you and your musical rut

I was in tenth grade and fixated on The Doors, to the extent that I wrote a term paper for my music class on the band. I was so proud of that paper, which showed off my knowledge not just of Jim Morrison and his band but of the entire genre in which the Doors resided.

That was the year I had befriended a DJ from a local rock station. He was an expert on this particular band and music from that era so I asked him to read my paper. I waited excitedly for his commentary, which I was sure was going to be nothing but high praise for both my writing skills and my expertise on the subject.