This quote today reminded me of my freshman year of college. I was at some lame Orientation event sitting in a group of people introducing ourselves. Let me preface this by saying we were all acting students…and usually when someone says they are an actor, one can infer that they probably possess a relatively high communication skill set. So anyway, we are all going around the circle introducing ourselves and telling stories when we get to this guy who, in the middle of his introduction, starts to stutter a bit. Now I don’t know about you, but my mind works really fast and I tend to switch from topic to topic with lightening speed. Because of this, I get twisted in my words from time to time. So, I start to giggle and yell “Ta Ta Ta Today Junior!!!!” (a line from one of the most profound movies of our time…Billy Madison). No one laughs. About an hour later we leave the group and my friend tells me that the kid I yelled at has a SERIOUS stuttering problem. He was eventually cut from the program as a result. oops.

Another story that could have been ripped from the pages of fmylife happened the same year as the story above. My mom had this good friend who worked at school with her. She just adored this woman and had been trying to set me up with her son, TJ, for years. Well, TJ eventually moved to New York and I was going to be up there for an audition one weekend, so my mom took it upon herself to give me his number and begged me to meet up with him. She was so excited and convinced we were going to fall instantly in love and get married. I decided “hey, what do I have to lose??” and called him. I was kind of nervous, so I dragged my friend Natalie to the bar with me as my wingwoman of sorts. Well, TJ shows up and he’s gorgeous and funny all in one. I did a silent shout out to my mother as I shook his hand. 2 Minutes later I was also shaking the hand of Beth….his girlfriend.