It doesn't make me or anyone I know uncomfortable, it's just predictable. Like a sight gag in an old movie that is set up too long and you see it coming, and you see it coming and oh, there it is, oh gee, this is the part where the audience is supposed to laugh.

Hackneyed to the point of insult, but it doesn't seem to hurt them at the box office!

I figured most 18 year olds had a few major things on their minds, along the lines of drugs, sex and rock n' roll, but you've proven me wrong. I am reminded of how I have no idea what anyone else thinks or what they may dream of. Fairies and Peter Pan huh, very interesting.

I think you should seek Peter Pan in obvious ways. Isn't there a theater production of it, a movie? Perhaps you can rewrite the script just for fun, ala Amelie. Now there is a fun movie about a person living in an alternate reality. You appear to be imaginative and creative, but it has only brought increasing isolation.

Where are your buddies? There are probably plenty of imaginative people you can practice some form of escapism with.The man who created Dungeons and Dragons recently passed away, and I bet he knew a thing or two alternate realities. There was a group in high school that seemed very happy discussing this sort of thing and they were thick as thieves. Just having a ball in the bright florescent lights of the cafeteria every day, ignoring the popular cool kids. They didn't seem to mind being misunderstood, not like those of us awkwardly attempting to fit in to some ersatz mold.

You have another option though, as Cary said, to put it into a 'container' which would be a place that other people can see too. How wonderful that could be, to show others what you have seen and allow them to experience a little of the magic you feel.

I wish you luck. I'll look for your work. By the way, I think Batman is really cool and I am not entirely certain he is not real.

R.T.,

I enjoy your work, I don't care what they say about you.

Tha messig is mur importint than speling. Wee ar all in a hury, itis OK.

Lighten up on yourselves and others about the proper placement of nouns and verbs, spelling and commas. If you make a typo, the readers here know that you are not a robot and that is quietly reassuring.

It's just a letters thread. Unless you are signing someone's paycheck and they write for you alone, then find yourself a job as an editor.

Cinseriusly,

e.m.

P.S. Congrats on your new opportunity (with scholarship) LW!

Paris and the rest of those who are famous... simply for being famous is phenomenon that proves most consumers are fools. Mindless entertainment is fine, but the collective fascination with insipid spoiled rich kids is most unfortunate.

timbuktom,

You mean Excuses to Save the Day Luna Park of Seattle?

It's right here in the music collection. I hope we have more musicians identifying themselves here. Feed the music fanatics!

OK, back the the LW. Apologies for being all ADD and getting off track.

LW, apparently I am too distracted to get through the program you are embarking upon. My respect to you, whatever you choose. What opportunity and excitement for you! Numbers of that sort don't matter as much as people think and it sounds like you know, but you aren't really listening.

LW,

If you can't be you, 100% and all the time with your sig other, then what the heck is really going on? If You are concerned over not sharing a reading with your husband then he sounds a little stiff, and not in the good way.

Hang in there and forge ahead with whatever pathways you feel (within reason) are interesting. Give yourself permission to live fully without looking over your shoulder for the killjoy. Have fun and lighten up, like Cary is suggesting. Great one Cary!

How do I love thee, let me count the ways....

Let's start with this:

"And how much room is there in your marriage for your vagina?"

I hadn't heard of this and still know nothing about the real story. That is a disclaimer for this: CP, you are hilarious! Thank you for the best laugh I've had in a while.

Have a good day everyone, and may you escape any dangerous heels.

As long as you don't feel as if you are hiding or making decisions that are based on fear of the unknown, then go with the (gas) flow for a while. Your letter was funny. "Wakey wakey"! Cary's response is even better, making a movie out of it. I see many of these letters in cinematic form.

Now if you found a gas station where you could watch the waves, that would be cool. Science fiction maybe. The gardener could be unknowingly transporting the pod people. OK, I'll quit. Must be the Irish celebrations going on everywhere. Maybe there are a few of us trying to make a story out of it because it doesn't sound exciting or challenging, but you said you aren't really looking for the high powered career path right now.

And about being gay, unless you live where I grew up, that shouldn't be a problem no matter what you are doing. Good luck and good for you. Last time I read a book at work was never.

"Just wait until the market crashes - it could happen this week - and America finally realizes it's finally become a third world nation. The kids killed at Columbine will be the lucky ones; they never grew up to watch their own children slaughtered in the streets by marauders, as you people will."

Whoa.

oooh, can I put dead stuffed animal heads all over my home(s) to prove what a man I am?