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Renny Boy
Okay. So I know seventh grade doesn’t seem like a huge deal in the scheme of things, but just thinking about it gave me the willies. Being twelve, on the cusp of being a teenager, is like standing on the edge of a cliff – and at the bottom of the valley is an ocean of responsibility, puberty, and making your own phone calls.
Even my parents knew I didn’t have any friends growing up, and that’s pretty bad, even if they raised me on a soundtrack and influenced me to pick up singing at an early age.
I never thought I would be ready for that kind of “growing up” crap, honestly. Not when I was just some skinny white boy who didn’t do anything well except sing.
I had hoped for mediocrity and expected the worst on that first day of junior high, but I got way more than I bargained for. In the corniest possible way, I found my voice that year, and I ended up meeting a few people who changed my life forever.
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Playlist!
The banner for this story is based upon the album artwork for "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen. I don't own the original artwork.
Even my parents knew I didn’t have any friends growing up, and that’s pretty bad, even if they raised me on a soundtrack and influenced me to pick up singing at an early age.
I never thought I would be ready for that kind of “growing up” crap, honestly. Not when I was just some skinny white boy who didn’t do anything well except sing.
I had hoped for mediocrity and expected the worst on that first day of junior high, but I got way more than I bargained for. In the corniest possible way, I found my voice that year, and I ended up meeting a few people who changed my life forever.
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Playlist!
The banner for this story is based upon the album artwork for "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen. I don't own the original artwork.
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I Was Born
Joan of Arc - I Was Born -
The Story with No Ending
Passion Pit - Live to Tell the Tale -
I Feel Strange
Jimmie's Chicken Shack - Strange (hooray for long-butt chapters!) -
A Refreshing New Start Right Now
Larger than Life - Refreshment -
Breaking Down, I'm Breaking Out
Nothington - Bottom Line -
Bolder Than Buzzing Bugs
Cap'n Jazz - Oh Messy Life -
Common Sense
RenAndSoria - Common Sense -
To Make the World Go 'Round
No Doubt - World Go 'Round -
You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks -
...Just What We Need
Latterman - He's a Good Sposato (I Love Ya Blue-Blue) -
Headacher
Fireside - Headacher -
Red at Night
The Gaslight Anthem - Red at Night -
You Get Up, You Get Down
Three Dog Night - Sure as I'm Sittin' Here -
A Walk Through Hell
Say Anything - A Walk Through Hell -
December Embers Trickle Up
Cap'n Jazz - Precious (long chapter is looong!) -
This Time of Year
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - This Time of Year -
Trusty Chords
Hot Water Music - Trusty Chords -
Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare
Matt and Kim - Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare -
It Makes You Wanna Shout it
Bordertown - Skate Star (Five thousand word chapter. Woo hoo!) -
If I Fall Down
Ex Number Five - Index of Values -
Circus of the Stars
Braid - Circus of the Stars -
Goodbye Old Life
Echo Screen - Run Home Jack -
Anonymous
...take a wild guess. -
Epilogue: Famous...?
Author's note!