I guess the trigger for this blog is the mountain of a pimple on my nose. It made me realize at the age of 18, I saw a back hair pop up. Oh well, I thought to myself, at least that means I am done with getting zits! Now I have both. This shows me high school kids know nothing.
I began to think of other nuggets of dumb that invaded my head then. Example – I used to think after college, my degree actually would mean something. Strike one! I also had an idea back then I would play college football. I was technically on the team and I practiced a lot, it was the whole playing part that didn’t work out. I remember after the season, I went to see the coach to tell him I was done and the look on his face was, “You were on the team?”
I think the stupidest thing I thought back then, though, is that after drinking a couple beers and playing the guitar, I was good. Then after a few more I thought I could sing. I wish John Belushi was there to recreate that guitar smashing scene from Animal House, only I wish he would have smashed it on my face when I tried to play AC/DC on a BC Rich acoustic. At least I wasn’t playing a keytar or a recorder. Someone may have put a hit out on me.