It's Kind of a Funny Story

by Ned Vizzini

I’m doing an experiment with my brain. I’m seeing if maybe pot is the problem;

And I always look like I’m about to cry.

I couldn’t take a day off, take a dog to the vet, and cook dinner. That’s like three times too much stuff for me to get done in one day. How am I ever going to have my own house?

They’re sort of ancillary anyway, friends.

They say it’s a chemical imbalance, and if I get the right drugs for it, I’ll be fine.”

It must have been a placebo effect, but it was a great placebo effect.