An awkward moment

Some time ago Taylor Kerby asked me to tell the story of one of my most awkward moments. I couldn't think of any at the time, and so I promised him I'd write a blog post about them. Here it is.

I'd imagine no one else involved has the slightest recollection of this moment. My embarrassment began when I heard the words: "No, you idiot, *NSYNC! What makes you think I like that stupid spider?" I was in fourth grade, and I was even more pop-culturally illiterate than I am now. Previously I had read a book of African folk tales about a spider named Ananzi, and had shown it to one of my friends. We'll call him Devin, because that was his name. A few days later we were writing sentences using our spelling words, and our teacher asked some of us to read them for the class. Devin had read his: "It is true that I like *NSYNC." I was sitting near him and was appalled! He had totally butchered the name of that African spider! So I hurriedly whispered a correction: "You mean Ananzi!" Then came the aforementioned reply. I was mortified. I still am, ten years later.

*NSYNC! It was *NSYNC! How did I not know that's what he was talking about!