Why do we continue to run despite knowing the futility? For the illusion of change, of hope when there are no heroes left. We want our innocence back. We want our loves, our lives, our dreams and our successes back. We are forever failing in the face of what could be. It was on another such failing day that I learned I should have remembered those old problems of mine. Please, tell me what it is.

Monday, February 20, 2012. Malcolm reaches into his bag below the counter for one of the dreadfully terrible fantasy novels he enjoys so much. However, as his hand falls upon Claw of the Dragon. When his lunch break comes, his .

Monday, February 20, 2012. It is time for Jared to enter the store and accept whatever consequences come his way. Through the door, into the familiar sight of the bookshelves, Mrs. Friedman behind her counter, and the unfamiliar sight of a man holding a knife. Perhaps try and negotiate with them? Or was it merely an automatic reaction as he attempted to understand the scene? And with the comedically required splat, the pie hits the face of the robber.