"In the end, the joke will be on me."

"Trust me: In the end the joke will be on me. And I don't mind the audience witnessing the joke being on me." --Little Mister Prophet, Chris King, May 2005

And this is where the punchline is now unveiled:

I would have won my prize had I

1. Not ever taken up stand-up and not ever covered The Material (That Needed Covering), and,
2. Never left Orlando.

In short, had I just hung around, I would have won back my best friend.

But in six years, people move on. People who deserve to move on. Everyone moves on.

...everyone except for Chris. ...because Chris gets stuck, like a broken record.

And that is that.