Age 0 to 4: Watched a lot of Sesame Street.
Age 5: Broke my left arm at a friend’s house, was too embarrassed to show myself at pre-school for our Thanksgiving party the following week.
Age 6: Beat my first video game (Home Alone for Sega Genesis). Spent most of my time playing with Transformers and glued to the TV mashing buttons.
Age 7: Liked to pretend that I was Michael Jordan while shooting hoops in our gravel driveway.
Age 8: Completed 100 addition and subtraction problems in under 5 minutes. Watched my friend fall in the sting ray tank at the Baltimore Aquarium (haven’t been back since).
Age 9: Thought that I was a thug and bullied kids around for a year. Hung out with all the future criminals of my class.
Age 10: Sold my first item on ebay (a counterfeit Royal Blue Peanut the Elephant Beanie Baby). Realized then that I would never want to get a real job.
Age 11: Got further in alto saxophone music lessons at school than anyone previously, all taught by my Pop-pop.
Age 12 to 13: Awkward middle school phase, concentrated on schoolwork and listening to bad music.
Age 14: Most valuable player for my middle school hockey team (as goalie). Played my first (and only) solo on sax during a Jazz Band concert.
Age 15: Gave up hockey. Decided I wanted to become a Pokemon master.
Age 16: Won a trip to San Diego for the Pokemon Trading Card Game World Championships.
Age 17: Created the deck the placed 1st and 3rd in the 2005 Pokemon Trading Card Game World Championships. Broke my left arm again, this time while working at Target and got workman’s comp for a few months (score!).
Age 18: Made 1st varsity doubles for my high school tennis team and was named “all area” by the local newspaper for doubles.
Age 19: Began my stint at St. Joseph’s University. Never really knew what I wanted to major in, but Biology sounded interesting (mistake!).
Age 20: Got the hell out of Biology and into Chemistry (mistake!). Began my denim addiction and string of failed business ideas. Worked at a kid’s shoe store over the summer with one of my good friends.
Age 21: Started my first actual website, SixPrizes.com.
Age 22: Started this site. Everything has pretty much been down hill from there as you can tell.
