Something you may or may not have known about me: I was once a synchronized swimmer.

It was the year 1992, and I was fourteen years old. We had recently moved back to Phoenix, Arizona after about five years in Oregon and my sister and I had transferred to the Arizona Aqua Stars from the Tualatin Hills Synchro Club.

After hours of tinkering around with my computer and some DVDs that my father gave me, I now have my very first YouTube video to prove it.

BEHOLD! Me, in all my gangling, awkward, teenaged glory. I’m the really pale one in the duet and in case you still have trouble picking me out, my father was nice enough to put my name briefly over my person just before the routine started. Also, if you recognized the last song in the performance, but couldn’t remember where it came from, hereyago.

And you can laugh all you want, but those skillz got me through the swim portion of boot camp with ease.