Peaked in High School
I just watched the Weird Al movie and loved it. Never has a movie been so relatable. Being weird is definitely more in right now than ever before. I’m finally embracing those parts of myself that I have been fighting for years. This newsletter is both a symptom of a midlife crisis as well as a window into my quirky soul.
In high school everyone wants to be popular and cool. I was neither. Let’s just say Abercrombie & Fitch would have made me work in the back. I did my best to fly somewhere in between the popular kids and the real weirdos. My goal was to go unnoticed. Better ignored than harassed. I’ve since realized how good I was at blending in. Kelly and I were a year apart in school. He was both cool and popular. Whenever I go out to do a Boise OG event, I always get: “I went to school with Kelly, I graduated a year after him.” Oh really? Me too… I was in your class! It’s fine, I found solace in the thing that less-cool kids tell themselves, or well-meaning parents tell their lame kids: “Don’t worry about being one of those popular kids, they peak in high school.”
I’ve always liked the idea of people getting what they deserve… Now as an almost 40 year old, I’m contemplating if peaking in high school is actually a good thing or a bad thing… Like part of me is relieved I didn’t peak in high school… but what if I did?!?! Do people know when they’ve peaked? If I haven’t peaked by now, will I ever peak? Now I’m a bit panicky as my mind starts spiraling towards an existential crisis…
This leads to the question of—if you get this sticker as a Christmas gift for someone is it a compliment or a dig? I think that’s the beauty of Boise OG, it can be both. If nothing else it will give you something to talk about around the table other than religion and politics.
Salty as usual,
—Heidi
