| 1978 |
Birth. Mom says I arrived "singing." I wonder
what song it was. |
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| 1979 |
My parents give me a doll for Christmas who is my size.
I think she is real and talk to her, and they laugh at me. |
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| 1980 |
My brother is born, in December. |
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| 1981-1983 |
A lot of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers. Joint baths
with brother. Dad makes our shampoo-hair into "candlesticks"
and photographs us. |
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| 1984 |
I convince my brother to eat poisonous berries from
the bushes outside. Then I tell my Mom about it, and we
drive to Poison Control, and then he sits in the tub,
plays with Matchbox cars, and vomits. |
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| 1984 |
I almost drown in my mom's friend's pool. Very vivid memory
of not being able to swim. |
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| 1985 |
First grade. When I do wrong, I get a hole punched in the gold star I have accumulated for right-doing. It upsets me. |
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| 1986
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Do YOU think I look like a boy? Boys don't wear jelly bracelets! |
In the summer, I get my hair cut short for the first time, and a lady at the
bank thinks that I'm a boy, even though I'm wearing jelly bracelets and jelly shoes! |
"Dorkist" is a word I made up when I was younger
for especially big dorks. I think it's a misinterpretation
of the word dorcas.
