Max, I know dark is cool, but I can't help but wonder if this latest post, albeit edgy and a tad schizophrenic, is a cry for help. Your once veiled swipes at conformity have turned into full frontal nudity...and it's a bit disturbing. I know, I know...it's fiction. Lighten up. Don't take it too seriously. But, it just looks like you're picking at a scab...to make it bleed. Praying for you.

This assumes you believe that church is watching a couple of people (usually a teacher and a band leader) perform while everyone else consumes without participating. Me, not so much...