Tig Notaro

It just seemed like so far off as far as a dream.

You know, it seemed like becoming an astronaut, going to the moon or becoming president of the United States.

Well, it was accidental.

I have a group of childhood friends that had more focus in life and education and went to college, grad school.

And I just followed them where they went and worked odd jobs.

When I started stand-up.

Yeah, but I had failed eighth grade twice and then they moved me up to ninth grade so I wouldn't hurl myself off a building, you know, go to eighth grade three times.

No, I did it twice, failed it both times.

They moved me up to ninth.

I failed that.

And then I dropped out.

So I was essentially almost or exactly the age of when you graduate.

So I left school and just went with my friends whenever they were in college.

But I met them in elementary, junior high school age.

And

So one of my friends went to college and grad school for film and TV, and she wanted to move to Los Angeles.

So I went through a breakup right when they were moving out to L.A., and I was like, well, I guess I'll just throw my stuff in your truck and we'll go out there.

It wasn't okay for me to be failing twice.

I think honestly my mother and my stepfather were just like oh my god oh my god they were just so just exhausted by my inability to focus and and get out of school on a legit path and so I was I remember I was

I had, I don't know what I did, whether I was tardy a bunch or I was talking too much in class or whatever it was, I ended up in in-school suspension.