Embarassing Confessions

May I share something embarrassing? For about a year I thought Tava Smiley, formerly of Clean Sweep had gone to journalism school, gotten really respectable, and kept showing up on NPR.  I thought Tavis Smiley was Tava Smiley. Surely I'm not the only one?

 Here's something else: One day I was watching MTV with my boyfriend in high school. Alice Cooper's video, School's Out, came on and I said, "You never really actually see Pink Floyd but there they are." I thought School's Out was We Don't Need No Education. It was sad because I wanted to seem cool.

Also: When I was sitting in my Thesis defense for my Masters Degree in English they asked me something about Victorian England. I panicked, imagined Emma Thompson in Sense and Sensibility, and answered the question based on what I thought she would do.

And one time: I found this weird red ring on my forehead. I went to teach my class at BYU (so, yes, I was an adult--a "professor," even). My students noticed it and I was talking about how I had no idea what it could be. One of them asked me if I had put a suction cup on my head the day before because those marks can last a long time. I said "no," but that is exactly what I had done.
 
Finally: I don't hate Tom Cruise. In fact, I kind of like Tom Cruise.