The Gorman Clan. June 24, 2000. (L-R: Dad, Bro, Sis, Me, Mom)

I Graduated High School 20 Years Ago Today

… and the world never got any better. But I did. For now.

20 years ago, today — June 24, 2000 — I graduated high school from a backwards lil’ slice of quasi-incestuous Upper Appalachia, in a town I was neither born in, nor am I from, and while I had friends and activities there, I could never wait to leave. I wanted to explore the world — just as I…