Why am I making a whole chapter to announce a break?


    Well, there are not many other ways to announce a break so that''s a pretty useless question.


    In earnest, I really just need a week so I can get to winter break, if you are interested in the story (still) I can promise you won''t be interested in a story I force myself to write under current conditions.


    Writing is always something I want to enjoy, and never has there been a more surefire way to kill that enjoyment than to force yourself to write when you''re truly unable.


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    Ultimately being cryptic is in my nature but my consciousness demands that honesty prevail.


    It is hard to be honest in front of people that you know, and I think the reason it''s that way for me is different than it is for others.


    On the one hand, I get to prove Tolstoy right, on the other, I have to accept that Tolstoy may have been right. He''s looking at us, but I don''t think being correct helps with any sort of sadness.


    Often the most difficult issues are the ones that you understand but still are unable to fix.