Pat Gillis

Pat Gillis - Class of 2018

I was born on leap year. It happens every four years. February 29th is the date, and actually when I was 8 years old I was on the front of the Ipswich Chronicle for being born on leap year because actually only 1 in 29 people in America are born on leap year. That's a true fact. I face a lot of oppression for being born on leap year, you know, like when I went to get my permit they actually wouldn't let me get it because I'm not actually 16. So I protested outside the RMV. But other than that, it gets me a lot of sympathy from places. I can still go on kiddie rides if I want to; the ones that are still fun but they don't let you on. But then I'm also 6 feet tall so I can go on the big kid ones, too. Other than that, being 4 is pretty savage because I get birthday cards that you give to toddlers but they just write my name on them like, "Happy 4th Birthday!" and people will add like a .5 to the end of it or something depending on when I was born. But yeah, it's lit!