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Friday, March 16, 2007
David would make a good shark.

I was teaching him all sorts of wonderful life when he struck a chord that I think we can all learn from.

"What if we're wrong?" He asked. Naively.

I told him about The Shark of Wisdom and how his extreme understandings had led him to being a bit of a dick. It's all about that. You learn too much and you question and then people stop liking you. They don't like the way you live. They don't like how your apartment looks.

The Shark of Wisdom once told me that me and him were special and when I asked him what if he was wrong he looked at me for a second and cried on command. His tears weren't special. His eyes were still. He looked away and I wanted to hold his shoulder but his tears were already gone.

I looked at David and asked him why he thought he was wrong.

"You say that they're losers because they're old and they haven't got anything to show for it." He said. "What if we don't have anything to show? What will we do?"

It's different nowadays. It just is. We've got so much time. They never had it. That's what war does to you.

"But why are they losers?" He asked. "That's not fair."

I smiled. They're not losers like you know. This is more than that. This is about being old. When you get old things are different. Trust me, they know how they are. That's all that they are saying when they look at you. When they tease you in the kitchen. That's then saying that you need to not be them. It's okay though. We can still change things.

David tried out a few expressions, he didn't know how to react. He pulled in his lips and he looked up and down.

The Shark of Wisdom wouldn't have even bothered with you. If you didn't agree with him, he wouldn't care. He would just let you mess up your life because he didn't care. He didn't want everyone to be okay. He just sometimes told people things if they didn't argue with him. It's a lot easier that way.

But I think I know where he went wrong. I just want you guys to know that there is more to life than having things you did to show people and not arguing with the right people. We've got this crazy little thing called community and if we do it right we're never going to have to worry about all the possibilities. We don't need to think about people whose lives are bad. It's okay. We can stop worrying, guys.

Come on.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Hey guys. Just finished with Moe here and things are going good. I feel like the whole time that I ate the pizza and watched TV was me hanging out with Moe. When he leaves, his side of the 'transaction' is gone, but mine has only begun.

I guess I'm in a good mood because I drew a comic about us going on an adventure and I think he would like it. He didn't want to see it because he was busy and had to go. I said that he could have read the comic in the time it took him to tell me that. He got agitated and walked off. It was pretty funny that he had to come back because he had forgotten the money. When he knocked on the door I pretended that I couldn't hear him.

"Oh what's that? I can't hear you. Is someone knocking." I laughed.

He immediately stopped knocking and said politely that he had forgotten the money. I swung the door open almost expecting him to have been leaning on it to listen in. But he wasn't listening in so he didn't fall all funny. He just looked at me with a dead stare and didn't even put his hand out like he was asking for anything.

I pretended to be him and just stared back but I couldn't control my mouth and I had to smile. By the end of it I was smiling so wide that I was laughing and I told him it was okay.

"I've got your money." I told him. "I was just joking!"

My laughter slowed to a stop and I handed him the money.

He stopped staring at me and looked at the money, turned and left.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

This is the new comic. It's hard to draw well when you don't have any hands. I'd like to see you guys try it. I guess that's not really an excuse though.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

If life wasn't a paradox you wouldn't be able to explain all the times that we are right and wrong at the same time. All those times you hate the person you love and love person you hate. Buddhists believe that you have to close your eyes before you can see both sides of the coin.

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User comments

Divine Interception

Deep stuff man... I like the despair factor as well.

Posted by Divine Interception on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 1:11 AM

The Ancient Shark Of Despair

I try my best! [Sarcastic]

No, but seriously. That's like telling a sixteen year old girl who is just about to cut her wrists open for the last time that you really enjoy her choice in music for the situation. "It really compliments the mood!"

Posted by The Ancient Shark Of Despair on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 10:31 AM

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Yeah, it's still happening.

Hey, guys. Did you like the comics? I think I'm getting better.

I haven't actually seen anyone since Moe delivered those pizzas on Friday night. Yeah, he still does that. The landlord got a bit angry with me last week for some reason that I didn't understand. Him and the grocery kid have been taking care of some business to do with the grocery kids mom. It turns out he was living at her house for quite a bit. I think he's homeless.

Anyway, he's moving in with the landlord, which means those two are totally going to team up on me. They're okay when they're not in the same place at the same time, but when they get together they just go into bitch mode. I guess I've got David though. And he's actually worth more in terms of if he got kidnapped.

I guess that is a liability though. Oh well, I woudn't have to pay. They don't know who I am. They'd probably think that his parents would care more.

I'll let you know what happens. Until then, I'm probably going to have to get David up to scratch with emotions. You know, for community. That way he can stand up for me when other people are being bitchy.