In the year 2006

April beats whatever health/stress/immuno-deficiency issues have been causing her to be on a rotating schedule of cold, stomach cramps, cold. She also reads many many books instead of watching all seven seasons of Buffy twice. Instead of seeking high-paying work in the dullsville sector, she finds a job that pays just enough and utilizes very little of her emotional and intellectual stockpiles so that she may devote herself entirely to the creative projects she's been kissing but not seriously making out with in the past year, namely Mostly Tish and Clyde, the unnamed April and Ryan comic strip, and Fingernail Moon. Even better would be a part time job with low expectations and a huge paycheck, but this year April is again logical and realizes this exists nowhere. She also returns to college, but in an inventive way that encourages the aforementioned projects instead of stealing time and motivation from them. She replaces her squishy bits with muscle so she is a solid wall whipping around the rink instead of a pillowy one. Also, she purchases some really cute clothes, some comfy but stylish shoes and quits spending so much time reading celebrity gossip at sites like the Superficial and Go Fug Yourself. She grows out the bangs she chopped to bits the Thursday before Xmas, but not too much. She considers a tattoo, but once again chickens out. She may move to Chicago, IL or Columbus, OH, but that has to do with Ryan's 2006 over which she only has marginal control. She falls down. A lot. And spills soup, coffee, and mustard on each article of clothing she owns. She learns enough HTML, CSS, etc... to actually make this site her own. She learns to write effectively about other people and tell stories instead of focusing entirely on her odors and neurosis, but then relapses two weeks later. She may sing karaoke if drunk and forced, but it is just the painful as the first time all those years ago. In November, she has a tea party with Sasquatch and Nessy and is promptly institutionalized. She watches Wonder Falls, again, and shakes her fist at Fox. She quits wanting fancy things and starts seeking elusive things like satisfaction. She drinks a lot of coffee. She tries to keep her house clean, but is only marginally successful. She breaks the habit of buying new clothes so she doesn't have to do laundry. She tries to love more and be more forgiving, but it's difficult and she struggles because there are lots of dumb things going on in the world. She dies tragically in the December earthquake but is resuscitated by a mole person who emerges from one of the resultant fissures. Once again she is institutionalized.