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Blue Tumbleweeds.

That's what I saw bouncing toward me on what could've easily been the last day of my life.

I was only two years old when I wandered into the upstairs bathroom of my family's house just in time to see my three-year-old brother stick a hairpin into a light socket. Why was he engaged in such a fun and safe activity, you ask? Turns out, he got the idea to try and make smoke like The Amazing Mumford, the magician on Sesame Street. Unfortunately, he was extremely successful in making the smoke. Along with the bouncing blue balls of light that fuel my night terrors to this day.

Now I call these balls of light "tumbleweeds" because that's exactly how they appear in the images permanently burned into my brain. But instead of being made up of a twig-like material, they were composed of a bunch of tiny blue lightning bolts. You know, kinda like the ones The Emperor shot out of his hands at Luke for his refusal to join The Dark Side. Only I wasn't refusing to join The Dark Side. I was just wandering around the house trying to find my wubby.

The only thing more shocking than the fact my brother and I were able to perform Matrix-like backbends to avoid the tumbleweeds and sure electrocution, was the look on my mom's face when I ran downstairs to tell her what just happened. You see, I had only been walking for a few weeks, yet she said I made it down the stairs quicker than Flash, the superhero. Which made me really puff out my chest. Just as soon as I stopped shaking like a pet at the vet.

The point of this story? Those blue tumbleweeds taught me to move fast. Which is invaluable in the field of advertising. It helps me meet tight deadlines and make magic happen for all of Park&Co's clients.

And to think I owe it all to a Muppet who nearly burned my house down.