Good things are coming

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 Waiting for "Good Things"
Waiting for "Good Things"

A frequent promise made by Casey Serin that invariably fails to turn into anything tangible.

The Irish literary genius Samuel Beckett wrote an entire play, Waiting for Godot (1953), about the psychological state implied by Casey's catchphrase, its protagonists Vladimir and Estragon constantly waiting for the arrival of a shiny object that will lift them out of a state of existential misery and despair.

Beckett's prose piece Worstward Ho! (1983) is equally relevant, as it contains a succinct summation of Casey's progress through life:

Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

If we divide these ingredients into six elements of equal value, this means that Casey has therefore scored an uncharacteristically impressive 83.3% success rate, with only the last so far remaining elusive.

It is unclear whether Casey has read any Beckett, and his disdain for conventional education, combined with a relentlessly sunny and upbeat outlook on life, suggests that he probably hasn't. However, he may be familiar with Sam Beckett, protagonist of the sci-fi television series Quantum Leap, though he is not thought to be a relation.

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