Finally, I can make out a patch of sun behind the clouds.
As I look out at the gray rain that never stops pitter patting on the window which I hermetically sealed with duct tape two years ago, I am reminded of time’s inescapable march. Though the orderlies can be bribed and the wont of my spirit guide (Richard Dawson) can be sated through action, the passage of time is not so forgiving. It feels like only yesterday the black snow taunted us from outside that window. We are not getting any younger.
But the dark snow turned to gray after the first year. And now that snow has melted and the sun seems a bit brighter each day as the irradiated dust settles back to earth. The rain uncovers what lies beneath. The cars that littered the streets emerge now with rust that recalls cancer on the skin of a lifelong sunbather. New cracks have formed on the sidewalk like the roots of an invasive species in a beautiful garden. In the distance, I can see the skeleton of a long-dead childrens clown splayed in a field.
My heart is warmed as I reflect: Spring has sprung.
With this slowed process of death and rebirth starting again at long last, it seems appropriate that we activate our Experimental Time Hole Opening Setup (or ETHOS for short) and hurl this episode to the early 21st century (space-time continuum be damned). May this web-log post and the episode it is attached to find you as auspiciously as a hurled brick with a note tied to it.
Episode One: Bad Habits is a half hour brain throttle of fever-dream dark comedy that touches on such topics as animal fights, overeating, Pokemon, childrens’ education, and sandpaper condoms.
