It Was All About Me
Friday's (6/16) interview was a bit of a blow-away. The host called me about a half-hour before the show and said he wanted to talk about me. My childhood, my teen years. College. Law school.
It was unnerving, because I'm such a private individual. But the show must go on. It wasn't as bad as I thought. I mean, maybe it was because I was doing the show from my office, instead of in a studio, on TV, or being videotaped. But I opened up. A trip down memory lane, as it were.
Growing up in Washington, D.C. in the 1970s was a blast. The museums and monuments were my backyard. Can you imagine letting your 10-12 year old kid wander around the city unaccompanied? Absolutely not. It was a different time, and the world was a very different place.
Went to a fine arts high school. Played music every day. I was a pianist. Learned to play oboe (badly) and trombone (not so badly). I belonged to a city-wide orchestra and traveled to Japan with them.
College. Left music behind because though their music program was very good, it wasn't stellar. Should have gone to Julliard. But I didn't, and so college shaped me to go in a different direction. And I did.
Law school. Biggest mistake of my life, one that I'm still paying for. Enough said.
So there you have it. My life in a few paragraphs. Oh, there are a few other things that I'm leaving out, mainly because I don't want to bore you any longer.
Thanks for listening.
It was unnerving, because I'm such a private individual. But the show must go on. It wasn't as bad as I thought. I mean, maybe it was because I was doing the show from my office, instead of in a studio, on TV, or being videotaped. But I opened up. A trip down memory lane, as it were.
Growing up in Washington, D.C. in the 1970s was a blast. The museums and monuments were my backyard. Can you imagine letting your 10-12 year old kid wander around the city unaccompanied? Absolutely not. It was a different time, and the world was a very different place.
Went to a fine arts high school. Played music every day. I was a pianist. Learned to play oboe (badly) and trombone (not so badly). I belonged to a city-wide orchestra and traveled to Japan with them.
College. Left music behind because though their music program was very good, it wasn't stellar. Should have gone to Julliard. But I didn't, and so college shaped me to go in a different direction. And I did.
Law school. Biggest mistake of my life, one that I'm still paying for. Enough said.
So there you have it. My life in a few paragraphs. Oh, there are a few other things that I'm leaving out, mainly because I don't want to bore you any longer.
Thanks for listening.
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