I wish I could go back in time,
even further than her,
and tell my younger self
that being funny and studying movies
and comedy and art
is worth it and can lead to a career.
I would also tell my younger self
to start pursuing this life earlier.
When the guidance counselor of my high school
asked me to define myself in three words
(first of all, who knows who they are when they are 16),
can you imagine his face
if I told him I am a writer, a bartender, and a skateboarder,
and then followed that by declaring that
I am not taking the SATs.