how I got out of bed: a story at gURL.com.


	#1 In 1993, I was a student at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Though there was already a strong music scene in Olympia, I felt somewhat alienated from it. I remember going to a Bikini Kill show downtown, standing outside the Capitol Theater and looking through the open door at all the girls inside and then deciding to just walk home. It should have been a very inclusive situation. I was a girl, I believed in the power of like-minded people gathering together, I was starting to make music too. But I went home instead of joining in. I didn't feel cool enough to stay. Lesson number one: Everyone is cool enough. Period. If you find that you are comparing yourself to others, remember that it's okay to have moments of self-doubt, just try to have at least twice as many moments of absolute certainty.