that they are thinking to
themselves "what an annoying overachiever freak". I think I'll just
make up a more acceptable story to tell from now on. Because nobody
wants to hear about my full time job, my three majors, or how I
personally saved eighteen dying children in Africa (just kidding about
that one).