I say goodnight to Bonnie and walk home. My thoughts are abuzz with concern. Was I too ambitious? Should I have started with something smaller? Am I full tilt and unprepared, set on a course but in danger of overshooting my target?

I'd expected to face some obstacles on my journey but I hadn't anticipated a need to ease myself into it. I see now that when things get to moving so quickly about, when you're in the thick of it with the In Crowd, there's a risk of spinning out of control. There's a danger of limping your way through the crowd and getting swallowed whole.

What I need is to regroup. I'll need to come up with a better strategy. I'll need to study up and steel myself against these awesome and overwhelming gravitational forces. What I really need are some tips from those who have already navigated this course successfully. What I need is guidance. What I need is a mentor.

Collapsing onto my sofa, I switch on the teevee and catch a bit of 1987's No Way Out on the History Channel. Kevin Costner, as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell, walks into the bathroom. Where no one can see him, Kevin buckles and falls to the floor. He claws uselessly at the tiles. He weeps when no one's looking.

What I need is Yoda. -D.M.


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