Awkward. A-W-K-W-A-R-D. Awkward.

Oh, the adolescent angst! I've been watching tv tonight and occasionally flipping to the National Spelling Bee. Words! Fun! It's quite the character study. The braces and unfortunate hairstyles and nervous twitches and skin that rarely sees the light of day...I CAN'T TAKE IT. I didn't have a nervous twitch, but I sure had the other stuff.

Exhibit A:
Contestant in Scripps National Spelling Bee? Nope, just me, summer of '96.

Anyway, I got so nervous I had to change the channel.