Hello Darkness, My Old Friend

’ Why are you all wet? ‘ 

’ Aloha! ’

’ You’re vile. You’re foul. You’re flawed. ‘ 

’ Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. ’

’ If you want to leave, you can. I’ll remember you, though. ’

’ I remember everyone that leaves. ’

’ You! You’re the cause of all this. ’

’ This is my family. I found it all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good. Ya. Still good. ’

’ Oh, good! My dog found the chainsaw. ’

’ No more caffeine for you. ’

’ Did you lose your job because of me? ‘ 

’ The managers a vampire. He wanted me to join his legion of the undead. ’

’ Trust me, this isn’t gonna end well. ’

’ I’m sorry I bit you. And pulled your hair. And punched you in the face. ’

’ GIve us a sign you understand any of this. ’

’ Show us that there is something inside you that is good. ’

’ I didn’t teach him that. ’

’ Come on, what’s the big deal? ’

’ Leave my mother out of this. ’

’ You are such a pain. ’

’ Then why don’t you sell me and buy me a rabbit instead? ’

’ I hate it when you use Ohana against me. ’

’ I’m lost. ’

’ Don’t interact with her. ’

’ Oh, we can’t do that. Uh-uh. That would be a misuse of resources. ’

’ Why do you act so weird? ’

’ You look familiar. ’

’ We’re a broken family, aren’t we? ’

’ I shouldn’t have yelled at you. ’

’ You are built to destroy. You can never belong. ’

’ We need something that can defend itself. Something that won’t die. ’

’ I hear you cry at night. ’

’ Do you dream about them? ’

’ You came back. ’

’ Nobody gets left behind. ’

’ I need someone to be my friend. Someone who won’t run away. ‘ 

’ His destructive programming is taking effect. ’

’ Did you ever kill anyone? ’

’ Are you.. happy? ’

’ I am the one they call when things go wrong and things have, indeed, gone wrong. ’

’ Our family’s little now, and we don’t have many toys. ’

‘ If you want, you could be a part of our family. ’

’ We’d raise you to be good. ’

’ She likes your butt and fancy hair. ’

’ I read her diary. ’

’ Not guilty! My experiments are only theoretical, and completely within legal boundaries. ’

’ He was designed to be a monster, but now he has nothing to destroy. ’

’ I never gave him a greater purpose. ’

’ What must it be like to have nothing, not even memories to look back on in the middle of the night? ’

’ If you promise not to fight anymore, I promise not to yell at you, except on special occasions. ’

’ Stupid head. ’

’ Did you catch fire again? ’

’ This is your badness level. It’s unusually high for someone your size. We have to fix that. ’

’ Don’t leave me, okay? ’

’ Do you want to be taken away? ’

’ You’re just jealous 'cause I’m pretty! ’

’ My friends need to be punished. ’

’ Heard you lost your job. ’

’ Thus far you have been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience. ' 

‘ After all you’ve put me through, you expect me to help you just like that? ’

’ He’s very persuasive. ' 

’ I know you had something to do with this. ’

’ Oh, good! I was hoping to add theft, endangerment and insanity to my list of things I did today. ’

’ I prefer to be called evil genius. ’

’ You smell like a lawn mower. ’

’ I have just determined the situation to be far too hazardous! ’

’ Don’t worry. I won’t hit her. ’

’ This is low even for you! ’

’ You are all mine. ’

’ You know I have no choice. ’

‘  Please don’t do this. ’

’ You’re making this harder than it needs to be. ’

’ She needs me. ’

’ Leave me alone to die. ’

’ What is that monstrosity? ’

’ Does this look infected to you? ’

’ You’d better not have rabies. ’

’ Hiding behind your little friend won’t work anymore. ’

’ Didn’t I tell you? We got fired this morning. ’

’ That is the ugliest thing I have ever saw! ’

“Emotions are messy.”

“Sometimes you’re faced with a cut that won’t heal.”

“There’s something about the possibility of more.”

“More tequila. More love. More anything. More is better.

“There’s something about a glass half full.”

“Sometimes all we want is a taste.”

“There’s no such thing as enough.”

“The glass is bottomless.”

“All we want is more. 

“There’s no fear. There’s no pain. You’re ten feet tall and bulletproof.”

“No one wants to lose control.”

“It’s a sign of weakness.”

“There are times when it just gets away from you. When the world stops spinning.”

“No matter how hard you fight it, you still fall.”

“If there’s an upside to free falling, it’s the chance you give your friends to catch you.”

“The key to surviving is denial.”

“We deny that we’re tired. We deny that we’re scared. We deny how badly we want to succeed and most of all we deny that we’re in denial.”

