Back 2 School

August 12th, 2024

Twenty years ago, I tried to go to college. I failed. Kanye West wrote an album about it.

I’ve done a lot with my life since then.

Writer. Artist. Dad. Restaurant guy. Superhero.

But never achieving a degree has both been a deterrent to realizing or advancing any kind of career, and it’s also really f×+%ing bothered me.

So, at 39 years old: I’m going back to school.

I’ve been accepted to DCTC and I’m going to finish the degree I started in 2004, starting this fall semester.

I want to make it absolutely clear that I am the luckiest person because of how my life actually played out. If I had finished school then, I probably wouldn’t have met my best friends, the love of my life, had my son or my dog or wrote so many songs and books. My life in restaurants has informed every cell in my body and soul, and I know what it is to work hard and do a good job, and I’ve come full circle in realizing the power and importance of service. I’ve been shaped by every person I’ve met: saints, assholes, and everybody between.

I do think I have more to offer this world, and if it takes a piece of paper with my name on it to make them notice, then okay. Let’s go.

Let the nightmares about being naked in class once again commence.