The dynamics are pretty much the same among me and my friends as they were when I was 18 years old.

And I'm a pretty avid photographer, I've been into photography for years now, so I try to spend some of my free time with that.

I was always into music. And none of my friends were really into music the same way I was. So it was just different. It was really not very well understood by most of my friends. They didn't tease me about it - they just didn't really relate.

In my gym class, we had something called The Pit, this little alcove where we had to sit if we forgot our gym clothes. It was usually just the crippled kid, the pregnant girl, and me. It was pretty awkward, just hanging with all these freaks who didn't want to show their legs.

My mom put me in dance classes when I was 5 years old.

In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.