I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are

by Rachel Bloom

“2 days ago I was in the talent show. I got no boos, except for a barely audible ‘Rachel sucks!’ I did super well.”

I’ve come to learn that trauma is real for everyone and just because someone had it worse doesn’t mean you didn’t have it bad.*

the adults that I respect: my mother, my father, Ethel Merman, and Joan Cusack in Addams Family Values.

“I’m gonna enter the school lip sync contest and do ‘Adelaide’s Lament’ from Guys and Dolls! THAT’LL make them respect me!”

But the thing I loved most about theater(re) was that being a theater kid was an easy explanation for the reason I didn’t fit in.