keys and make a quick exit.
30 minutes before–you arrive at the event. usually by this point my throat is dry and my eyebrow is twitching like goldfish that has been flipped out on the counter. if that happens to you, just remember that the national anthem is always the first thing on the program so soon you can get back to being normal again. you might look down and notice the words to the anthem are printed on the program. now everyone, you realize, even the people who don’t know the anthem, will be able to follow along and will know exactly which words you mix up. or forget. like 