My parents, they had a, what’s called a clown alley. So that's, a clown alley is basically clown college. So they literally taught and trained clowns. My dad's style is what is called a hobo clown. And so he has like the patched up clothes and the shoes with holes in them, and it's dingy-ish in terms of like vibe. But he's a hobo clown. So. And my mom, I don't remember what her like, genre, of clown is called, but it was more circusy with bright colors and the wig and fun makeup and a smile painted on and all that. So they had clown alleys, wherever they went.

So my first job, when I was 12, was dressing up as costumed characters, doing clowning. And when I say, costumed characters and princesses and superheroes, the costume characters I refer to as, like, off-brand Dora, so like Explorer Girl. Off-brand SpongeBob: Sponge Friend. You know, so all sorts of things like that. I'd be the one in the costume at twelve. My mom did the face-painting portion and she did some balloon animals. But my dad was a little bit bigger on the balloon animals himself. He also did juggling. So anything from kids parties, block parties, churches and school events. You know? Pretty much anywhere where you would want a family style entertainer, we would go and do it.

One event we did, I was in a Scooby-Doo costume. And to see out of the costumes, there's either a hard mesh where the characters eyes and mouth are, or a soft mesh. And in Scooby it had hard mesh in the eyes and soft mesh in the mouth. And this one little kid, probably like seven, eight years old, wouldn't stop putting his hand in the mouth. And what was happening is he was hitting me in the face. So I just, you know, very nicely, I covered my teeth with my lips, and I kind of bit the kid. Not with full teeth, but, I gave him a little, just a little armp. You know, just a little chomp. And the kid pulled his hand out of my face so fast, and he goes, “Mom, Scooby bit me!” And the mom goes, “No, honey, Scooby’s a nice dog.”

So that's probably the first time that child was ever gaslit. And he, only him and I know that I bit that child.