A book of my life has ended. Today marks the day that a future will have to be written now. What's it gonna entail? I dont know. I have my theories, but as of now, it's left on a cliffhanger. I dont know what's going to happen in the future exactly, it may be rough, it may be smooth, it may be both. I got no damn clue. But I have ambitions of what I want to do in the future.

Looking at it today, what with the political, technological, societal, and the other bullshit looking rather foggy and some what dark, whatwith the presence of AI and the people who want it to take over their lives for hedonistic purposes, leaving artists and animators such as myself looking for any scrap of the industry, the political turmoil spilling over on my neighbors and myself, the confused nature of the generation i've found myself in and what it's purpose and destiny will be, and the other existential bullshit that I could go on and on and on about. Really, taking it all in is alot. The world's changing and not the way I expected it to change. I certainly could not of expected to find my 2000s ass in the gloomy and doomy future that is ahead 2025.

Really. The world aint the same anymore. It's unpredictable. And I dont like the unpredictable. But honestly? I'll adapt.

I've always said that adaptation is always my strong suit. I have a desire to figure out a new problem pragmatically and see it be executed. I believe there's always an answer to everything. It may not be the best answer, or it might not come at the moment it should of, but there will always be an answer.

So then, what does that mean for my future?

Ho boy. I dont know. I cant answer that straight. But that's fine. No man can predict the future entirely correct.

When im done probably going to college, i'm going into the animation industry fully. Animation is my passion. It always has been. I'm fascinated by the fact that each frame can contribute to the motion it's implying. It's much more stronger than a book or a drawing itself. That says alot. But im definitely going to find a job with Adult Swim (here's hoping lol).

I've got alot of years left to tell my story. Tell people about the shit im thinking. The world these days needs a stern conversation with the world itself. I've always been alone with my own thoughts and never could express them. So to have that opportunity to at least spit my stuff and get people to think, would be the moment that i'd feel more connected to the world, and hopefully connected the people in it.

I dunno though. I might just find myself watching the world running it's own course. It's as one famous Lebowski said, "The Dude abides."

Soooo yeah. Done with high school. Probably gonna get myself a car, go to college for animation, work for Adult Swim, then go live in the backwoods a hermit. Im sure as shit gonna die alone lol. (i mean that satirically i dont really give a fuck if i do or dont)

Bad stuff's happened. Had to move states unexpectedly. Had to deal with that and the loss of a family member (im sure he's proud to see me graduate), loneliness has been the worst that year, and the little things that set me off during that. Not to say it was all that bad. I'm certainly glad that I got through it and forgot about it the next day when it previously happened. Hell, making it through high school probably made it worth it all. I'm not gonna be missing that place lmao. although the teachers were very cool, even gave my guitar teacher a custom made warren zevon poster. the administration not so much, fuck them.

In all seriousness though. The years leading up to this moment were unique to say the least. Stepping up on that stage to get my diploma, it felt like I was... a different person to say the most. I dont know what exactly to think. But that book's done and written. Now I have to write the next lines of my life for history. However they may come by.

Thank you guys, past present and future, for sticking with me. With all that said, i'm gonna evolve my shit. Do more crazy stuff. I have all the time in the world to do what I want and when I want. And in that time, im gonna take over the Tri State area and claim my place as the Grand Man of Rural New Jersey.

CHEER TO JOY, JEER TO DISMAY

-FUNKCAT, Roland Crosby.