I have an inferiority complex. Not about being short (I'm used to that.) Or being clumsy (Feldenkrais classes are helping.) Or being stupid (I embrace those moments.) My inferiority complex has to do with schooling...which, by the way, is totally different from intelligence.
The months of April and June have added two more PhD's to my family. My parents and siblings are going around saying "Hello, Doctor Chen." I, on the other hand wander the streets as a regular Joe, or errr Jane with only the title -- the one of the next book I'm supposed to read for bookclub somewhere buried in my planner. I'm extremely proud of my sister and my brother. They've worked very hard and they deserve it. It's also payment for the grey hairs they've also gotten at young ages.
You got to see the sopping wet graduation of my sister so I thought I'd upload a photo of my brother's graduation. Dry. Relatively warm. Relatively sunny. ....For Minnesota. The caption should read "Doctor, Doctor, Regular Jane being dorky" but I couldn't get it to work today.
And to tell the truth, it's not really an inferiority complex. It's more like...DARN! You mean I don't get to wear the funny hat and hood and walk across the stage in a three to four hour ceremony? No. I get to sit through a three to four hour ceremony with a camera in my hand trying to take pictures of a person very far away in a funny hat and hood walking across a stage. So actually, if you think about it...it's not very complex at all.
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