how I got the nickname 'marcie'
Okay, here's the story: When I was in my first year of high school
(tenth grade) at Clinton High School in Clinton, MS, I was in the band.
(Yes, I was a geek from an early age.) I was rather shy and tried to
kind of blend into the wallpaper. I know this is hard to believe for
those of you who know me now, but trust me on this... Anyway, I was
friends with a set of twins who were brass players, and one of them drew
cartoons. One day he pinned up a sheet of paper on the bulletin board
with caricatures of many of the bandos. He took existing characters and
attributed them to his fellow band geeks (our lead trumpet player was
Opus). I was, naturally, Marcie of Peanuts fame. The next day, everyone
started calling me Marcie, and it stuck. It's followed me from there
through five moves since 1988, and will probably be with me for the rest
of my life. Not that I'm complaining.
Check this out to compare me as a high school senior and the "real" Marcie.
