It was dark. So very dark. I was alone and afraid. Shivering uncontrollably, I took a labored breath. All the light and color that had previously filled my world were gone, dissipating into this desolate desert of dreariness. "Why me?" I asked the bleak and unforgiving shadows surrounding me. The favorite question of all mankind. Presently, a voice came to me, seemingly coming from eons away.

"Uhhh… Joey? It might help if you took the paper bag off of your head."