Who am I?

I'll leave the philosophy for another time, and instead give a brief background on my musical history, so all of you know who you're working with.
Currently, I'm hoping to earn a Bachelor's in music performance once I reach college, and then likely a Master's in education. Where? Who knows. We'll see when I get there.
I started playing in fifth grade, though it was the summer before (summer of '05, I believe). When I was in seventh grade, I joined my first orchestra at a local conservatory. Though it was disbanded because of a lack of players after two years, it was still a great experience and I still play with a few of the people I met there. Like the majority of musicians in my area, I played in All-County, as second oboe underneath a guy, whom I'll call James as he doesn't exactly know he's being mentioned, whom I'll be playing with in two weeks in All-State. The following year I positively bombed my audition (I hated the piece I was playing) and was invited to All-County band - I declined, and wasn't invited to go back to a NYSSMA festival until this year. (I still swear they took it personally.)
My freshman year, I joined a local orchestra at a community college in the area, and have been with them since. That year I picked up English horn after a piece we were playing contained an English horn part for the second oboe. I've loved it ever since.
The same year, instead of the chamber orchestra at the conservatory, I played with a violin, bassoon, and harpsichordist in a baroque ensemble, which continued until my sophomore year. The second year, however, we exchanged the bassoonist for a cello and got a different piano/harpsichord player. I was re-invited to play another year and denied, and am instead in a woodwind quintet (thus far, I much prefer it).
I've played in various pits around the county and in my school district. I've even managed to get paid for a few - not a bad deal, in my opinion. I'm still surprised that I can be considered good enough to be paid for playing. I underestimate myself on a regular basis.
I'm now first chair in the orchestra at the community college, and am teaching two other students at my school who are interested in taking up oboe and becoming better players.
That's about all I can think of for the moment.