B---...godmother of our underground mafia, Operation Bookstore---so far we have scored gazillions of gel pens and cheap Staedler erasers---just for the heck of it. She comes to class in dark sunglasses, with a Defect Marijuana postman bag flung around her body like a limp boa. The girlfriend-for-eternity of Billy Joe "Deck" Crawford. Down to earth. Cracks me up. 1% Low. 99% High.

"Ahoy Friend. Pirate. Dirty Dog. She's back." ~Boo Boo from Down at the Dinghy, Nine Stories by JD Salinger.

I have been diagnosed with Dysthemia by the United States' Department of Homeland Security and they totally based it solely on the 45 minute interview conducted by St.Luke's (so-called) reliable panel psychiatrist. I find this definitely insulting. No one who had a brief conversation with me had any right to doubt my sanity.

NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) says dysthemia is a chronic, but less severe form of depression. NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) says dysthemia is diagnosed when depressed mood persists for at least two years in adults (one year in children or adolescents) and is accompanied by at least two other depressive symptoms.

I am not a loon. Definitely.