"Telling a story is how we digest what happens to us," Mr Whittier says, "It's how we digest our lives. Our experiences." - Chuck Palahniuk

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some blind, random disaster or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He's taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of his death from being a total surprise.

Every generation wants to be the last. Every generation hates the next trend in music they can't understand. We hate to give up the reins of our culture. To find our own music playing in elevators. The ballad for our revolution, turned into background music for a television commercial. To find our generation's clothes and hair suddenly retro.

I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.