I grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys.
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
My friend Jonathan had a great tree house. It was awesome. It was like a big fort up in this tall magnolia tree... That's where we would conduct our very important business, I'm sure, with all our bikes leaning up against a tree and no girls allowed, handling all sorts of important things you handle

