Doc ☆ ✓ Stephen Emond
Through his hilariously self deprecating eyes as he learns to shed his comic book loving computer game playing ways Join him as he makes new friends tries to hide from his past I have had so much luck and enjoyment reading Stephen Emond's books; I feel like he is a VERY underappreciated author He writes really good entertaining stories with funny content that also have that deep 'punch in the gut' backstorywhich I believe is eually executed; if not better than a John Green bookPlus he does his own art for his book and I always admire an author who puts 100% and then some in their work
Stephen Emond ✓ Happyface Ebook
HappyfaceEnter Happyface's journal and get a peek into the life of a shy artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a happy go lucky guy after he moves to a new town See the world Gray skies are gonna clear up Put on a happy faceAs a self proclaimed Pollyanna I will be the first to admit that I would want to punch you in the face if you said this to me What the hell is wrong with a little rain Huh You can't be happy if it rains Fuck youYou can have your gangnum style and complain about never ever ever ever getting back together again and umm okay that's my extent of youth culture you guys like furbies again rightHappy face is old school teen angst There are no vampires or faeries or dystopian threats hell HIGH SCHOOL is a dystopian threat It is the absolute clear definition of dystopia an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives Can't get much realer than this Brush off the clouds and cheer up Put on a happy faceSeriously Fuck you Happy face is special in that it gives you the out It tells you how to beat this It's all right there in front of you Believe it or not the song has it right Take off the gloomy mask of tragedyIt's not your style;You'll look so good that you'll be gladYa' decide to smileSee I just told you DO NOT BE YOURSELF You will be ridiculed you will get beat up you will be lonely and want to die You see I was this thing I was a miserable a loaded gun won't set you free so you say sixteen year old who wore my Undead t shirt proudly and played my 1987 UK second issue 3 track 12 vinyl single also including How Soon Is Now Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want Billie Whitelaw image picture sleeve with light blue die cut and I was totally into IT Where did it get me Being spit on at Pep Rallys my friend do not follow my example So I decided to stick out my noble chin I decided to wipe off that 'full of doubt' look I decided to no offense to the hair colored challenged go blonde Literally I got rid of the Siouxsie Sioux hair color and cut my bangs and found the bleach beat my hair into submission I even went further I found saddle shoes and letterman sweaters and poodle skirts and listened to rockabilly and man DID I EVER SMILE I slapped on that happy grin And spread sunshine all over the place goddammit And guess whatPeople actually bought it They totally liked the new me It depressed the hell out of me Didn't they understand the mockery And then I bought into it I said hell if this is what it takes then this is what I will be And I bounced and I giggled and I hello kittied my way through my senior year So I can relate with Happy Face He gets it If you are pathetic in your old life then create a new one Yes eventually this will lead to some sort of dissociative identity disorder and you may need sleep hygiene therapy but maybe by then you will be out of high school and finding a new society characterized by human misery as sualor oppression disease and overcrowdingWe can only hope And if you're feeling cross and bitterishDon't sit and whineThink of banana split and licoriceAnd you'll feel finejazz hands