You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.

John Green
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You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. Jonathan Livingstone "Jon" Harnum is a writer, actor, musician, publisher and film producer. He has written for The A.V. Club , Entertainment Weekly , Uncanny X-Men , The Los Angeles Times , Maxim , Newsarama , Comic Book Resources , Official Xbox Magazine , Spike TV 's Video Game Awards website , Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen".

He appeared on the cover of Spike TV's "Video Game Awards Show" in 2012. He has contributed humor columns to Wired.com 's GeekDad blog since 2009. He also wrote the comic book/graphic novel series "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" published by Image Comics .

He is currently writing his first novel which he will publish through Simon & Schuster .

Source: Looking For Alaska

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