An essay I wrote about growing up as a painfully shy, perpetually heartbroken, lovesick nerd

[stevethefish]

Lately I've been focusing a lot more on writing than I have on model building. I shared this essay with Blake recently and he told me that he found it compelling. I might just share it with anyone here who may be interested in killing an hour reading about how I came of age. I wrote this essay back in December, but have slowly added to it since then. It focuses on four girls specifically, and the impact they had on me. Funny how girl #3 is actually now an extremely minor Hollywood/B-movie actress listed on the IMDB, who was jealous of girl #4. This week I finally came up with a decent preface for the essay. For anyone who grew up as a shy, lonely nerd afraid of girls and afraid to admit that you love stuff like Star Wars, Star Trek, anime, etc., you may relate somewhat. I've had a handful of people tell me already that they could definitely relate to the story. Be warned though, since there's a bit of God talk, so if that turns you off, you may not be so interested. Plenty of references to pre-grunge Alternative music too.

https://stevethefish.net/life/life127.htm

There's a followup essay I wrote in February that works in tandem with the other essay, but it focuses more on how I met my wife through an overseas pen pal program, fell in love, and got married. There is quite a lot of overlap of events between these two essays, involving the same people. The second one is long too, but it's padded with a lot more photos. Lots of mushy, sentimental love stuff, more God talk about providence and such.

https://stevethefish.net/life/life130.htm

If anyone reads these and appreciates them, let me know.

 

[blakeh1]

A very nice slide of life