A few weeks ago I went out to the 'burbs and talked to a some high school English classes about what it's like to be writer.
Christy: Yeah, how did that go?
Me: It went well.
Christy: What'd you end up talking to them about?
Me: Just writing stuff. My process, and getting jobs, and blah blah blah.
Christy: I always equate talking to classes about what you do as being a Very Adult Thing
Me: Well if I had a Very Adult Job then it would be, but I just sit around all day.
Christy: But you didn't tell them you sit around all day. (pause) Right?
Me: Well...
Christy: And it's not like you went wearing a hoodie.
(silence)
Christy: You told them you sit around all day?
Me: Um...
Christy: You wore a hoodie!?
It's not as though I was going to fool any of them into thinking I was an adult anyway. I mean, c'mon.





