“The ink belongs on the page and my heart beats to deliver it.” Meet Scott Parker: a 23-year old recent philosophy grad, long on potential but mired in collegiate mediocrity, and follow him as he finds the courage to leave his apathetically comfortable rain-gazing, mocha-filled life in Oregon and sets out for something better, finally cutting the bullshit and doing something great—writing this book. This is the story of Parker’s getaway, chronicling his year of life in Boulder, CO. A searching and memorable narrative, Parker’s kaleidoscopic range covers life present and past, childhood anxieties and adult hardships, Spiral Dynamics and Integral philosophy, goals pursued, abandoned, and fulfilled, teaching, writing, alcohol, drugs, music, the girl of his dreams, and the child he came to love. Intelligent, emotional, and refreshingly honest, Parker’s story proves the antidote to postmodern ennui, provoking our genuinely creative and human response.