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I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we’d have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads.

Ahmet Zappa

I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger.
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Being Definitely Difficult Dyslexia Functional Human Lot More Overcoming Younger
I’ve always wanted to have a book published – it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick.
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Actually Book Dreams Made Mine Publish Wanted Writing
At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful.
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Age Easier Interest Much School Stress
I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.
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I didn’t read at all until I was 12. I just couldn’t. It was too frustrating.
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Frustrate Read Twelve
I collect things that just look retarded.
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Collect Look Retard Retarded
I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible.
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Bed Inside Invisible Making Mother Ritual
My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, and breakfast might be beef stroganoff.
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Breakfast Dinner Father Night Pancake Sleep Stroganoff
The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn’t communicate very well. I am like Captain Run-on Sentence.
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I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted us to discover the world for ourselves.
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Appreciate Experiment Father Kid Life Own Thinking Training
I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we’d have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads.
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Cheesy Dad Loyalty Memories Miss Monster Movie
I picked books by their covers – the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.
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Book Cover PIcked Read Wanted
When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that in. I got praised for my imagination.
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Book Imagination Praise Read Report Turn
My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them.
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Although Appreciate Belief Democracy Healthy Impose Parent Sense

I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we’d have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads.

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I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we’d have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads.

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