How Done Here, Buddy is it when a conversation between new acquaintances reaches that awkward moment when the only remaining question is, “what do you do for a living?” Perhaps my current employment predicament leaves me feeling slightly more sensitive to such a topic, but I can’t help but cringe every time this inquiry is made. When asked, it comes in the form of terrible desperation. The feeling one gets when asked this question is analogous to the impending doom Odysseus must have felt when Calypso forbid him to leave her island. Wanting to control our own fate, this question reminds us that there is something greater holding us back, disabling us from pursuing our true dream. In this case, that dream is a genuine conversation.  As Harvey Dent so eloquently states, “the night is always darkest before the dawn.” Be strong, fellow life friends. There are brighter  days ahead. We’re all in this together, buddy.