Bite Me
“The shadows crossing the walls were gingerly touching the Olympic posters and the photographs of novas and nebulas taken by the Hubble satellite. The shelf filled to overflowing with science fiction and fantasy books loomed over me. My small hoard of track and field trophies on the windowsill gleamed with borrowed, false glory. Dad sometimes affectionately claimed that the reflected light blinded him when he walked by. Dad. . .
I was getting really tired of looking at the stuff in my room. In genetic and upbringing terms it was interesting that two very liberal-artsy individuals could produce a daughter who could sing “The Elements”, which lists the entire periodic table to the tune of “A Modern Major General” by Gilbert and Sullivan, ever since she was ten. I’d decided one day that there are five main types of interests that define personalities, at least when it comes to school. There are the academics, the artists, the athletes, the accessorizers, and the (forgive me) assholes.
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