"I have selected myself for the task, though there are times when certainly I feel I have had little choice in the matter".
I learned to read from Tintin comics but the first comic I selected for myself from the spinner racks of my local comic book store was the first issue of Darrick Robertson's Space Beaver.
The mysterious "Banacol" stickers on the apples she peeled for me, the Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies tin, mailings from Ed McMahon, deputized to me, which might make us millions, my parents' odd names on checks that had pale mountain ranges in the background, mountain ranges that I had been invited to select myself, from the sheet of so many options.
To back up: Nine years ago, I selected a flattering photograph of myself, wrote a blurb and headline, and signed up for online dating.
I myself was selected for this priesthood, the doctrines and rituals of which are taught not at seminaries, madrassas, or rabbinical schools, but in particular at the elite universities, and especially at Oxford.
As our national consciousness works its way toward understanding that equality doesn't apply only to select demographics, I find myself reflecting on my friends who so tenderly dismantled their union.
I chose a hand for myself and selected one for him.
Select "I want to untag myself" in the window that pops up.
I spent the flight selecting the ways I was going to pamper myself.
I am focused and determined to prove myself and get selected for the Commonwealth Games".