“We deny so much that we can’t recognize the truth right in front of our faces.”

“Sooner or later we have to put away our denial and face the world, guns blazing.”

“Pain comes in all forms.”

“Then there’s the kind of pain you can’t ignore. A level of pain so great that it blocks out everything else.”

“How we manage our pain is up to us.”

“For some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just push through it.”

“There are no solutions.”

“Just breathe deep and wait for it to subside.”

“Most of the time pain can be managed.”

“Sometimes pain gets you when you least expect it, hits way below the belt, and it doesn’t let up.”

“You just have to fight through it.”

“You can’t outrun it.”

“In general people can be categorized in two ways. People who love surprises and people who don’t. I don’t.”

“We have to be in the know because if we aren’t, people die.”

“Am I rambling, I think I’m rambling.”

“Eventually we even have to figure out how to take care of ourselves.”

“As human beings, sometimes its better to stay in the dark.”

“In the dark, there may be fear but there’s also hope.”

“Communication. It’s the first thing we really learn in life.”

“Once we grow up, learn our words and actually start talking, the harder it becomes to know what to say.”

“Every now and then, some things simply speak for themselves.”

“All the other girls were jealous but I had a slightly different take.”

“Juliet was an idiot.”

“When fate comes into play, choice sometimes go out the window.”

“I wouldn’t let some guy drag me down.”

“Even now, I believe love is about choices.”

“Sometimes despite all your best choices and best intentions, fate wins anyway.”

“We’re supposed to be happy. Grateful. For maily, for friends, happy to just be alive.”

“Maybe happiness has nothing to do with gratitude.”

“Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is.”

“Maybe we’re thankful for the familiar things.”

“Maybe we’re thankful for the things we’ll never know.”

“When you were a kid it was halloween candy. You hid it from your parents and ate it until you got sick.”

“You take as much of the good as you can because it doesnt come around as much as it should”

“Too much of anything, even love, isn’t a good thing.”

“How do you know how much is too much?”

“Too much information?”

“So the story goes - God inflicted ten terrible plagues upon the land of Egypt. First, all of the water turned to blood. Then frogs infested the land. Then lice. Wild beasts roamed free and livestock died of mysterious disease. People came down with incurable boils and it stormed, storms of hail and fire, just before the locusts came. And then – the ninth plague. Darkness. The darkness came, and it was only after. In darkness’s wake, came death.”

“So the story goes - God inflicted ten terrible plagues upon the land of Egypt. First, all of the water turned to blood. Then frogs infested the land. Then lice. Wild beasts roamed free and livestock died of mysterious disease. People came down with incurable boils and it stormed, storms of hail and fire, just before the locusts came. And then – the ninth plague. Darkness. The darkness came, and it was only after. In darkness’s wake, came death.”

“Emotions are messy.”

“Sometimes you’re faced with a cut that won’t heal.”

“There’s something about the possibility of more.”

“More tequila. More love. More anything. More is better.

“There’s something about a glass half full.”

“Sometimes all we want is a taste.”

“There’s no such thing as enough.”

“The glass is bottomless.”

“All we want is more. 

“There’s no fear. There’s no pain. You’re ten feet tall and bulletproof.”

“No one wants to lose control.”

“It’s a sign of weakness.”

“There are times when it just gets away from you. When the world stops spinning.”

“No matter how hard you fight it, you still fall.”

“If there’s an upside to free falling, it’s the chance you give your friends to catch you.”

“The key to surviving is denial.”

“We deny that we’re tired. We deny that we’re scared. We deny how badly we want to succeed and most of all we deny that we’re in denial.”

“We deny so much that we can’t recognize the truth right in front of our faces.”

“Sooner or later we have to put away our denial and face the world, guns blazing.”

“Pain comes in all forms.”

“Then there’s the kind of pain you can’t ignore. A level of pain so great that it blocks out everything else.”

“How we manage our pain is up to us.”

“For some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just push through it.”

“There are no solutions.”

“Just breathe deep and wait for it to subside.”

“Most of the time pain can be managed.”

“Sometimes pain gets you when you least expect it, hits way below the belt, and it doesn’t let up.”

“You just have to fight through it.”

“You can’t outrun it.”

“In general people can be categorized in two ways. People who love surprises and people who don’t. I don’t.”

“We have to be in the know because if we aren’t, people die.”

“Am I rambling, I think I’m rambling.”

“Eventually we even have to figure out how to take care of ourselves.”

“As human beings, sometimes its better to stay in the dark.”

“In the dark, there may be fear but there’s also hope.”

“Communication. It’s the first thing we really learn in life.”

“Once we grow up, learn our words and actually start talking, the harder it becomes to know what to say.”

