Introduction...

This story doesn’t have a happy ending. I wish I could tell you that when you’re done reading this, after going on this journey with our protagonist, you’ll feel a warm sense of comfort and joy. The problem is life doesn’t have many happy endings. You will learn quickly, if you haven’t already, that most of your dreams and aspirations will dissolve into a pool of what could have been. But we all pretend, don’t we? We all go about our daily business, grinding out each day for a better house or car or job or whatever. “Someday,” we say, “someday that [insert object here] will be mine.” But someday never comes, and we are left with nothing but an empty feeling where hope once was and where accomplishment should be. Instead of things working out the way you planned, you will experience one disappointment to the next, your friends and family will let you down, you’ll get passed over for that job, and you’ll never be able to afford that sweet new ride you’ve been eyeing for the past six months. And that my friends, is the theme of where we’re going today.
So read on if you wish, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.