Pip's Quote

Pip is referring to the day that he realized how common and ordinary his life was.  He started out realizing how ordinary he was when he met Estella.  She criticized him, and she made him feel terrible about himself and all that he had.  The first link is the first thing that made him realize his commonality.  Pip is now terribly ashamed of his entire life from Joe to his house to his profession.  Pip used to be satisfied with his life and family, but now he feels like he would die if Estella or Miss Havisham saw his house or saw him at his dirtiest at the forge.  These are definitely negative changes.  I now view Pip as an ungrateful, selfish child that believes he is above everyone else.  He wants to become a gentleman to please Estella even though she already hates him. 
Since I was a little kid, I have always loved to act.  I dressed up with my friends; I would pretend to be someone else on the phone; I would perform songs and poems for an audience of my parents, friends, etc.  I got into as many plays as I could.  In kindergarten, I was the lead angel.  In third grade, I had the lead role in a play with first graders to high school students.  In sixth grade I was in the music man both at my school and at Olympia; and I shared the lead role of our school play eighth grade year.  All in all, I love acting and drama which lead to my being in the drama classes now.  I am now much more comfortable performing in front of others, and I suppose this can all be traced back to the day that I was the "lead angel" in the Christmas Pageant when I was in kindergarten.