iv When she came to pick me up, I wasn’t depressed. I’d been feeling down now and again, but you have to understand – overall I wasn’t depressed, I was just ready to be done, like those last few weeks of classes. I was looking forward to death, actually. I’d taken care of my family [...]

iii When you’re smart, it’s easy to get by. You just have to manage your expectations. A low-wage job, a cheap apartment, cheap clothes – you remind yourself that you don’t really need that ‘20% more’ that everyone seems to want. So, I did that for awhile – paid off the college loan, even. But [...]

ii No matter where or when you go, you’ll always find the type of person who tries to beat the system. For whatever reason, these people get it into their head that the system – the “Man”, the government, the universe – is leeching away their well-being. They are resentful, sarcastic folk who look for [...]