The Dude gets around. He would show up on campus between classes. He attended Sci-Fi conventions. He went to a basketball game and the supermarket. Whenever I was The Dude, I felt confident and carefree. Other dudes wanted to hang out with him. High-fives all around. Chicks who liked those dudes liked The Dude too.

I began photographing The Dude in situations that seemed appropriate for the young, hip, slacker persona that I, in my responsible, overachieving obsessive-ness, had always both scorned and envied. The Dude likes to hang out and have fun and his friends like that too. He has that devil-may-care attitude that I always cared too much to have.

This piece serves as a backlash response to my new position as Acting Department Head with all its responsibilities, worries and neckties. More than ever, what I really want to do is sit on the couch and watch movies, read comics and play video games. Throughout the month, like Superman, I exchanged one suit for another and hung out.