since we're being all dark now

i never went outside during lunch, i stayed in the library and read books. sometimes i did homework. i read every star wars book in my school library between grades 4-6 but now i don't remember any of them. i also couldn't really talk english so i guess this helped me. the librarian eventually insisted i go outside and play, but i think i only played soccer a few times with the other kids. avoided outside like the plague. unfortunately that meant i was playing catch-up in terms of social contacts development with peers for a few years after.

before emigration, grades 1-3, i'd start class wide fights and pretend i had my own gang of jean jacket wearing kids