text: what was your most embarrassing moment?   realizing too late in my freshman year in college what a hick i actually was. it was something a little condescending and patronizing someone said about a stupid, tacky plaque hanging on my wall.  it wasn't that it turned me into a snob all at once at that moment - on the contrary, it made me really self-conscious. i think i realized how narrow my experience had been. oddly, it made me more curious and more willing to expand my mind & broaden my taste. it helped me learn to be the guy - for better or worse - i've become.