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- American politics. Governors, senators, congressmen... No wonder nothing ever gets done.

- That's what we're going to fix, Mr. Zartan.

What isn't getting done this weekend?

Home is behind, the world ahead... And there are many paths to tread. Through shadow, to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight... Mist and shadow, cloud and shade, all shall fade... all... shall... fade...

What path are you treading today?

The days go on and on... they don't end. All my life needed was a sense of someplace to go. I don't believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention, I believe that one should become a person like other people.

Where are you going today?

Who cares about this stupid election? We all know it doesn't matter who gets elected president of Carver. Do you really think it's going to change anything around here; make one single person smarter or happier or nicer? The only person it does matter to is the one who gets elected. The same pathetic charade happens every year, and everyone makes the same pathetic promises just so they can put it on their transcripts to get into college. So vote for me, because I don't even want to go to college, and I don't care, and as president I won't do anything. The only promise I will make is that if elected I will immediately dismantle the student government, so that none of us will ever have to sit through one of these stupid assemblies again!

What promises are you making today?

"You think you can drive a car and change the world? It doesn't work like that!"

"Maybe not, but it's the only thing I know how to do and I gotta do something."

What do you gotta do today?

"Uno... por favor... How do you say 'banana daiquiri'?

"Banana daiquiri."

What are you trying to say today?

"There are things out there; things we don't understand."

"Mysteries!"

"Mind-boggling mysteries!"

"Mystic beings!"

What mind-boggling mysteries are you wondering about today?

Do you want to tell me what’s bothering you or would you like to break some more furniture?

Do you want to talk or break furniture today?

"I personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan."

"We attack the mayor with hummus."

"I stand corrected."

"Just keeping things in perspective."

What crazy things are you planning today?

In the time I've known him, he's made a sport out of mendacity and deception. He is narcissistic, feckless, self-centered, and vain. I'm the one who should have stabbed him.

What's your sport today?