been there done that, bought the t-shirt" Chapter 2

I thought about the nice clothes that I always wore. Well of course I did. I took pride in being the best dressed monster in Dade County.

I stood up. It was all too much. I could not even meet my own expectations, and to be asked to deal with all theirs too was suffocating.

You're driving me NORMAL!

But of course, there's no rest for the wicked, which I certainly am; as I said, no rest for the wicked.

They like to tell us that it is important to speak the truth, but it has been my experience that real happiness lies in having people tell you what you want to believe, usually not the same thing at all, and if you have to stub your toe on the truth later, so be it.

...being torn apart by far too many loyalties that could not possibly live together in the same brain.