I've already pointed out that I seem to have inadvertently fashioned Eric after an earlier version of myself (my subconscious is always better at symbolism than I am). As a thirty-something, I seem to have reached the point in my life where I'm constantly trying to give advice to a younger me.

The thing about younger me is that he spent a very great deal of time absorbing. Virtually all of my spare time was spent either watching TV or reading novels. Now, I don't necessarily regret that - absorbing that many stories helped make me the writer I am today - but I didn't start actually producing anything until I was out of high school. That's why my art is still as unpolished as it is... I'm still chasing that mythical 10,000 hours.

So yes, if I could give any one piece of advice to young me, it would probably be this - DO SOMETHING (and absorbing doesn't count as doing). Doing something makes you into someone.

Alright, and this is the last time I'm going to mention Seth, authour of Buddies in Big Places, because he appears to be exiting stage left.