(From Roger Rabbit)
DUM-DUM #l
(rubbing eyes)
Eddie... is that really you?
VALIANT
Uh-huh.
DUM-DUM #6
Where you been the last five years?
VALIANT
Drunk.
He opens the cylinder.
VALIANT
(continuing)
Feelin' frisky tonight, boys?
DUM-DUMS
Yeah!
This is what it feels like. Where the fuck have I been?
Following a smash campaign and high-intensity studhiying, I graduated in May of 2005 and there was a months-long slide into... not sliding at all. An election campaign that wasn't all it was cracked up to be. A move. Sitting around mostly. A very short job as a teacher. More waiting. Moving. A friend leaves for Victoria. Waiting. Trying to write in a vacuum. A play. A rewarding but short-lived internship. Living on my own. A relationship begins. Christmas. Moving again. A mixed experience with going back to school. Signs of relationship trouble. An early spring. Grandmother dies. School ends. Webcomic. Relationship begins to dissolve. Waiting to hear back from employers.
The webcomic stalls. I stop waiting. Career program. A business plan. An introduction to entrepreneuring. A part-time job. A new business course. The webcomic goes ahead. I sort out some important issues.
Am I back? A few months back, I said to myself, "I'm back again," but I was partially off somewhere else, waiting. I can be back, but it takes some pushing. Godot will not show, but I don't need that tardy fucker anyway.