Three entries in under 12 hours? Huh?
Random memory that helps me to feel worth something:
Being required to play a piece approved by the teacher for Guitar finals in High School, and deciding to play an improv medley instead. Getting an A for the performance, despite not getting the teacher's go-ahead or being "prepared". Getting Best Instrumentalist and various other music-related awards that year. Sure, anyone with some semblance of music skill could have done the same in Byers, but it still helps me to feel like I'm at least on par with a deformed stick in some areas.
Being required to play a piece approved by the teacher for Guitar finals in High School, and deciding to play an improv medley instead. Getting an A for the performance, despite not getting the teacher's go-ahead or being "prepared". Getting Best Instrumentalist and various other music-related awards that year. Sure, anyone with some semblance of music skill could have done the same in Byers, but it still helps me to feel like I'm at least on par with a deformed stick in some areas.