Why bother inflicting enormous pain on yourself when sooner or later Life would certainly get around to doing it for you?

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

As I've said, freedom is really an illusion. Anytime we think we have a real choice, it just means we haven't seen the shotgun aimed at our navel.

I don't do my job to catch the bad guys. Why would I want to do that? No, I do my job to make order out of chaos.

What a terrible thing life can be.

It’s an odd term, 'girlfriend,' particularly for grown persons. And in practice it provides an even odder concept. Generally speaking, in adults it described a woman, not a girl, who was willing to provide sex, not friendship. In fact, from what I had observed it was quite possible for one to actively dislike one’s girlfriend, although of course true hatred is reserved for marriage.

The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me.