i-mockery valentines!

[Kitsa]

It didn't happen on Valentine's, but I was similarly hosed in 6th grade. I won the school spelling bee and went to the regionals. Then I had to have surgery and was homeschooled the rest of the year. When I got the yearbook, they put the runner-up's picture in next to "Winner, School Spelling Bee".

God was I pissed. I mean, I was there for school pictures, I was the one who won, why the hell did they use the other girl's picture? I never felt the same about her after that. Not that we were great pals to begin with.

I missed all the good stuff that year, including the token Troubled Kid freaking out in class and throwing his desk at the teacher.

And Valentine's.