冲浪之家

It was suggested that this might be interesting to some of you guys, so here's my life story! Almost feels a bit awkward, but who cares.

(It got extremely long, 我道歉 )

I was born near Copenhagen. My dad was only 18, but my parents were happy to have me, and loved me a lot. As a child I often got lost in thought, and lost in general. They always had to go find me. I was taught to read before school, with my parents reading books to me every night before sleep. My memories of those times are very warm and happy. Loved imagining how those stories played out with my eyes closed.

After a few years my younger sister was born, & my parents moved to a new house. My mom stopped studying as a dentist to care for the children, and my dad found well paid positions with some Microsoft subsidiaries.. Always seemed extraordinarily boring to me.. And I think to him as well, but he wanted to do well for the family, and it worked for that.

I did well in school early on. It helped a lot that I could already read, but it also meant I was often reading random books instead of studying, and didn't have much to do during reading classes. It may have alienated me a bit, or made me different, not sure. But I did start having issues around age 11-12, got in fights. Didn't care about how I dressed, was awkward, and was a boyscout, none of which helped. I stood out, and there were some unfortunate people at the school. Some might blame immigration, I personally blame the school inspector and her shitty gucci bag, because she was the one who ultimately chose to sweep it under the rug. Nothing too bad but enough blood for them to write a report at the hospital.

Until then I had always trusted that the adults were in control, and knew what they were doing. When I sat in that inspector's office, being forced to hold hands with the guys who kicked my ass every week, and apologize that we had all taken part in making trouble.. They just wanted the problem to disappear. After that day I kinda stopped listening to adults.

Unfortunately my mom was busy with my, now 3 siblings, and my overworked peptic ulcer dad was unhappy. I didn't tell anybody what was going on. Acted kinda stupid throughout grade 10, (18 years old), girlfriend broke up. Worked in a shitty restaurant after school and used the money to go on foreign exchange in the US. Someone made a suggestion and I just went with it.

Going there was strange. Thought my stereotypes of Americans would be dispelled, but I have to admit, that the high school I went to in Ohio was almost exactly like the movies. Also gained 10kg, which was alright since I'm skinny - That's 1kg a month just from living in the USA, lol. Cheap food huge portions.

I was the oldest so I was kinda expected to take care of myself when I returned. Didn't know if I even wanted to do anything. Achieving stuff didn't feel worth the investment. Just worked in a supermarket and played wow. Acted dishonestly. Parents thought I was in college, I was enrolled but rarely went there. Wasted my salary every month getting drunk.

When exams came for first year, my friends came knocking on my window and asked if I wanted to join. Went to a few of them since my name was apparently on the list, probably an error. Passed a few. Failed or didn't show up for the rest.