A Legend In His Own Minefield

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My Life in Pinik - Part 5

My Life in Pinik - Part 5

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John Mendelssohn
Jul 28, 2010
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My Life in Pinik - Part 5
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Alejandro and Enrique couldn’t protect me from the shame of always being picked last for teams, but if I wasn’t used to it by now, when I was going to be used to it? And as we finished with the traditional sports for which I’d long known I had no aptitude whatever, and explored new ones, like soccer and gymnastics, I discovered myself a lot less useless…

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