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You’ve just been hit by lighting. You’re stark naked and you don’t even remember your own name. You have a fairly loose definition of ‘fine.’

What's your definition of fine today?

Of course it's horrible. It's suffering and it's pain and it's... You know, you lose weight and then you put back on weight, and then you, you know, you call them a bunch of times and you try and e-mail, and then they move or they change their e-mail, but that's just love.

Are you feeling the love today?

- 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?