"Same Difference," Derek Kirk Kim

Dialogue excerpted from "Same Difference" by Derek Kirk Kim:

"What's up with everyone getting married anyway? One by one, all my peer are falling by the wayside..."

"You're just at that age, Simon. It's inevitable."

"Do you know how I felt when I saw Eddie and Jane?"

"Sure. If you're anything like me, you felt like gouging out your eardrums."

"I was... I was jealous. Jealous of them."

"Are you high?! I thought you never wanted to get married!"

"No no, not because of that! Well, I guess because of that, but not that specifically... what I mean is-- It's just that their lives have changed and... progressed since high school. They're going somewhere. Their lives are taking them to new places and experiences. True, maybe not to the places that I might want to go personally, but they're moving nonetheless. And look at me. What have I done since high school? Nothing! What do I have? Nothing! I'm really scared that I'm still the exact same pathetic loser weaving juvenile lines those 7 years ago. Am I any different now? Have I matured at all? I really don't know... And look at Eddie and Jane-- they're having children, for chrissakes! They're taking on the ultimate responsibility, and I'm sitting here still drawing Woody Woodpecker into the sand. And worse, I'm making fun of them for the effort!"