The Colossal Camera Calamity (2015)
“It certainly feels that way.
But this wasn’t a crisis. This was more like a mission. And missions are fun. I am good at missions. They focus my brain, so that I don’t worry about not reading well and I stop thinking about forgetful I am.
Right then I was no longer a forgetful, underachieving kid with helmet hair but a man on a mission. I was a hero! Yes! I could do this.
As I hurtled back to the flat with Mum’s keys, I felt like I had a chance. This year was going to be my year. Photographic pe...rfection was within my grasp!
That enthusiasm lasted 3.4 seconds after I entered the flat. I had dashed to the laundry basket, ripped off the lid, flung clothes everywhere in a storm of dirty laundry, and there it was, lying right at the bottom.
My uniform.
My heart sank when I pulled it out, though. I’d let a pen bleed to death all over the shirt collar. At that moment I wanted to be anywhere else but here.
I wanted to disappear into the floor, tunnel through the planet and re-emerge somewhere in Chile with a new name, a new haircut, and a fresh start.MoreLess
But this wasn’t a crisis. This was more like a mission. And missions are fun. I am good at missions. They focus my brain, so that I don’t worry about not reading well and I stop thinking about forgetful I am.
Right then I was no longer a forgetful, underachieving kid with helmet hair but a man on a mission. I was a hero! Yes! I could do this.
As I hurtled back to the flat with Mum’s keys, I felt like I had a chance. This year was going to be my year. Photographic pe...rfection was within my grasp!
That enthusiasm lasted 3.4 seconds after I entered the flat. I had dashed to the laundry basket, ripped off the lid, flung clothes everywhere in a storm of dirty laundry, and there it was, lying right at the bottom.
My uniform.
My heart sank when I pulled it out, though. I’d let a pen bleed to death all over the shirt collar. At that moment I wanted to be anywhere else but here.
I wanted to disappear into the floor, tunnel through the planet and re-emerge somewhere in Chile with a new name, a new haircut, and a fresh start.MoreLess
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