I was teased mercilessly for my accent, which had been a georgia, south georgia accent run through. Plopped out at the age of 13 in a little kind of white flight drug attled town outside of saint louis. They called me because i had really long eyelashes. So i got a very early lesson anda trying to fit in, recognizing that that's not working and deciding to ken be yourself. A that led us on what i think is a pretty spectacular path.