The real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
-Marcel Prous
**THIS JOURNAL IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY OF DR. M. ZEPHANIE**
1 February 2000
I, Marcus Owen Zephanie, have decided to begin this preposterous thing they call a journal. At first, the very idea of putting my life experiences into words and recorded them in a stack of papers bound by a coiled spring had seemed ridiculous. Yet, here I was, and frankly speaking, I am finding it oddly satisfying.
Therefore, to whoever may benefit from this, I thereby impart a few of somewhat significant details regarding my life.
I was born in the state of Vermont to Shirley Owen and Wayne Zephanie. I have one other sibling by the name of Richard, with me being the younger. Our family has close ties with each other. We would be, as what everyone would call it, a picture-perfect type. Though, I'd rather argue that it sounded insulting to call anything ''picture-perfect.''
