I’ve eaten my vegetables, drank my milk and never looked under girls’ skirts. I was told to study hard at school, not to cheat in exams, get a good college diploma, find myself a well-paid job at a big corporation and become a respectable, honest citizen. I did all that. I even filled all my tax returns correctly. It may not sound like much, but I was, by anyone’s measure, a successful - if rather boring - member of society. I believed in our democratic system and always voted. I never did anything out of the ordinary, except for a few youthful promiscuities (which need not be elaborated here) and minor indulgences, like listening to punk rock when in private. Oh, yes, and I like to hug my friends when I’ve had a few too many beers. But, other than that and watching the Discovery channel instead of celebrity game shows, I think I’ve been your regular guy by all accounts. And that was fine by me. Having secured myself a promising career, my next thoughts were a new car, a wife and a mortgage. I felt that I was on a conveniently predicable path to a good life. I thought I had it all figured out.
All that, of course, is now in the past.
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