Meet me under the city lights

When I was young I remember I was really good at video games. I was also very nerdy, still. & I loved Super Mario Brothers, for Nintendo. Like the really old one with the goombas & the turtle shells.

I was always a perfectionist as a kid. If a level didn't go exactly how I wanted it to, if I didn't get enough coins or get the star or finish at a good time, whatever the case -- I'd just jump off a cliff or find the closest way to off Mario. Because it didn't mean anything & it was so easy to do, to be perfect.

It just meant being able to do something that was so easy to do. I guess that's why being a perfectionist is so difficult. You can't just reset the game.

The winners are the people who get it right the first time.