in most countries around the world. He is also a visual artist, sculptor, furniture designer and screenwriter, who is adaptingbJPod/bas a television series. He lives and works in Vancouver.bRoger/bbrbrA few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain ­age–­regardless of how they look on the ­outside–­pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don’t want to be who they are any more. They wantiout/i. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, ­Ann-­Margret, the cast members ofiRent/i, Václav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It’s ­universal.brbrDoiyou/iwant out? Do you often wish you could be somebody,iany/ibody, other than who you ­are–­the you who holds a job and feeds a ­family–­the you who keeps a relatively okay place to live and who still tries to keep your friendships alive? In other words, the you who’s going to remain pretty much the same until the ­casket?brbrThere’s nothing wrong with me being me, or with you being you. And in the end, life’s pretty tolerable, isn’t it?iOh, I’ll get by/i. We all say that.iDon’t worry about me/i. Maybe I’ll get drunk and go shopping on eBay at eleven at night, and maybe I’ll buy all kinds of crazy crap I won’t remember I bid on the next morning, like a ­ten-­pound bag of mixed coins from around the world or a bootleg tape of Joni Mitchell performing at the Calgary Saddle­dome in ­1981.brbrI used the phrase “a certain age.” Wh@,8Që…¸ÿ¾Û€  (less)