No, I had to take a break for awhile to reprioritize my life. I started buckling down in my work, going above and beyond the bare minimum to skate by. I quit drinking and quit looking for exploitable college coeds for cheap sex devoid of emotion. I started contemplating the meaning of life and what I had accomplished in my time on this planet to make the world a better place.
Then one day I was struck by a profound and startling realization. It must have been as Einstein felt when he discovered gravity. I had realized that I had somehow lost my way and tumbled headlong into that black abyss of maturity.
It has been a struggle since then. I won't lie, there have been times that I have felt like just giving up and letting my misspent youth slip away, but with the help of the other FDB's, I've managed to somewhat resume a shallow and meaningless existance. Their inspirational words of "Shut the diddly up, you whiny squeak", "Buy another shot and a table dance and you'll feel better" and "Dude, if you kill yourself, can I have your HOTAS?" have helped to keep me on track when I otherwise might have wavered.
<S> FDB's!EDIT: Heya Milenko, HB, Rip
[ 12-20-2001: Message edited by: Lance ]