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December 22, 2002
Good Grief
STORY #3: THE BOY WHO COULDN'T MAKE UP HIS DAMN MIND!
[1]
Tjay walking along, hands in pockets of his coat, just like Charlie Brown,
with a picket fence behind him.
Thinking: WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE WINTER THAT ALWAYS GETS ME DOWN? IT'S NOT
EVEN THAT COLD. BUT MAYBE IF IT WERE SUMMER, I WOULDN'T FEEL SO BAD.
[2]
(same as above frame, change only the background and the expression on
Tjay's face) (still thinking): BUT IN THE SUMMER, THE BLUE SKY JUST REMINDS
ME OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS I COULD BE DOING IF I WEREN'T AT WORK. NOT THAT
I'D DO THEM ANYWAY.
[3]
(same as above frame, change only the background and the expression on
Tjay's face)
BUT MAYBE I WORK TOO MUCH. I NEVER GET TO SEE MY GIRLFRIEND, WHOM I ADORE.
BUT THEN, IF I SAW HER MORE, SHE'D PROBABLY JUST GET SICK OF ME FASTER.
[4]
(arriving at a store called THE TRAP, gazing in the window)
MAYBE SHOPPING WILL CHEER ME UP. ISN'T BUYING STUFF SUPPOSED TO SOMEHOW
JUSTIFY THE HOURS OF DRUDGERY I SPEND, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, JUST FOR A FEW
MEASLY DOLLARS?
[5]
(inside store, looking panicked, sweating like Charlie Brown does)
OH NO! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I'M JUST ANOTHER COG IN THE WHEEL OF
CONSUMERISM! I HATE MYSELF!
[6]
(nose up, mouth open, classic Charlie Brown style)
ARGH!!!
[7]
(standing by a pile of sweaters on a table, yellow with a red zig-zag
across them, C.B.-style - Tjay is eyeing the sweaters suspiciously out of
the corner of his eyes)
WHY DO THESE STRANGE ZIG-ZAG SWEATERS SUDDENLY LOOK SO APPEALING?
[8]
(Tjay standing in the same place, eyes looking opposite direction of
sweaters, looking suspicious. in background, we see Charlie Brown trying on
a zig-zag sweater looking in mirror to the left, Akbar showing a zig-zag
sweater to Jeff to the right. Both are already wearing zig-zag sweaters,
and they're both wearing Fezzes.)
charlie brown (thinking): DO I ~LOOK~ WISHY-WASHY?
akbar: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
jeff: I LOVE IT BUT I HATE IT.
akbar: I FEEL EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.
THE END.
THE MORAL: DON'T WEAR ZIG-ZAG SWEATERS.
Posted by tdotjay at December 22, 2002 08:51 AM
