with the breakdown of the medieval system, the gods of chaos, lunacy, and bad taste gained ascendancy.

The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors.

...I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.' What do you mean, babe? You a fine boy with a good education.' Employers sense in me a denial of their values.' He rolled over onto his back. 'They fear me. I suspect that they can see that I am forced to function in a century I loathe. This was true even when I worked for the New Orleans Public Library.

Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind.

I should perhaps warn you that I am about to faint from anxiety and general depression, though. The film I saw last night was especially grueling, a teen-age beach musical. I almost collapsed during the singing sequence on surfboard.

You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.

Oh, New Orleans is such freedom.