Send Off

Here we are entering another month. It's August and that means we are winding down to the end of another summer. Summer has always held a special place in my heart because it meant no school and therefore the opportunity to accomplish something outside of the daily grind. Last year at this time I was heading to Colorado to learn how to make film by hand. I did it completely off the reservation and ate vegan for an entire week. I felt that I had had a unique experience by the time I returned home. I believe that is a feeling we all try to achieve every summer. This summer, I didn't do anything to that extent but I did visit Los Angeles and I've made mush progress as a comedian.

I wonder how the scheme of that changes now that I am pretty much done with my education. Will summer now become just another time of the year? How will I find the time to break loose from the daily grind? Perhaps the answer is whenever I want. The real question is will I do it sooner rather than later? My friend Tim has got me itching to work on film projects again because I've appeared in a couple of his this summer. My biggest regret of the summer will be not doing enough film related projects. I bickered with my father about getting a camera for the longest and now I continue to waver. Why can't I just get off my ass and work this out already?

The saddest thing about the end of the summer is seeing five of my friends depart. I'm going to be without my friends Rae, Calvin, Brock, Disco and Julie. If I were a professional basketball organization, I would be losing some key players. Now I have to sift through free agency and find some cut-rate friends to fill their spots because you don't find that kind of talent just anywhere. If any of you read this, know that you were ballin' since the day I met you. Except you, Calvin. I remember not liking you for a bit and here's why. I was talking to someone about baseball in class and you butted into the conversation by saying that baseball was boring. You befouled one of my loves and it took sometime to forgive but I'm glad I did.

"We're not bad people, Mac... just underachievers who have to make up for lost time."