Hey there!

[Penny is, of course, situated in the Welcome Center.  There are a handful of people milling about behind her, but it still seems relatively quiet.]So... welcome to the City! I'd guess some of you've been here before, right? And some of you lived here? Welcome back, and I hope you'll be able to find whoever you're looking for. If ( Read more... )

Sometimes it's hard to keep hoping that every story will eventually have a happy ending. There are a lot of things in the world that I want to forget about--hungry babies, people who are sick but too poor to buy medicine, whole families that get evicted from their homes, kids who are killed before they even finish high school, animal cruelty, ( Read more... )

[The video begins with a dizzying shot of Penny's room (the perceptive may notice a number of slumbering ducks and a rather whimsical blue giraffe mural) before the camera comes to rest on a Penny who looks like she has spent the last three days worrying nonstop. Which is essentially true.]

This is one of those raise-your-hand-if-you're-still-alive ( Read more... )