“Every now and then, some things simply speak for themselves.”

“All the other girls were jealous but I had a slightly different take.”

“Juliet was an idiot.”

“When fate comes into play, choice sometimes go out the window.”

“I wouldn’t let some guy drag me down.”

“Even now, I believe love is about choices.”

“Sometimes despite all your best choices and best intentions, fate wins anyway.”

“We’re supposed to be happy. Grateful. For maily, for friends, happy to just be alive.”

“Maybe happiness has nothing to do with gratitude.”

“Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is.”

“Maybe we’re thankful for the familiar things.”

“Maybe we’re thankful for the things we’ll never know.”

“When you were a kid it was halloween candy. You hid it from your parents and ate it until you got sick.”

“You take as much of the good as you can because it doesnt come around as much as it should”

“Too much of anything, even love, isn’t a good thing.”

“How do you know how much is too much?”

“Too much information?”

’ Why are you all wet? ‘ 

’ Aloha! ’

’ You’re vile. You’re foul. You’re flawed. ‘ 

’ Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. ’

’ If you want to leave, you can. I’ll remember you, though. ’

’ I remember everyone that leaves. ’

’ You! You’re the cause of all this. ’

’ This is my family. I found it all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good. Ya. Still good. ’

’ Oh, good! My dog found the chainsaw. ’

’ No more caffeine for you. ’

’ Did you lose your job because of me? ‘ 

’ The managers a vampire. He wanted me to join his legion of the undead. ’

’ Trust me, this isn’t gonna end well. ’

’ I’m sorry I bit you. And pulled your hair. And punched you in the face. ’

’ GIve us a sign you understand any of this. ’

’ Show us that there is something inside you that is good. ’

’ I didn’t teach him that. ’

’ Come on, what’s the big deal? ’

’ Leave my mother out of this. ’

’ You are such a pain. ’

’ Then why don’t you sell me and buy me a rabbit instead? ’

’ I hate it when you use Ohana against me. ’

’ I’m lost. ’

’ Don’t interact with her. ’

’ Oh, we can’t do that. Uh-uh. That would be a misuse of resources. ’

’ Why do you act so weird? ’

’ You look familiar. ’

’ We’re a broken family, aren’t we? ’

’ I shouldn’t have yelled at you. ’

’ You are built to destroy. You can never belong. ’

’ We need something that can defend itself. Something that won’t die. ’

’ I hear you cry at night. ’

’ Do you dream about them? ’

’ You came back. ’

’ Nobody gets left behind. ’

’ I need someone to be my friend. Someone who won’t run away. ' 

’ His destructive programming is taking effect. ’

’ Did you ever kill anyone? ’

’ Are you.. happy? ’

’ I am the one they call when things go wrong and things have, indeed, gone wrong. ’

’ Our family’s little now, and we don’t have many toys. ’

‘ If you want, you could be a part of our family. ’

’ We’d raise you to be good. ’

’ She likes your butt and fancy hair. ’

’ I read her diary. ’

’ Not guilty! My experiments are only theoretical, and completely within legal boundaries. ’

’ He was designed to be a monster, but now he has nothing to destroy. ’

’ I never gave him a greater purpose. ’

’ What must it be like to have nothing, not even memories to look back on in the middle of the night? ’

’ If you promise not to fight anymore, I promise not to yell at you, except on special occasions. ’

’ Stupid head. ’

’ Did you catch fire again? ’

’ This is your badness level. It’s unusually high for someone your size. We have to fix that. ’

’ Don’t leave me, okay? ’

’ Do you want to be taken away? ’

’ You’re just jealous 'cause I’m pretty! ’

’ My friends need to be punished. ’

’ Heard you lost your job. ’

’ Thus far you have been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience. ' 

‘ After all you’ve put me through, you expect me to help you just like that? ’

’ He’s very persuasive. ' 

’ I know you had something to do with this. ’

’ Oh, good! I was hoping to add theft, endangerment and insanity to my list of things I did today. ’

’ I prefer to be called evil genius. ’

’ You smell like a lawn mower. ’

’ I have just determined the situation to be far too hazardous! ’

’ Don’t worry. I won’t hit her. ’

’ This is low even for you! ’

’ You are all mine. ’

’ You know I have no choice. ’

‘  Please don’t do this. ’

’ You’re making this harder than it needs to be. ’

’ She needs me. ’

’ Leave me alone to die. ’

’ What is that monstrosity? ’

’ Does this look infected to you? ’

’ You’d better not have rabies. ’

’ Hiding behind your little friend won’t work anymore. ’

’ Didn’t I tell you? We got fired this morning. ’

’ That is the ugliest thing I have ever saw! ’